Legal Related Illinois County Approves 3% Tax on Recreational Marijuana Sales by Sophia Vida January 17, 2020 Cook County of Illinois just had its board approve a 3% tax on recreational marijuana sales this week that would begin in the summer. When the tax on cannabis and related products takes effect on July 1, this tax rate is expe...
Legal Related New Mexico Governor Wants Marijuana to Be Legal in the State this year by Sophia Vida January 17, 2020 New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is calling for lawmakers to legalize marijuana in the state in 2020. The democrat Governor said in the 2020 agenda that she sent to lawmakers this past Wednesday that she wants the l...
Legal Related Colorado Lawmakers Want to Stop Employers From Firing Workers Who Use Marijuana by Sophia Vida January 15, 2020 Those who smoke marijuana off the clock in Colorado may soon be protected by a new bill. Two lawmakers in the state want to pass a law that would protect workers who use the drug when they're off the clock from work. The...
Legal Related Voters in Florida Will Not Be Voting Over Recreational Marijuana This Year by Sophia Vida January 15, 2020 In an announcement shocking to many marijuana proponents, a group in Florida that was pushing a constitutional amendment for making recreational marijuana legal, said it would drop its bid to get the proposal on this year's ballot...
Legal Related This is How Much Marijuana Illinois Sold in 12 Days by Sophia Vida January 15, 2020 Illinois just continues to show how much the people in the state were waiting for marijuana to become legal. The state kicked off legal marijuana sales on January 1st and in the first twelve days of the year, it raked in over...
Legal Related Tennessee Bill Would Decriminalize Marijuana Posession Throughout State by Sophia Vida January 15, 2020 A new bill in Tennessee would not only decriminalize marijuana possession statewide but would also allow counties to vote on legalization. The bill would allow counties to hold referendum elections to allow the growing, proce...
Legal Related Medical Marijuana Proponents in Tennessee Urge Police Not to Oppose Legislation by Sophia Vida January 10, 2020 An effort was launched this week by medical marijuana proponents in Tennessee to try to convince law enforcement officials to not oppose legal dispensaries from selling products. Sen. Janice Bowling, R-Tullahoma is planning t...
Legal Related Alabama’s Attorney General Does Not Want State to Legalize Marijuana by Sophia Vida January 10, 2020 Steve Marshall, Alabama's Attorney General, is against marijuana legislation and he's making it loud and clear. Marshall wrote a letter to state lawmakers this week saying that he opposes legislation for medical marijuana. ...
Legal Related Chicago Airports Now Have Cannabis Amnesty Boxes by Sophia Vida January 08, 2020 With marijuana now legal in the state of Illinois, Chicago's airports have set up "cannabis amnesty boxes." The city put in the metal blue boxes at O’Hare and Midway airports last week so that travelers can get rid of marij...
Legal Related This is How Much Illinois Made in Legal Marijuana Sales on Its First Day by Sophia Vida January 03, 2020 On January 1st, the state of Illinois began the legal sale of recreational marijuana and the sales were staggering. The state's cannabis shops generated almost $3.2 million on the first day of legal sales as Illinois became 1...
