by InfluencER | Mar 14, 2022 | Politics and Law
That wasn’t the only weed provision left on the cutting room floor. The spending bill also failed to protect state-regulated recreational cannabis markets, nor did it expand medical marijuana research or protect veterans who use cannabis — two issues with widespread...
by InfluencER | Mar 14, 2022 | Politics and Law
A criminal record doesn’t always hurt New York state’s plan to let people with past convictions for marijuana crimes become the first to sell it legally is admirable but faces some major challenges. The dynamic pits what’s now referred to as the “legacy market”...
by InfluencER | Mar 11, 2022 | Politics and Law
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is proposing a new drug testing policy that could have significant implications for workers who use marijuana off the job. Current DOT policy mandates urine testing, which advocates and experts view as problematic because,...
by InfluencER | Mar 11, 2022 | Politics and Law
A key Kentucky House committee on Thursday approved a bill to legalize medical marijuana in the state. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Jason Nemes (R), cleared the House Judiciary Committee in a 15-1 vote. Meanwhile, separate adult-use and medical legalization...
by InfluencER | Mar 11, 2022 | Politics and Law
Washington, D.C., residents will have to ride on without access to commercial cannabis sales for at least another year. Despite the district’s voters approving adult-use cannabis via Initiative 71 in the November 2014 election, a rider was introduced by Maryland U.S....
by InfluencER | Mar 11, 2022 | Politics and Law
South Dakota lawmakers, who have been divided on allowing home cultivation in the state’s medical cannabis program, have reached a compromise that is now headed to Gov. Kristi Noem’s desk, according to a Mitchell Republic report. The state’s...
