Tuesday, April 8, 2025

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No, you can't smoke hemp (and other things to know now that it will be legal)

Hemp legalization was tucked into the 2018 farm bill, a massive piece of legislation that also addresses issues such as nutrition, conservation, trade, energy and forestry. The bill received strong bipartisan support, and is now headed to President Donald Trump's...

Nebraska Senators Might Seek 2020 Vote on Medical Marijuana

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska voters may get the chance to decide a medical cannabis ballot measure in 2020 if lawmakers don’t approve one in the session that starts in January 2019. State Sens. Anna Wishart and Adam Morfeld, both of...

No, you can't smoke hemp (and other things to know now that it will be legal)

Hemp legalization was tucked into the 2018 farm bill, a massive piece of legislation that also addresses issues such as nutrition, conservation, trade, energy and forestry. The bill received strong bipartisan support, and is now headed to President Donald Trump's...

Medical Marijuana is Florida Law

by Norm Kent, NORML Board of DirectorsDecember 15, 2018 Writing from Key West last week, where I addressed the 35thannual legal conference of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, I was fishing not only for Blue Marlin,...

New York Cannabis Conference Addresses Concerns of Growers

In the face of the likely legalization of recreational cannabis in New York, a panel of experts from the state’s farming sector discussed what would help guarantee small farmers to get their fair share of the green rush. The Dec....

The Roll-Up #64: Hemp for Victory!

The Roll-Up features co-hosts Bruce Barcott, Ben Adlin, and Alyssa Yeoman in a Friday morning roundtable about the week’s top cannabis news. Leafly Podcast The Roll-Up #64: Hemp for Victory! This week: Congress passes the farm bill and legalizes hemp (but maybe not...

5 Things You Should Do to Keep Edibles Away from Kids, Pets

The holiday season has officially arrived, which means it’s time to bring on the holiday treats (cookies and candies and brownies, oh my!). And if you’re a cannabis enthusiast, chances are at least some of those treats are going...

Letters From a Pot Prisoner: Mario Ramos is Proof that Cannabis isn’t ‘Legal’

Mario Ramos of I Bud You, Inc. spent one year and 20 days in jail for growing 226 plants, also known as a non-violent cannabis crime. A multi-decade advocate and activist, he wrote us this impassioned letter while serving time...

Potential largest offshore wind farm in the world auctioned off for record price

Potential construction is still at least nearly a decade away, but if the project were completed today, it would be by far the world's largest offshore wind farm. The three leases offered for auction by the Bureau of Ocean Energy...

Ontario to Implement Lottery to Phase in Cannabis Retail

Ontario’s plans to rollout private cannabis retail in Apr. 2019 will happen in waves amidst national supply shortages. “We cannot in good conscience issue an unlimited number of licences to businesses in the face of such shortages and the federal...
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Update on Pennsylvania Legalization

Views: 2 Earlier this week we threw some cold water on many legalization prospects for this year, but now...
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