A Nebraskan senator submitted a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would legalize adult-use cannabis. If approved by the legislature, Sen. Justin Wayne’s proposed amendment would be on the ballot in 2022 for voters to decide upon. If a majority of voters supported the ballot measure, then Wayne’s proposal [...]
New York lawmakers prefiled eight medical marijuana-related bills for consideration in the upcoming legislative session. Seven of those were filed in the Assembly with the other prefiled bill introduced in the Senate. The proposed bills cover a range of issues facing qualifying medical marijuana patients in New York, including tenants’ [...]
When New Jersey voters resoundingly approved an Election Day ballot proposal to legalize adult-use marijuana, they did so on the understanding the constitutional amendment would take effect on January 1, 2021. That hasn’t happened. In the two months since the vote to legalize, New Jersey lawmakers have been unable to [...]
The governor of Illinois announced nearly half a million marijuana-related arrest records have been expunged, while a further 9,200 pardons have been issued for people with low-level cannabis convictions. The mass clemency drive comes one year after Illinois launched its legal market for adult-use marijuana on January 1, 2020. The [...]
A Maryland House of Delegates lawmaker prefiled a marijuana legalization bill for consideration in the 2021 legislation beginning January 13. Del. Jazz Lewis (D) submitted the draft legislation – HB0032 – which would legalize and regulate marijuana sales through state-licensed businesses, expunge prior cannabis-related convictions and set up a social [...]
The governor of Wisconsin is considering including measures to legalize adult-use cannabis in his 2021 budget proposal as a way to generate sorely-needed state tax revenues amid an economic downturn precipitated by the coronavirus outbreak. Gov. Tony Evers said marijuana legalization was an option for Wisconsin, even though more modest [...]
One of the few bright spots in an otherwise difficult year was marijuana legalization’s progress in the US. Four states voted to legalize recreational cannabis on Election Day while Vermont and Illinois had already begun legal sales of adult-use marijuana earlier in the year. Though there won’t be any marijuana [...]
New Jersey’s legislature approved a marijuana legalization bill that would make the state the only one in the country that prohibits all home cultivation of cannabis while permitting its use, possession and sale. Two-thirds of New Jersey’s voters came out on Election Day in favor of a ballot proposal to [...]
Top South Dakota law enforcement officials have filed a lawsuit using state funds to void the result of a voter-approved ballot initiative to legalize adult-use marijuana. The marijuana legalization measure – Constitutional Amendment A – received 54 percent of the vote and was one of two cannabis-related proposals approved by [...]
A majority of Wyoming residents support adult-use marijuana legalization while supermajorities approved of incremental reforms such as legalizing medical cannabis and decriminalizing possession, according to a new poll. The survey comes courtesy of the University of Wyoming and the results mark the first time it has found majority support for [...]