Legal Related Canadians For The Legalization of Marijuana Are Concerned About This by Sophia Vida September 27, 2017 According to a poll, Canadians are in favor of marijuana legalization. A new survey by researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax have found that a majority of Canadians are in favor of the legalization of recreational mari...
Legal Related Drug Arrests Rose in 2016 According to New Data by Sophia Vida September 27, 2017 New data released by the FBI's Uniform Crime Report (UCR) has found that the number of drug abuse violations in 2016 were up from a year earlier. There were more than 1.5 million people arrested which was almost 100,000 more th...
Legal Related Marijuana Expansion Could Lead to More Disability Claims by Sophia Vida September 27, 2017 According to a working paper from researchers at three universities, state medical marijuana laws could lead to an increase in the chances that people will file Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) claims. The researcher...
Legal Related Lawmakers Push to Allow Medical Marijuana Without Doctor Approval by Sophia Vida September 25, 2017 Local lawmakers in Washington D.C. are seeking to get medical marijuana laws changed. As of right now, under the laws of 29 states and Washington, D.C., patients who want medical marijuana must first get official recommendation...
Legal Related Fresno City Council Says No to Businesses Selling Recreational Marijuana by Sophia Vida September 22, 2017 The city of Fresno in California may not be considered the most pot friendly city in the U.S. City Council Member Garry Bredefeld wants to ban dispensaries in the city. According to Bredefeld, he thinks that places that sell...
Legal Related All-in-one Medical Marijuana Facility Could Happen in Michigan by Sophia Vida September 21, 2017 The state of Michigan may soon have a facility that not only grows medical marijuana but also processes it and sells it. According to the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), a new medical marijuana facility t...
Legal Related Adults in this State May be Able to Buy Marijuana Online and at Drive Throughs by Sophia Vida September 21, 2017 A new proposal in Maine may soon allow the purchasing of an ounce of marijuana as easy as ever. The state's Legislature's marijuana committee has proposed adult-use cannabis regulations that would allow licensed retail stores t...
Legal Related This Town Has Just Voted to Ban Recreational Marijuana Shops by Sophia Vida September 20, 2017 It seems one town in Massachusetts is not a fan of recreational marijuana shops popping up. The city of Milford headed to the polls on Tuesday and voted to back a ban on any recreational marijuana shop and grow and testing faci...
Legal Related California Officials Want Marijuana Reclassified by Sophia Vida September 20, 2017 It was just last November that voters in California voted to make marijuana recreational legal. The state's lawmakers are now officially calling on feds to reclassify the drug. A joint resolution that was approved by the Calif...
Legal Related Hundreds of People in Arkansas Apply to Grow Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida September 20, 2017 It was a very busy day at the ABC Board building in Arkansas on Monday. Over 300 people who want to grow and distribute marijuana in the state's initial medical marijuana crop had shown up to apply and submit their applications. ...