Legal Related Illinois to Get Its First-Ever Marijuana Consumption Lounge by Sophia Vida January 24, 2020 Illinois began the sale of legal recreational marijuana on the first day of the year and already the state is about to have its first marijuana consumption lounge. This week the Springfield City Council granted a permit for H...
Legal Related Top Lawmakers Say Marijuana Legalization to Advance in Connecticut This Year by Sophia Vida January 22, 2020 According to top lawmakers in Connecticut, when the state's legislature convenes for its 2020 session next month, marijuana legalization will be a priority. Senate President Pro-Tem Martin Looney (D) has said to CT Insider, "...
Legal Related Mexican Lawmakers Expect to Pass Amended Marijuana Legalization Bill by Sophia Vida January 22, 2020 Before April ends, Mexican lawmakers are planning to pass amended marijuana legislation to legalize and regulate marijuana sales in the country. The new proposal, which was jointly submitted by the Justice and Health Committe...
Legal Related Michigan Pulled an Anti-Marijuana Ad For This Reason by Sophia Vida January 22, 2020 Michigan has spent a whopping $300,000 dollars to air two public service announcements that discuss the dangers of marijuana. One of these ads however had to be taken down due to major backlash. The other is still on the Mich...
Legal Related Illinois County Approves 3% Tax on Recreational Marijuana Sales by Sophia Vida January 17, 2020 Cook County of Illinois just had its board approve a 3% tax on recreational marijuana sales this week that would begin in the summer. When the tax on cannabis and related products takes effect on July 1, this tax rate is expe...
Legal Related New Mexico Governor Wants Marijuana to Be Legal in the State this year by Sophia Vida January 17, 2020 New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is calling for lawmakers to legalize marijuana in the state in 2020. The democrat Governor said in the 2020 agenda that she sent to lawmakers this past Wednesday that she wants the l...
Legal Related Colorado Lawmakers Want to Stop Employers From Firing Workers Who Use Marijuana by Sophia Vida January 15, 2020 Those who smoke marijuana off the clock in Colorado may soon be protected by a new bill. Two lawmakers in the state want to pass a law that would protect workers who use the drug when they're off the clock from work. The...
Legal Related Voters in Florida Will Not Be Voting Over Recreational Marijuana This Year by Sophia Vida January 15, 2020 In an announcement shocking to many marijuana proponents, a group in Florida that was pushing a constitutional amendment for making recreational marijuana legal, said it would drop its bid to get the proposal on this year's ballot...
Legal Related This is How Much Marijuana Illinois Sold in 12 Days by Sophia Vida January 15, 2020 Illinois just continues to show how much the people in the state were waiting for marijuana to become legal. The state kicked off legal marijuana sales on January 1st and in the first twelve days of the year, it raked in over...
Legal Related Tennessee Bill Would Decriminalize Marijuana Posession Throughout State by Sophia Vida January 15, 2020 A new bill in Tennessee would not only decriminalize marijuana possession statewide but would also allow counties to vote on legalization. The bill would allow counties to hold referendum elections to allow the growing, proce...