The Virginia Senate voted to speed up the timeline for retail marijuana sales Tuesday, approving a plan that would allow existing medical dispensaries to open sales to the general public in September. And, in what senators framed as a bid to give Virginia...

Legislation introduced in Wyoming this week with the support of the House speaker and other leaders would remove criminal penalties for possessing small amounts of cannabis, replacing the state’s current misdemeanor charge with a $100 fine. Filed Tuesday by state Rep....

The following press release was drafted by longtime NORML activist Chris Goldstein. The first hearing on the future of adult-use cannabis legalization was held before members of the Pennsylvania Senate Law and Justice Committee on February 7, 2022. Senator Mike Regan...

Ascend Wellness Holdings Inc. (AWH), a multistate, vertically integrated cannabis operator, filed an amended complaint against MedMed Enterprises Inc. and a motion to dismiss “baseless counterclaims” on Feb. 14 in New York. The filings are the latest in Ascend’s legal...

Maryland lawmakers on Monday began delving into the details of how to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, should voters support it on the ballot this fall. Democratic leaders in the House of Delegates are advancing a plan to put the issue to voters in a...

Key members of the New York Assembly and Senate recently filed bills that would provide provisional marijuana cultivator and processor licenses for existing hemp businesses that take certain steps to promote equity in the emerging industry. The bicameral legislation...

A Maryland House committee began discussion this week of a pair of bills to legalize and regulate cannabis in the state—one that would ask voters whether legalize cannabis use and possession by adults 21 and older, and another that would begin the work of crafting...

Three years after it was formed, the Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency is getting a new name. The agency will be renamed the Cannabis Regulatory Agency and take up the task of overseeing hemp processing, distribution, and sales in addition...