New legislation introduced by Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Earl Blumenauer, both Oregon Democrats, would take marijuana off the list of federally banned drugs, tax marijuana at a rate similar to alcohol and tobacco, and end the threat of federal criminal penalties for businesses operating in states that allow the use of pot for recreational […]
Georgia House lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a compromise that would expand the list of disorders eligible for treatment under the state’s nascent medical marijuana program. Source: Georgia House approves compromise to expand medical marijuana program By a vote of 45 to 6, Senators approved a revised version of Senate Bill 16, now awaiting the Gov. Nathan Deal’s signature. […]
Last year, Nashville voted to decriminalize marijuana. According to the Associated Press: “The Legislature has passed a bill that would bar cities in Tennessee from decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana. If the governor signs the bill, it will strike down laws in Memphis and Nashville that give police the discretion to write civil […]
The newest Gallup poll shows 60% of Americans support full legalization of marijuana. More than 50,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2015 and heroin overdoses rose by 23% in one year. Jeff Sessions says marijuana is only “slightly worse” than heroin. However, no one has ever overdosed, or died, as a direct result of using […]
A new analysis projects that the legal marijuana market in Massachusetts will generate $64 million in state tax revenue in its first year. Retail marijuana sales are now slated to begin on July 1, 2018 after lawmakers pushed the date out by six months to allow for more time to establish regulations. The law, approved by 54 […]
Source: American Vice: Black Market Marijuana – Facts and Figures
Ohio’s new law on medical marijuana prohibits private laboratories from testing medical marijuana’s properties for one year. No other state tests medical marijuana like this, because university officials are way of losing federal money. Source: Testing could stall access to medical marijuana in Ohio
Nevada lawmakers are trying to address everything from marijuana users’ gun rights to the danger that edible marijuana products pose to children. Source: 6 marijuana bills in Nevada that could change guns rights, edibles, pot research
A state-run survey of 37,000 middle and high school students in Washington state finds that marijuana legalization there has had no effect on youngsters’ propensity to use the drug. Source: A big thing marijuana opponents warned you about is definitely not happening – The Washington Post
