Activists in the city of Lubbock (population: 261,000) have submitted twice the total number of signatures required to compel city officials to vote on a measure depenalizing marijuana possession. The initiative seeks to end arrests and citations for adults who possess misdemeanor amounts of cannabis within the city’s limits. The measure also prohibits police from […]
Colorado retailers are in strict compliance with the state’s minimum age laws and they are not selling cannabis products to underage patrons, according to data provided by the state government and first reported by Marijuana Moment. Data for the year 2022 shows that underage operatives were denied access to retail cannabis products 99 percent of […]
A majority of voters from most every demographic in Ohio support passing Issue 2, a citizens’ initiated measure to legalize and regulate the possession, home cultivation, and retail sale of cannabis for those age 21 or older, according to statewide polling data released today by Baldwin Wallace University. Overall, 57 percent of registered voters support […]
Law enforcement officials made well over a quarter million arrests for marijuana-related violations in 2022, according to data compiled by the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer. According to the online database, which was updated on Monday with data for the year 2022, police made at least 227,108 arrests for marijuana violations last year. Of those, 92 […]
Ohioans began casting votes this week for a citizens’ initiated measure (Issue 2) to legalize and regulate the possession, home cultivation, and retail sale of cannabis for those age 21 or older. Several statewide polls conducted in recent months show majority support (59 percent) for the measure, with strongest support among Democrats and Independents. Nevertheless, […]
Members of the Anchorage Assembly voted this week to adopt revised regulations limiting employers’ ability to test and sanction state workers for their off-the-job use of cannabis. Under the new rules, which are set to take effect within 30 days, most non-safety sensitive employees will no longer be subject to either urine testing or other […]
Roughly two-thirds of US truck drivers and their carriers favor changes in federal marijuana testing regulations, according to survey data compiled by the American Transportation Research Institute. Seventy percent of truck drivers and 62 percent of representatives from motor carrier companies said that “changes were needed to federal drug policy rules in light of state-level […]
The majority of Ohioans support the passage of a citizens’ initiated measure (Issue 2) to legalize and regulate the possession, home cultivation, and retail sale of cannabis for those age 21 or older. Voters will decide on the measure this November. Most Ohioans back marijuana legalization in general and endorse Issue 2 specifically, according to […]
Members of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs voted today to advance legislation, the SAFER Banking Act, which allows financial institutions to more readily establish relationships with state-licensed cannabis businesses. Although members of the House have passed an earlier version of the legislation — the SAFE Banking Act — on […]
New statewide rules take effect next week ending the practice of pre-employment marijuana screening for most state workers. Under the new policy, which takes effect on Sunday, October 1st, most public employees will no longer be required to undergo pre-employment marijuana testing. (Exceptions to the new rules will remain for those in certain safety sensitive […]
