Legal Related New Mexico House Just Voted to Legalize Marijuana by Sofia Vida March 09, 2019 This week the New Mexico House took a vote to legalize recreational marijuana. The bill passed without any Republican votes and even some Democrats were against it. The bill's prime sponsor, Democratic state Rep. Javier Martinez ...
Legal Related Florida Senate Votes to Allow Medical Marijuana Smoking by Sofia Vida March 09, 2019 Only eight days before Governor Ron DeSantis' deadline, the Florida Senate affirmed the right to smoke medical marijuana on Thursday. The bill, named SB 182, was at its last stop during the day and in a 40-member Senate vote re...
Legal Related Florida Inches Closer to Repealing Medical Marijuana Smoking Ban by Sofia Vida March 07, 2019 There's only about a week until Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' deadline and House and Senate leaders in the state are getting closer to repealing the state ban on smoking medical marijuana. State Sen. Jeff Brandes and state Rep...
Legal Related Bill to Regulate Medical Marijuana Clears Oklahoma Senate Panel by Sofia Vida March 07, 2019 According to the Associated press, a bill to regulate Oklahoma's new medical marijuana industry just cleared another legislative obstacle. The state's Senate Rules Committee voted unanimously Wednesday for the "unity bill " bec...
Legal Related Michigan Saw This Much Money in Medical Marijuana Sales in Four Months by Sofia Vida March 07, 2019 Michigan's medical marijuana market has made over $42 million in sales since the state's first dispensary opened back in November. During the first month of operation, $7.1 million in marijuana sales had been recorded and only ...
Legal Related New Jersey Governor Says State Could Make $80 Million in Marijuana Tax Revenue by Next Year by Sofia Vida March 06, 2019 Phil Murphy, the governor of New Jersey, released a state budget proposal this week that expects the state to make $80 million in marijuana tax revenue over the next fiscal year. This is the second state budget plan from Murphy...
Legal Related Michigan Governor Establishes New Agency for Regulating Marijuana by Sofia Vida March 06, 2019 Gretchen Whitmer, the Democratic Governor of MIchigan, had eliminated the state's medical marijuana licensing board earlier this month and citing "inefficiencies" for the move. She has issued an order establishing the Marijuana...
Legal Related Beto O’Rourke is Calling for Federal Legislation of Marijuana by Sofia Vida March 05, 2019 Former Representative of Texas, Beto O'Rourke, has shown his support for marijuana legalization on a federal level this week. According to CNN, the democrat, who many are betting will run for president in 2020, has sent an emai...
Legal Related Michigan’s Governor Gretchen Whitmer Signs Executive Order to Kill Marijuana Licensing Board by Sofia Vida March 02, 2019 It was on Friday that Michigan's Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order to abolish the board that approves or denies applications for licenses for medical marijuana businesses in the state. Under the executive orde...
Legal Related Trump Administration Wants The Public to Do This and it May Help to Reclassify Marijuana by Sofia Vida March 02, 2019 It was in January that the World Health Organization (WHO) formally recommended that cannabis and its derivatives be rescheduled under international drug treaties. Now the Trump Administration is asking the public for help in o...
