The final 2018 Farm Bill is expected to be voted on as early as next week. The bill would legalize hemp cultivation and could be a catalyst for explosive growth in a nascent industry that some forecast could top $20 billion by 2022. The long-awaited bill would remove industrial hemp […]
Politics
Cannabis Has Been Legalized In 10 States And Washington DC
In 2012, Colorado and Washington state became the first states to vote to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes. Since then, eight more states and Washington, DC, have followed — although Vermont and DC, while allowing marijuana possession and growing, have continued to bar sales for recreational purposes. The spread of […]
Cannabis Ballot Measures To Watch In U.S. Midterm Elections
Michigan and North Dakota will vote on recreational cannabis, Utah to vote on medical marijuana that can’t be smoked or eaten California, Colorado and seven other states have legalized recreational marijuana, and there are roughly 30 states that have passed medical cannabis in some form. On Tuesday, more states could […]
A Utah State Senator Tried an Edible Live on Camera to Prove a Point About Cannabis
Jim Dabakis, a Democratic state senator from Utah, tried a weed gummy this weekend. It was his first weed gummy; in fact, he claimed it was the first marijuana he ever ingested. Standing in the parking lot of a Las Vegas dispensary called NuLeaf—recreational marijuana is legal in Nevada—sporting a […]
Utah Anticipates Legalization of Cannabis With Proposition 2, As Both Sides Agree On Compromise
A special session is on the books so lawmakers can discuss a medical cannabis bill. That was announced amid the what is being called a compromise on Prop 2 between proponents and opponents. Negotiations between Utah legislators and Proposition 2 supporters (including the Utah Patients Coalition, Libertas Institute, Our Revolution, […]
New York City To Hold Public Meetings On Cannabis Legalization
ALBANY, New York — New York state is hosting three public listening sessions this week in New York City to gather input on proposals to legalize recreational cannabis. The meetings are scheduled for Monday in Queens, Tuesday in Brooklyn and Wednesday on Staten Island. Several listening sessions have already been […]
LDS Mormon Church Speaks Out Against Proposition 2, Going Against Faithful Members Who Already Use Medical Cannabis
The Mormon church ramped up its opposition this week to Proposition 2, which would allow medical cannabis in Utah, even as faith leaders insisted they support patients using it under strict controls. The LDS Church’s opposition to Proposition 2 pits it against a tough foe: faithful members who already use […]
New York Cannabis Company, Acreage Holdings, Closes $119M Funding Round
New York cannabis company, Acreage Holdings, is rolling in the green after their most recent funding round. The New York cannabis company, with dispensaries and greenhouses in 13 states, just closed a $119 million funding round. High-net-worth individuals and family offices were the biggest investors, chief executive Kevin Murphy told […]
John Boehner, Former House Speaker, Joins Cannabis Legalization Board
John Boehner has a new take on legalization — and it’s way more chilled out than it used to be. The former House speaker — who for years huffed and puffed on Capitol Hill about the dangers of smoking weed — has joined the board of cannabis startup Acreage Holdings […]
Recreational Marijuana Petition in Oklahoma Just 20,000 Signatures Away From Threshold For November Ballot
Oklahoma Activist group Green The Vote said Sunday that it has received more than 104,000 signatures to get a constitutional question about recreational marijuana on Oklahoma’s November’s ballot, which means the group needs about 20,000 more. The number of signatures in support of State Question 797 rose by more than […]