Members of the District’s City Council have advanced amended legislation, the Second Chance Amendment Act of 2021, to the desk of Mayor Muriel Bowser. Council members voted 13 to zero in favor of the measure, which calls for the automatic review and expungement of any convictions or citations specific to marijuana-related offenses that have subsequently […]
As the calendar marches into late December, most of us focus on spending time with our friends and family to celebrate each other and reflect on the passing year. However, it is also a time we look ahead and think about our aspirations for the future. If you support ending marijuana prohibition, there is much […]
Members of the 117th Congress are unlikely to advance the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act and other marijuana-related reform language before the session’s end. Congressional leaders are set to debate an omnibus spending package in the session’s final days and that package does not include provisions specific to either SAFE, the HOPE Act, […]
Monitoring the Future, an ongoing federally funded study of the behaviors of American adolescents, has released their 2022 findings. Focusing on three school grade groups – 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students – the study found that cannabis use rates for each cohort were largely unchanged from last year. The Monitoring the Future (MTF) study […]
Lawmakers have advanced comprehensive legislation, Senate Bill 288, that includes marijuana sentencing reforms. The measure now awaits action from Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. Marijuana-specific provisions in the bill amend state law so that that the arrest or conviction for the use or possession of marijuana paraphernalia no longer qualifies as part of a person’s criminal […]
Local officials have dismissed hundreds of pending marijuana-related criminal cases following voters’ decision in November to pass Amendment 3, which regulates the adult-use cannabis market. According to statement on Twitter by Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, municipal court officials have “dismissed over 500” open marijuana cases in the days since the new law took effect. […]
Government officials have provided some 2 million marijuana-related pardons and expungements in recent years to those with low-level cannabis convictions on their records, according to an analysis released today by the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. According to publicly available data, state and local officials have issued over 100,000 pardons and more […]
The District of Columbia’s city council has recently approved legislation to significantly expand medical cannabis operations in Washington, DC. The Medical Cannabis Amendment Act, led by Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D), will: Increase the number of licensed dispensaries that can operate in the District; Enact tax relief for operators; Codify into law the ability for […]
Lawmakers and voters enacted over 40 laws liberalizing cannabis policies in over a dozen states in 2022, according to a report issued today by the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). Three states — Maryland, Missouri, and Rhode Island — enacted laws legalizing adult-use marijuana possession and regulating retail cannabis markets. In total, […]
Select cannabis retailers will begin selling cannabis products to those age 21 or older on Tuesday, January 10, 2023. According to a press release issued earlier today by the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, existing medical cannabis facilities possessing hybrid licenses will be permitted to sell cannabis to adults in one month’s time. Nine operators […]
