Politics

New York has begun issuing the first licenses for legal marijuana dispensaries around the state. According to multiple news sources around the area, 36 different dispensary licenses were issued Monday. This signifies a monumental step in legal marijuana for...

Select cannabis retailers will begin selling cannabis products to those age 21 or older next Thursday, December 1. A press release issued today by the Governor’s office states that five operators have received licensure to provide marijuana products to both...

The election was a good day for drug activists in Oregon, and the main reason for this is the Governor-elect Tina Kotek will follow in the current Governor’s footsteps. A Democrat was elected as the next Governor. Her two opponents...

Democratic Gov. Kate Brown announced her intent to pardon some 47,000 Oregonians with low-level cannabis convictions. According to a news release issued by her office earlier today: “The pardon applies to electronically available Oregon convictions for possession of 1 ounce...

New York’s Cannabis Control Board has released draft regulations governing the state’s nascent adult-use marijuana marketplace, and it has also approved its first wave business applicants. Of the 36 licenses awarded, 28 went to justice-involved individuals (a person who...

According to the latest Gallup poll, support for marijuana legalization is at all time highs. According to this new poll, roughly 68% of all Americans support some form of marijuana legalization. Within this poll, there are answers from many different...

Just over a week after a midterm election that saw voters in two states legalize cannabis for adults, Congress has approved The Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act. The Act seeks to facilitate the federal approval of cannabis-specific...

The percentage of Americans who say that “the use of marijuana should be legal” remains at a record high, according to new nationwide polling data provided by Gallup. Sixty-eight percent of respondents endorse cannabis legalization — the same level of...

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed an executive order providing legal protections for qualifying patients who obtain medical cannabis products from out-of-state.   The order provides those eligible patients a “full, complete, and conditional pardon” if they face prosecution for the possession...

On Tuesday, November 15th, the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a hearing entitled “Developments in State Cannabis Laws and Bipartisan Cannabis Reforms at the Federal Level.” They heard testimony from advocates representing...