Legal Related Survey Finds that Louisiana Republican Voters Support Cannabis Legislation by Sophia Vida May 17, 2021 According to a survey of voters in several Republican-held Louisiana House districts, they too support marijuana legislation. The survey shows that Louisianans who had voted for former President Trump in 2020, are not opposed t...
Legal Related Bill To Federally Legalize Marijuana is Filed by Republican Lawmakers by Sophia Vida May 12, 2021 A pair of congressional Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill to federally legalize marijuana. The bill would also protect banks that service state-legal cannabis business and ensure that military veterans are permitted t...
Legal Related Head of Top Federal Drug Agency Says Marijuana Should Be Considered for Decriminalization by Sophia Vida May 11, 2021 Nora Volkow, the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), has written an essay for the journal Health Affairs that’s titled “Addiction Should Be Treated, Not Penalized.” In the essay, the head of a top fed...
Legal Related Alabama Legislature Approves Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill by Sophia Vida May 11, 2021 Earlier this month, the Alabama legislature approved a medical marijuana legalization bill dubbed Senate Bill (SB) 46, also known as the Darren Wesley ‘Ato’ Hall Compassion Act. The bill will now go to state Governor Kay Iv...
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...