Legal Related Opponents of Legal Marijuana in Illinois Say Companies Will Be Pimp Minority Customers by Sophia Vida November 29, 2018 Illinois opponents of legal marijuana have said this week that the legalization of the drug would let white corporate exploitation of minority customers. According to Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston of New Hope Baptist Church, the...
Legal Related Permanent Medical Marijuana Licensing Rules Were Approved this Week in Michigan by Sophia Vida November 29, 2018 Lawmakers in the state of Michigan have approved permanent medical marijuana licensing rules this week. One of the new rules is a provision that will allow marijuana dispensaries to delivery marijuana to patient cardholder's ho...
Legal Related People in Ohio May Not Be Able to Buy Marijuana Until 2019 by Sophia Vida November 28, 2018 Despite marijuana plants being in the ground, there is still nothing for sale in the state of Ohio. No dispensaries in the state have a license yet to sell medicinal marijuana to patients. Ohio has also warned that once a dispe...
Legal Related ‘Jake’s Law’ Gets Approved by NJ Senate Committee by Sophia Vida November 26, 2018 New Jersey's medical marijuana program would be in for some big changes that will allow people to qualify as medicinal marijuana patients easier and to also obtain the drug easier. It was on Monday that 'Jake's Law' was approve...
Legal Related New Jersey Unveils Another Proposal to Legalize Recreational Marijuana by Sophia Vida November 24, 2018 The day before Thanksgiving, lawmakers in the state of New Jersey revealed a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana for adults aged 21 and over. New Jersey has seen a stall on its road to possibly legalizing the drug recre...
Legal Related North Dakota Will Give Legalizing Marijuana Another Try in 2020 by Sophia Vida November 24, 2018 David Owens, the chairman of Legalize ND in North Dakota, has said that the group is committed to trying to pass a recreational marijuana bill in the state in 2020. According to Owens, the group is "100 percent" going to try ag...
Legal Related Michigan Landlords Can Still Ban Some Tenants from Growing or Smoking Marijuana by Sophia Vida November 22, 2018 Even though Michigan voters recently voted to legislate recreational marijuana, it doesn't mean people will be able to smoke it or grow in every apartment building in the state. They will however be able to eat it or apply it topi...
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 Massachusetts Mayor is First to Buy Recreational Marijuana by Sophia Vida November 21, 2018 Massachusetts made history on Tuesday as it started sales of recreational marijuana. The first person in line was Massachusetts mayor David Narkewicz of Northampton. Narkewicz was the first customer at a pot shop, one of the tw...
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...