Saturday, July 12, 2025

Politics

Oklahoma: Governor Signs Legislation Temporarily Halting Any Further Expansion of State’s Medical Cannabis Industry

Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed legislation into law (House Bill 3208) imposing a moratorium on the issuance of any new cannabis business licenses. As per the new law, the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority will cease processing applications received for...

State Policy Weekly Update 6/10/2022

This week’s update highlights legislative developments in California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Louisiana, New York and North Carolina.  CaliforniaSeveral pieces of reform-friendly legislation have advanced out of their chambers of origin and are now awaiting hearings in their second chambers.  Read about...

What’s the deal with Kush, Colorado?

A town of 120 people in Colorado that received an exponential boom in the economy when a marijuana grow operation popped up in its border is trying to change its name to Kush. Still called Moffat, Colorado, the founder of...

California: Multiple Reform Bills Continue to Advance

Several pieces of reform-friendly legislation have advanced out of their chambers of origin and are now awaiting hearings in their second chambers. “We’re happy to see that many of the cannabis reform bills which we have been activating our membership...

Republican Senator Releases Ad for SAFE Banking Act

A Republican Senator from Montana has created a video ad in hopes to raise the prospects of his own sponsored SAFE Banking Bill. SAFE Banking would make it legally “safe” for banks to deal with marijuana companies, including dispensaries. Because...

Rick Steves: Let’s Make 2022 the Best Year for Marijuana Yet

This is shaping up to be a momentous year in our fight to end marijuana prohibition. We’re primed to legalize in several more states. But we need everyone who cares about this issue to help out. That’s why I’m...

Delaware: Lawmakers Decline to Overturn Cannabis Legalization Veto

A motion to overturn Democratic Governor John Carney’s veto of a key cannabis legalization bill, House Bill 371, was declined by members of the Delaware House late last night. The vote was 20 yes, 20 no, and 1 not...

Louisiana: Series of Marijuana Law Reform Bills Advanced to Governor’s Desk

State lawmakers have advanced several marijuana reform measures to the desk of Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards. Among them, House Bill 629 bars police from conducting a warrantless search of person’s place of residence based solely upon the odor of...

Marijuana May Actually be the Opposite of a Gateway Drug, Study Shows

The discussion of how marijuana is the first step down a dark and sinister path of a drug-fueled life path has been around for about as long as marijuana has in America. On one side, it’s an understandable deduction:...

Laura Ingraham blames marijuana for mass shootings

This is worth talking about because it shows that believing marijuana is only a road to madness and violence is still very prevalent in the mainstream. Laura Ingraham, in her show last week, brought weed into the conversation of mass...
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Texas Becomes 40th State to Legalize Medical Cannabis

Texas has officially become the 40th state to legalize medical cannabis, a milestone that advocates say marks a significant...
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