Legal Related Alabama Medical Marijuana Bill Gets Historical House Vote by Sophia Vida May 07, 2021 A medical marijuana bill is now headed to Alabama's Governor Kay Ivey's desk after receiving a historical House vote. On Thursday the Alabama Legislature gave final approval to a bill that would create a statewide medical marij...
Legal Related Tennessee Approves Low-THC Oil in Medicinal Marijuana by Sophia Vida May 06, 2021 In a compromise this week, Tennessee's legislature has approved low-THC oil in medicinal cannabis. The move come after failing to pass a wider-raging medical cannabis decriminalization bill in the state, but the Tennessee legis...
Legal Related New Mexico is Increasing Cannabis Grow Limits and Ending Taxes on Medicinal Marijuana by Sophia Vida May 05, 2021 New Mexico recently made recreational marijuana legal in the state and in a new move, has decided to stop charging sales tax on medicinal marijuana. The state will also start to revise current limits on pot cultivation on June ...
Legal Related Marijuana Sales in Illinois Are Now Exceeding Liquor Sales by Sophia Vida May 04, 2021 Sales of cannabis in Illinois are continuing to smash records. The state is now expecting over $1 billion in recreational weed sales and had hit a new record for sales in April. According to the latest data available from the s...
Legal Related This is How New Mexico’s Legal Marijuana Industry Could Hurt Colorado’s Industry by Sophia Vida April 29, 2021 Beginning next year, New Mexico will start its own legal recreational market and while this is great news for the state, it may be bad news for the neighboring state of Colorado. It was at the beginning of April that New Mexico...
Legal Related Marijuana Bill Successfully Clears Many Committees in Minnesota But Still May Not Pass by Sophia Vida April 28, 2021 A marijuana bill is continuing to advance in the Minnesota House and has already cleared half a dozen committees. The bill, which would legalize recreational adult use of marijuana, still has to face a couple of more committees...
Legal Related Louisiana House Committee Has Approved Bill to Legalize Recreational Marijuana by Sophia Vida April 27, 2021 This week a Louisiana House committee has approved a bill that will decriminalize and regulate marijuana for recreational use. The approval comes despite opposition from sheriffs and prosecutors in the state. State Rep. Rich...
Legal Related Thailand Aims to Make Marijuana Mainstream in Asia by Sophia Vida April 26, 2021 It was in 2018 that Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize medical marijuana. The use for recreational purposes is still banned in the country. It wasn't until the 1930's that the country started to prohi...
Legal Related Virginia Governor Signs Marijuana Legislation Bill by Sophia Vida April 23, 2021 It's official. Adult use marijuana will be legal in Virginia this year on July 1st. The state's governor, Ralph Northam, has signed a bill this week making the state the first in the south to legalize the plant for adult-use. T...
Legal Related A Bill to Legalize Marijuana is Filed in Texas House by Sophia Vida April 22, 2021 A bill filed by Texas Rep. James Talarico on March 12th, has been filed in the Texas House. The bill, called House Bill 4089, would legalize cannabis in the state if signed into law. It would also expunge past marijuana convict...
