Legal Related Peter Buttigieg Admits to Using Pot and Calls For Marijuana Legislation by Sophia Vida October 25, 2019 Presidential candidate Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg, is calling for the legalization of marijuana in the U.S. The Democrat candidate, who is also a Navy combat veteran, has said that he has used the drug "a handful of times ...
Legal Related Bernie Sanders Reveals Plan to Legalize Marijuana by Executive Order by Sophia Vida October 25, 2019 Independent Senator Bernie Sanders, who is running for president in 2020, has revealed his plan this week to legalize marijuana by executive order within the first 100 days of his administration if he wins the election. If he w...
Legal Related College Student Sues College After Being Expelled for Using Prescribed Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida October 25, 2019 According to an Associated Press article, Sheida Assar, a college student in Arizona, is suing her college for being expelled for using prescribed medical marijuana. Assar was expelled from GateWay Community College in Phoenix ...
Legal Related Chicago to Collect $3.5M in Recreational Marijuana Taxes Next Year by Sophia Vida October 25, 2019 Tax revenues from recreational marijuana will net the city $3.5 million next year, according to Chicago's Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposed $11.65 billion budget which was announced earlier this week. This number represents fou...
Legal Related Cincinnati May Eliminate Drug Testing for Marijuana For City Jobs by Sophia Vida October 24, 2019 Cincinnati may soon be making a big change in how it hires workers in the city as council members are working on legislation that would treat marijuana use like alcohol use. Bond Hill resident Leon Washington has set the wheels...
Legal Related Smoking Marijuana in Public is Now Banned in This Major City by Sophia Vida October 24, 2019 Miami Beach in Florida has offiicially banned the public smoking of marijuana and hemp. It was on July 1st that Florida legalized hemp and the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office said it would no longer prosecute most minor mari...
Legal Related Nevada Officials Suspend Marijuana Grower in Crackdown by Sophia Vida October 24, 2019 According to a report in the Reno Gazette Journal, Nevada state officials have suspended a Reno marijuana grower's license recently as it cracks down on its legal cannabis industry. State officials had made surprise visits to m...
Legal Related Mexican Lawmaker Proposes All Drugs Be Legal by Sophia Vida October 24, 2019 According to the leader of the ruling MORENA party in Mexico, the country should legalize drugs in order to combat the violence that the cartel brings. The comments were made over the weekend by Mario Delgado Carrillo. Via tra...
Legal Related Senator Bernie Sanders Congratulates Canada for 1 Year of Legal Recreational Marijuana by Sophia Vida October 18, 2019 Thursday marked the year anniversary of legal recreational marijuana sales in Canada. Sen. Bernie Sanders took to his Twitter to congratulate the nation. He wrote, "Congratulations to our neighbors to the north on completing th...
Legal Related Group of Northeast Governors Make Plan for Legal Cannabis Programs by Sophia Vida October 18, 2019 It was this week that a group of governors on the Northeast coast got together for a marijuana summit. On Thursday, the governors convened to agree to basic principles for legal cannabis programs they plan to pursue in 2020. ...