Medical Marijuana Update
South Dakota takes a regressive step, while Utah takes a progressive one.
Medical Marijuana
Las Vegas -- the next Amsterdam? (Creative Commons)
AZ Bill Targets "Predatory" Moves on Social Equity Pot Licenses, NV First Weed Lounge Opens, More... (2/27/24)
A South Dakota bill would allow cops to investigate, search, and prosecute medical marijuana businesses; a Florida bill to cap THC content for adult use marijuana dies, and more.
Labor Secretary Marty Walsh visits the Detroit Job Corps Center. (Creative Commons)
Job Corps Eases Rules for Marijuana, OR Dems Agree to Drug Possession Recrim, More... (2/22/24)
A Utah bill with powerful backers would punish cities who punish medical marijuana patients, a New Hampshire bill to legalize marijuana wins a House floor vote, and more.
Medical Marijuana Update
An Arkansas medical marijuana expansion initiative is cleared for signature-gathering, Wisconsin GOP lawmakers declare medical marijuana is dead for the session, and more.
Fentanyl test strips could soon be legal in Idaho. (Creative Commons)
VA Lawmakers Seek MJ Sales Compromise, AR MedMJ Expansion Init Approved for Signature-Gathering, More... (2/21/24)
Arizona could be the next state to okay interstate commerce in marijuana, the Idaho House approves a fentanyl test strip bill, and more.
Lawmakers in Oregon are debating whether to recriminalize drug possession. (Creative Commons)
OR Drug Recriminalization Debate, AR MedMJ Advocates Resubmit Ballot Initiative, More... (2/8/24)
A South Carolina medical marijuana bill is back, an eighth Massachusetts municipality endorses psychedelic reform, and more.
Evo Morales. He's back and wants to run for president again. (Creative Commons)
A Dozen Senators Call for Descheduling Marijuana, Bolivia Coca Grower Blockades, More... (1/30/24)
Mandatory minimum sentencing remains in fashion in Boise, an Arkansas medical marijuana expansion initiative has been rejected by the state attorney general, and more.
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales is still able to rally coca growers behind him. (Creative Commons)
Federal "Gas Station Heroin" Bill Filed, AZ Psilocybin Study Bill Advances, More... (1/25/24)
A restrictive South Dakota medical marijuana bill is killed, a Florida Senate resolution designating Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations advances, and more.
A West Virginia bill would turn current misdemeanor drug charges into felonies. (Creative Commons)
WV Bill Refelonizes Drug Possession, OR Measure 110 Audit Released, More... (1/22/24)
Wisconsin Republicans are at an impasse over medical marijuana, a Hawaii civil asset forfeiture reform bill gets filed, and more.
Lawmakers in Georgia and South Dakota aim to tighten state medical marijuana laws. (Creative Commons)
OK Anti-Drug Bill Labels Hispanic Residents "Terrorists," ME Bill Would Legalize All Drugs, More... (1/19/24)
A Georgia bill would raise the age for medical marijuana, a South Dakota bill would clarify that workers in certain safety-sensitive positions can still be fired for medical marijuana use, and more.