Legal Related Many Marylanders Want Marijuana Legalized for Recreational Use by Sophia Vida October 27, 2021 According to a new Goucher College poll released this week, a majority of Marylanders want to see marijuana legalized on a recreational level and think the state is spending too little on public schools. 60% of Marylanders are ...
Sector News Legal Marijuana is Boosting Home Values by Sophia Vida July 22, 2021 According to a new study, home values got a boost in states that allow recreational cannabis use. The study from Clever Real Estate found states that had legalized recreational cannabis saw home prices increase at higher rates ...
Legal Related Tilray CEO Expects the U.S. to Legalize Marijuana Within Two Years by Sophia Vida January 29, 2021 According to the CEO of Canadian-based Tilray, Brendan Kennedy, the U.S. should be legalizing marijuana on a federal level within the next two years. It was earlier this month that Mexico published regulations for medical canna...
Legal Related House Panel Makes History Approving Bill to Legalize Marijuana by Sophia Vida November 22, 2019 The U.S. House Panel made a landmark decision this week when it approved a bill to legalize marijuana on a federal level. On Wednesday the House Judiciary Committee approved a bill that legalizes marijuana on the federal leve...
Legal Related Former Congressman Barney Frank Had This to Say to the Cannabis Control Commission by Sophia Vida August 16, 2019 Barney Frank, a former Congressman who was the author of the 1972 Mass. marijuana bill, told four members of the Cannabis Control Commission this week, "I told you so." Frank, who used a cane on Wednesday, unfolded a piece of p...
Legal Related Recreational Marijuana Expected to be Legal in December by Sophia Vida November 21, 2018 Earlier this month Michigan voters voted to make recreational marijuana legal in the state of Michigan through the passage of Proposal 1. Now just ten days after the election, results were expected to be certified by the Board ...
Legal Related Joe Kennedy III is Calling for Legal Marijuana on a Federal Level by Sophia Vida November 21, 2018 Rep. Joe Kennedy III, D-Mass, wrote in a StAT op-ed state's choices to legalize marijuana. “One thing is clear to me: Our federal policy on marijuana is badly broken, benefiting neither the elderly man suffering from cancer w...
Trends & Articles Kiss Member Gene Simmons Has No Problem Now with Recreational Marijuana by Sophia Vida May 22, 2018 Gene Simmons, the bassist for KISS, was not always okay with marijuana. This has changed however. It was in March that Simmons became the "chief evangelist officer" of a Canadian medical marijuana company called Invictus MD St...
Legal Related President Trump Abandons Plans for Potential Crackdown in Marijuana Legal States by Sophia Vida April 14, 2018 The White House announced on Friday that President Trump will lift his administration's plans for a potential crackdown on marijuana in states that have legalized the drug. Colorado Senator Cory Gardner said on Friday that he r...
Legal Related Nevada Kicked off Legal Recreational Marijuana with Fireworks by Sophia Vida July 03, 2017 July 1st marked the day that marijuana became recreation-ally legal in the state of Nevada. There was much anticipation for this day, as fire works erupted in the sky early Saturday morning. Nevada is now the eighth state in th...