January 5, 2021
New Jersey Legalized Cannabis—But Marijuana Is Still Illegal. What Went Wrong With Legalization?
All those details would come later in “enabling legislation,” a package of laws that would also outline broad rules controlling a future commercial weed industry.
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Five years after Texas legalized medical marijuana for people with debilitating illnesses, advocates and industry experts say the state’s strict rules, red tape and burdensome barriers to entry have left the program largely inaccessible to those it was intended to help.
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Missouri Rep. Shamed Dogan, R-Ballwin, prefiled a measure to amend the state constitution to legalize recreational cannabis. In addition to allowing adults 21 and older to use the drug, Dogan said, his proposal would be an important step toward criminal justice reform.
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Many states surrounding Wyoming have legalized marijuana in one form or another, with South Dakota and Montana voting to legalize the schedule one drug in the 2020 election for recreational use. Wyoming’s willingness to follow suit and the implications of the potential legalization in the state remain unclear and worrisome to local law enforcement.
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Hemp was supposed to be the next big thing for Maine farmers, an easy-to-grow cash crop capable of fetching as much as $250,000 an acre when sold for CBD, the non-psychedelic derivative of cannabis that can now be found in almost every prominent wellness product line in the world. But after three years of rapid expansion, Maine’s emerging hemp industry has all but collapsed before it even had a chance to mature,
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January 5, 2021
Nearly 500K Illinois marijuana arrest records expunged; pardons issued for over 9K low-level convictions
In the final hours of 2020, Gov. JB Pritzker announced that about a half million marijuana convictions have been pardoned or wiped from the records in Illinois. That forgiveness is part of the state law that legalized pot sales last year.
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The Cuomo Administration has provided details for its plan to regulate and tax adult-use recreational cannabis in its budget plan. The Governor says it could generate $350 million in revenue a year once matured.
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January 1, 2021
Senate marijuana panel proposes changes to Northam legalization bill, would delay sales until 2024
Localities that don’t wish to have marijuana retailers in their jurisdictions may be able to opt out via referendum, according to a recommendation from a Senate panel examining a proposal to legalize the drug in Virginia.
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January 1, 2021
House bill impact on hemp regulation in ND
Some changes could be coming to how North Dakota regulates hemp. The law requires the state to sample and test hemp products.
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January 1, 2021
Constitutional ban on legal pot advances in Idaho
As legal weed becomes a reality in every corner of the U.S., Idaho is putting up a fight. State lawmakers on Friday moved forward with a proposed constitutional amendment that would bar the legalization of marijuana in Idaho in an attempt to keep the growing nationwide acceptance of the drug from seeping across its borders.
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