Celebrations ensued in November when Colorado and Washington passed bills to legalize marijuana for recreational users aged 21 and above. But the battle is far from over....
The Colorado state legislature passed the first bills in history Wednesday to establish a regulated marijuana market for adults. Representatives of the Amendment 64 campaign will discuss...
Marijuana rescheduling is headed for the US Supreme Court, the California Supreme Court upheld local dispensary bans, the feds strike again in Berkeley and Washington state, and...
Yesterday, St. Louis mayor Francis Slay signed a marijuana decriminalization measure into law. The new law will make possession of up to 35 grams of marijuana punishable...
New Hampshire’s medical marijuana bill, House Bill 573, was approved by a Senate committee by a 5-0 vote. Unfortunately, since they also removed the home grow option from the...
The Vermont Senate voted 24-6 Tuesday to give initial approval to a bill that would decriminalize possession of limited amounts of marijuana. After the Senate gives its...
Representative Robert F. Hagan (D-Youngstown) has introduced a measure that would put marijuana legalization on the ballot before state voters. House Joint Resolution 6 would place a...
New Hampshire won’t be the next state to decriminalize marijuana possession. The state Senate Thursday killed a decriminalization bill, with senators calling it “deeply flawed.” Introduced by...
Yesterday, Ohio Rep. Bob Hagan introduced two marijuana bills at the statehouse. The first bill would legalize marijuana for medicinal use and the second is a recreational marijuana...
Rep. Carly Melin introduced her medical marijuana bill at Minnesota’s Capitol yesterday, but the proposal is little more than an informative placeholder for the 2014 session. While...
Lots of action in California this past week, including more raids and more threat letters, plus action in various state legislatures. Let’s get to it: California Last...
In the wake of the marijuana legalization victories in Colorado and Washington last November, and buoyed by a series of national public opinion polls showing support for...
Maryland Governor, Martin O’Malley, is set to sign medical marijuana into law today. Maryland will become the 19th state in the nation to legalize medical marijuana, but...
Louisiana’s HB 103 passed a House Committee yesterday, after more than an hour of debate. While far from marijuana decriminalization, HB 103 would reduce absolutely ridiculous current...
Next Saturday, in over 200 cities worldwide, millions will come together to rally for an end to a failed drug war on cannabis and industrial hemp. Oregonians will...
Grand Rapids residents voted in November to decriminalize minor marijuana offenses. People possessing up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana will receive a ticket rather than jail. The...
After a long debate, Colorado legislators have approved the high marijuana tax rates of 15% excise tax and 10% sales tax, this is down only slightly from...
Last Tuesday, Connecticut’s Regulations Review Committee rejected, without prejudice, proposed regulations for the state’s new medical marijuana industry. Co-chairman of the committee, Andres Ayala, Jr., said the...
Last fall, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) vetoed the Good Samaritan Emergency Response Act (Assembly Bill 578), which would have provided limited legal protection to people...
