The Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act has been reintroduced in both chambers of Congress. The legislation, introduced in the Senate by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and in the House of Representatives by Congressional Cannabis Caucus co-chairs Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and David Joyce (R-OH), provides a temporary five-year “safe harbor” during which veterans will […]
Marijuana reform legislation continues to advance in several states. This week’s update highlights legislative developments in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Vermont, and Washington. LEGALIZATION Delaware UPDATE: HB1 has passed both legislative chambers with supermajority support. The bill has been delivered to […]
Keep your drinks cool and show your support for legalization all summer long with this limited edition NORML koozie. We’re giving one to everyone who donates $42 or more now through April 30, 2023! In the past few weeks, we’ve achieved several monumental victories – victories that would not have been possible without your support. […]
According to a multitude of sources, Americans now spend more money on legal weed than chocolate and craft beer! This report from MJBizDaily has shown that Americans spent roughly $30 billion on legal cannabis last year. We only spent $20 billion on chocolate and $8 billion on craft beer in the same period. Even though […]
Bipartisan legislation providing funding to assist states in their efforts to expunge marijuana convictions has been reintroduced in the House of Representatives. The Harnessing Opportunities by Pursuing Expungement (HOPE) Act, sponsored by Reps. David Joyce (R-OH) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), allocates $20 million in federal funds over the course of ten years to provide grants […]
Members of the US House of Representatives introduced legislation today to help level the playing field for legal cannabis businesses by normalizing the way in which they pay their federal taxes. The Small Business Tax Equity Act provides an exemption for state-licensed cannabis businesses from federal tax code 280E, which prevents anyone engaged in the […]
I don’t like that our country’s war on marijuana is still being waged in 29 states. I don’t like racist drug laws contributing to the mass incarceration problem in those states. And I don’t like how a thriving underground marijuana market empowers gangs and organized crime when there could be a highly taxed and highly […]
Democratic Gov. John Carney could decide the fate of a pair of adult-use legalization bills this week. The Governor has until Saturday, April 22, to take action of House Bill 1, which removes criminal and civil penalties for the possession of personal use quantities of cannabis flower and other products, including marijuana paraphernalia, for those […]
An award that once would go to Denver without a whole lot of competition now has a new home. Portland is now the best city for the marijuana experience, according to a study done by Real Estate Witch and Leafly. The first question with these extremely subjective titles is how exactly does a study make […]
Marijuana reform legislation continues to advance in several states. This week’s update highlights legislative developments in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas. LEGALIZATION Arkansas SB 580 legalizes the possession of up to two ounces of cannabis and repeals the conviction of anyone convicted of possessing less than two […]
