San Diego police have a new way to confirm the presence of marijuana and other drugs in impaired drivers — a mouth-swab device that is already being used by police departments in more than a dozen states and is expected to become more popular with the legalization of marijuana. Source: San Diego rolls out mouth-swab […]
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
Since Pennsylvania is not a referendum state, meaning voters cannot get a question regarding the law placed on the ballot, it will be up to the legislature to take the lead if recreational marijuana is to be legalized. Gov. Tom Wolf believes “We just aren’t ready yet.” However, recently Auditor General Eugene Depasquale of PA described he […]
Massachusetts’ existing medical marijuana law does not provide explicit anti-discrimination protections for a medical marijuana user at work, although a pending court case may change that. Source: Bills would protect Massachusetts medical marijuana patients from losing job over drug test | masslive.com
Since voters approved recreational marijuana use and sales in November, some towns, including the town of Sullivan, Maine have closed the door on marijuana sales. Some local residents are voting to prohibit retail sales and social marijuana clubs. Local ordinances in Marijuana States are common, although more cities and towns have opted “in” later than those […]
State leaders, law enforcement and representatives from the state’s medical marijuana industry are working to create a set of recommendations on how to best regulate recreational marijuana. In recent weeks, federal law enforcement officials have been threatening a crackdown in states that have passed such laws. Congressional leaders have been asking those officials to leave regulating […]
WASHINGTON — California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada voted to end marijuana prohibition and Arkansas, Florida, and North Dakota adopted medical marijuana laws Tuesday in the most momentous election to date for marijuana policy reform. Montana approved an initiative to re-establish patients’ access to medical marijuana providers, which was hindered by state lawmakers, and create a more […]
Massachusetts voters on Tuesday approved a ballot question legalizing marijuana for recreational and commercial use, a decision that creates a major pot market on the U.S. eastern seaboard. Marijuana remains illegal at the federal level. But in more than half of the United States, before the Nov. 8 election, marijuana has been legal in some […]
Voters in five states will get to decide whether marijuana should be legal to use recreationally. (CNN)On this election day, voters in five stateswill get to decide whether marijuana should be legal to use recreationally. It’s on the ballot in California, Massachusetts, Maine, Arizona and Nevada. Voters will also decide whether it should be used for […]
The two agencies that regulate Oregon’s marijuana industry approved rules to allow retailers to keep products on their store shelves that don’t meet new testing, packaging and labeling standards that take effect Saturday, the first day recreational marijuana stores can open for business. Source: Oregon begins recreational marijuana sales on Saturday | Fox News
