Image credits Business Insider San Francisco (CNN Business)In 2016, the US election resulted in a green wave as cannabis legalization measures passed in eight out of nine states.Now, the industry and its supporters are hoping for another big win in November. This year, voters in five states will decide whether to adopt either new medical or recreational Read More
To assist the national marijuana industry in paying its federal taxes, the Internal Revenue Service issued a series of guidance documents that apparently are aimed at clarifying the process for businesses.The IRS announced the guidance via Twitter on Friday and wrote on its website that “a key component in promoting the highest degree of voluntary compliance on the part Read More
House Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), the lead sponsor of a bill that would remove the penalties for marijuana, said the calls for criminal justice reform pushed the bill from committee limbo to a vote on the floor. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo Democrats are taking an unprecedented gamble this month: voting to legalize cannabis at Read More
LINCOLN, Neb. — Will Nebraskans get to vote or will the issue go up in smoke? Today the Nebraska supreme court heard arguments from both sides on the constitutionality of a proposed ballot measure that would bring medical marijuana to Nebraska voters. The stop at the Nebraska Supreme Court is just one of many challenges that Read More
Virginia Democrats are making headway in the efforts to reform the commonwealth’s criminal justice system, even if, on issues such as qualified immunity for police officers, it takes a couple of tries to get moving in the right direction. But they are still not ready to fully embrace one issue: marijuana legalization. Virginia did enact marijuana decriminalization. While Read More
Marijuana use is on the rise among baby boomers in the United States, especially men, according to a study published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The findings appear to reflect changing attitudes toward cannabis across the country, study co-author Bill Jesdale, an assistant professor of population and quantitative health science at the University of Read More
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced that the House will consider the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement Act the week of Sept 21, prompting criticism from Republicans. The measure would decriminalize marijuana use at the federal level, although the bill stands no chance of becoming law facing a Republican firewall in the Senate and a GOP president Read More
The House will vote on legalizing marijuana next month. States would still have to vote to legalize the drug. Marijuana is already legal in 11 states. The MORE Act would remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act and erase some cannabis criminal records. The vote will come during the September work period, according to an Read More
. The Florida Department of Health published emergency rules that now allow the state’s medical marijuana industry to start selling edibles Florida’s licensed medical marijuana dispensaries can now sell edible products soon. The edibles must be lozenges, baked goods, gelatins, chocolates or drink powders. The emergency rules state that edibles must not contain any color Read More
(CNN)Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf released a legislative agenda Wednesday to assist in the Covid-19 economic recovery, including legalizing recreational marijuana.In a press release outlining his agenda, Wolf asked the legislature to legalize recreational marijuana — with some of the proceeds going to grants for existing small businesses and 50% of the funds dedicated to historically Read More