Legal Related Anti-Marijuana Group in Michigan Wants State to Legalize the Drug by Sophia Vida May 19, 2018 A political action committee that was formed to fight a ballot proposal that would legalize marijuana is now wanting the Legislature keep the proposal but amend it and pass full legalization of the drug for recreational use. Th...
Legal Related Feds are Targeting This in Oregon’s Marijuana Industry by Sophia Vida May 19, 2018 Federal prosecutors will go after the illicit marijuana market as well as organized crime in Oregon according to an announcement on Friday. The new guidelines for cannabis enforcement in Oregon were made public on Friday with t...
Legal Related Illinois GA Approves Measure for Medical Marijuana at School by Sophia Vida May 18, 2018 Students in schools in Illinois may soon be able to use medicaid marijuana under some circumstances. The Illinois General Assembly has approved a measure that would allow parents to give their kids medical marijuana while at sc...
Legal Related San Francisco is Doing This to Automatically Clear Old Marijuana Convictions by Sophia Vida May 16, 2018 With California's legalization of recreational marijuana earlier this year, many cities are doing away with old marijuana convictions, including the city of San Francisco. The city is adopting a software app called Clear My Rec...
Legal Related New Bill Introduced in New Jersey to Increase Access to Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida May 16, 2018 A bill was introduced this Tuesday by Senators Jospeh Vitale, D-Middlesex, Nicholas Scutari, D-Union, and Declan O'Scanlon, R-Monmouth in the state of New Jersey. According to NJ Advance Media, the new bill is designed to "sign...
Legal Related Pittsburgh’s Mayor Supports Marijuana Legalization by Sophia Vida May 15, 2018 Bill Peduto, the Mayor of Pittsburgh, may not have always made it a priority to support legalizing marijuana for recreational use, but it looks like now he does. In a tweet he made on Friday, he said he supports Pennsylvania At...
Legal Related Michigan Medical Marijuana Laws to Cover Oil-based Marijuana Product by Sophia Vida May 15, 2018 Michigan State officials announced that an oil-based marijuana product called CBD will now be covered under the state's medical marijuana laws. The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs stated that state laws will now ...
Legal Related Ohio’s Attorney General Has Certified Marijuana Legalization Petition by Sophia Vida May 11, 2018 The Republican Attorney General of Ohio, Mike DeWine, has certified a petition for another proposed ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. As part of the initiative, adults age 21 and older in the st...
Legal Related Milwaukee County Board Committee Has Approved Marijuana Referendum by Sophia Vida May 11, 2018 In a unanimous vote, the County Board of Milwaukee in Wisconsin has approved a proposal this week that will place an advisory referendum on the November ballot to approve the sale, taxation, as well as usage of recreational cannab...
Legal Related Massachusetts Cannabis Control Gives Priority Status Accidentally to 10 Marijuana Businesses by Sophia Vida May 08, 2018 The state of Massachussett's Cannabis Control Commission by mistake has given out priority status to 10 recreational marijuana businesses. The Commission has blamed the mistake on a fault transcription. "There are 10 applica...