Politics

Marijuana reform legislation advances in several states. This week’s update highlights legislative developments in Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island.  LEGALIZATION Ohio House Bill 168 creates a regulated market for the adult use...

Federal law enforcement agents and their partners seized nearly 5.7 million cultivated marijuana plants in 2022, according to annual data compiled by the US Drug Enforcement Administration.  According to figures published in the DEA’s Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program Statistical Report, agents...

Marijuana usage in the United States is a historically skeptical concept. But as of recently, states are legalizing, businesses are adapting, and more every day people are choosing to consume. This can be seen with recent research findings. According...

Cannabis use is not associated with an elevated risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), even among those possessing a clinically high risk for developing the disease, according to longitudinal data published in the journal Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases. A...

Members of the Michigan Civil Service Commission are accepting comments from the public on proposed changes to the state’s drug testing regulations. Officials have proposed amending regulations so that most public employees no longer have to undergo pre-employment testing...

House and Senate lawmakers have advanced legislation to Democratic Gov. Tim Walz legalizing use and sale of cannabis by those ages 21 and older. On Tuesday, members of a conference committee reconciled differences between House-backed and Senate-backed versions of the...

Over half of consumers of cannabis are now purchasing their weed through brick-and-mortar retailers. Just a few short years ago many of these consumers were buying their cannabis through the black market. Now, with legal weed in most of...

Opponents of cannabis legalization frequently decry what they call ‘a rapid push‘ toward legalization in America. But to those of us who’ve spent decades fighting to end over a century of marijuana prohibition, these changes cannot come soon enough. The...

Most consumers residing in jurisdictions in the United States where the adult use of cannabis is legal report obtaining their marijuana primarily from brick-and-mortal retailers, according to new survey data compiled by New Frontier Data. Fifty-two percent of respondents said...

Marijuana reform legislation continues to advance in several states. This week’s update highlights legislative developments in California, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Vermont LEGALIZATION Minnesota  UPDATE: HF 100 passed the House 71 to 59. SF 73 passed the Senate 34 to...