marijuana legalization

Rhode Island Senate & House Committees Send Cannabis Legalization Bill To Full Chambers Rhode Island lawmakers gave the green light to a bill to decriminalize, regulate and tax adult recreational cannabis use, sending it to the full Senate and House for consideration. Both chambers scheduled a...

NY Bill Stimulating Business To Utilize Hemp For Industrial Purposes Heads To Gov. Hochul The bill that seeks to stimulate hemp use in packaging, construction and other industrial purposes got the green light from the New York Senate and Assembly. Following final procedural...

About a quarter of voting members of the U.S. House have joined forces to urge congressional leaders to enact marijuana banking provisions into law as part of the large-scale manufacturing bill - America COMPETES Act. The group of 24 senators from both sides of the aisle have lined up...

Argentina’s Congress approved a law that will create a regulatory framework for public and private investments in the production of pharma-grade cannabis products. The law still needs to be signed by President Alberto Fernandez.  Lance Lambert, VP of marketing and business...

While Kentucky has made strides in the hemp industry, it is still one of the 13 remaining states where cannabis is completely illegal. Governor Andy Beshear Gives Hope To Cannabis Advocates Now that the legislative session in the Bluegrass State is over, without a "happy end" for cannabis...

Connecticut Senate Sends Bill Cracking Down On Gifting Cannabis Events To Governor’s Desk Connecticut lawmakers gave the green light to a bill that would ban so-called gifting events involving marijuana, also known as cannabis bazaars, reported CT News Junkie. The bill, which advanced through...

The Senate has been under a lot of pressure from all sides over the last few weeks to pass the cannabis SAFE Banking Act. Now, senators are trying to push for marijuana banking legislation to be included in a bigger package aimed at improving U.S. competitiveness, which would...

New Jersey Lawmakers Eager To Restrict Marijuana Use By Police & Other Workers, Three New Bills In Making Lawmakers introduced a series of bills that would encourage employers to punish workers who use cannabis while off duty. The three new measures seek to set up restrictions on...

Firearms Rights & Marijuana: Florida Official Sheds Light On Lawsuit Around Legal Marijuana Users & Background Checks Florida’s agriculture commissioner Nikki Fried (D) filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration last month to shed light on the issue of medical cannabis...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) would like for his idea to put cannabis cultivation on the rooftops of public housing buildings in The Big Apple to come to life. At a conference organized by the New York State Association of Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislators, Adams revealed...

Complementary Marijuana & Regulations Bills Get Green Light From Delaware House Committees Delaware lawmakers passed a pair of complementary bills to legalize marijuana and set up regulations for cannabis commerce on Wednesday. Sponsored by Rep. Ed Osienski (D), both measures were approved in...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) recently revealed that in a joint effort with his colleagues, he plans to reach out to Republican senators to find out what "they want" to see included in a bill to legalize cannabis federally. The Cannabis Administration & Opportunity Act (...

The House of Representatives approved the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act, H.R. 3617 on April 1, sending it to Senate. The MORE Act removes cannabis from the federal Controlled Substances Act, allowing states to legalize cannabis, its...

On Thursday, the Senate gave a green light to a bipartisan marijuana bill meant to promote marijuana research, reported Marijuana Moment. The legislation, sponsored by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), is titled Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research...

Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act is poised to end up on the House floor next week, reported Marijuana Moment. Rumors of a floor vote, coming from a congressional staffer and a key advocate familiar with the high-level discussions and another source close to Marijuana...