Update on ballot initiatives and referendum efforts. Wyoming While Wyoming activists made significant progress in collecting signatures for a ballot intuitive effort to legalize cannabis, they didn’t reach their goal in time for the 2022 ballot deadline. They are now aiming for 2024 while pushing the legislature to advance legislative reforms in the interim Bennett […]
Despite over 60 percent of Texas voters supporting marijuana legalization, advocates continue to face an uphill battle in the legislature. That is why activists in Texas are now expanding their efforts to focusing on implementing reforms at the local level. Currently, four Texas cities and seven counties have established local policies limiting legal punishments for […]
Up and coming psychedelic companies, forming pre-legalization, are inherently forward-thinking, so it doesn’t come as a major surprise that one of the larger companies is getting into the Metaverse property craze. What is a little more befuddling, however, is how they’re going to use that piece of virtual land. Ei.Ventures and Mycotopia Therapies are soon […]
The state of Michigan has broken another record for marijuana sales this last December. According to state officials, Michigan raked in over $135 million in recreational cannabis sales and about $33 million in medical sales in December alone. According to Andrew Brisbo, the executive director of the Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency, these December sales, “marked […]
Two (very different) locations in the world are inching their way towards legal weed. First is France, although they are further away than what the news initially signifies. A bill to legalize cannabis in the country will be debated on Thursday of this week, the 13th. The government, however, remains in opposition to legal marijuana, […]
Kansas Democrats are putting in motion a plan to legalize medical and adult-use marijuana. This legislation would be included in the 2022 ballot. Last Thursday, democratic leaders Tom Sawyer and Jason Probst held a briefing on how they are approaching this legalization issue. They explained that their constituents are urging them to legalize marijuana within […]
Updates on filed and moving legislation over the last week. FLORIDA Legislation has been filed to expand eligibility to allow those with certain prior cannabis convictions to get their records cleared. SB 1488 would allow individuals convicted of misdemeanor offenses involving the possession of up to 20 grams of marijuana to petition the court to […]
Governor Kathy Hochul is trying to lead the country by example through a new program that would garner $200 million specifically to promote social equity when handling licenses. There have been no licenses granted yet in the road to a marijuana marketplace in the state, but when this does happen, it is expected to garner […]
Wyoming marijuana activists have turned their focus to the 2024 ballot, hoping for decriminalization and cannabis initiatives. According to research done by Marijuanamoment, activists in Wyoming have collected thousands of signatures for a pair of ballot initiatives that would decriminalize the drug and legalize medical cannabis. Although they don’t believe they will have enough signatures […]
Just last month, the Prime Minister of the UK, Boris Johnson, announced that his administration was going to crack down on drug users in the country in a new 10-year plan to reduce drug use. In response, the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is going the opposite direction. Starting in just a few boroughs before […]
