Medical Marijuana Pages

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Florida’s Marijuana Legalization A Historic Ballot Initiative. Voters are gearing up for a significant decision in the upcoming 2024 ballot that could reshape the state’s marijuana laws. If passed, this initiative would legalize recreational cannabis for adults aged 21 and older.

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 2, 2024

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation finally announced Friday recreational cannabis sales totals for April 2024. Illinois sold a record-high number of cannabis items in April 2024, while April sales totals dipped from March’s second-highest monthly total since legalization. February: $135,571,931.44

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Leafly

APRIL 7, 2021

Originally set to legalize in 2024, Virginia's law now kicks in this summer. The post Virginia moves cannabis legalization to July 1, 2021 appeared first on Leafly. But don't expect retail sales for a while.

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The December 2024 totals of $153,249,701.54 finished as the second-highest monthly total since legalization, only trailing December 2023 totals of $153,936,703.20. Illinois dispensaries in December 2024 also recorded the most cannabis products sold in a month at 4,515,972 and the highest in-state-resident sales at $120,76,516.83.

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CannaMD

APRIL 1, 2024

The Florida Supreme Court has decided to place the recreational marijuana amendment, known as Amendment 3, on the November 2024 ballot. This amendment, if passed, would allow adults aged 21 or older to legally possess, purchase, and use marijuana for personal, non-medical consumption, with specific possession limits set.

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Connor & Connor PLLC

MAY 12, 2025

With the rapid expansion of the cannabis industry, entrepreneurs face a range of legal and regulatory hurdles that can make the process daunting. Lawyers specializing in cannabis law are well-equipped to handle the specific challenges of obtaining a business license and growing your operation. Starting a cannabis business isnt easy.

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Cannabis Law Report

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Here is their press release 2022-10-10 The Victorian Greens have launched a plan to legalise and regulate the sale and consumption of cannabis in Victoria from 2024. This would include a tax on the sale of cannabis that the Parliamentary Budget Office has revealed could raise over $1.21

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Canna Law Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The CDU/CSU has pledged to repeal Germanys quasi-legalization law passed in 2024. If Merz partners with center-left parties, repealing German cannabis laws would be difficult. Convincing these former traffic-light coalition members to reverse their stance on legalization seems unlikely.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

states and the District of Columbia currently have legal cannabis, medical or recreational. Despite this massive shift in cannabis policy, however, a few states are still dragging their feet on cannabis legalization. Breaking the law here, even with only small amounts of cannabis, will result in misdemeanor charges.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 12, 2025

The new rule prohibits: Marketing that appeals to children, including certain wording and imagery (as defined by Florida law). This new effort follows a similar initiative placed before voters in 2024, Amendment 3 , which fell short of the 60% threshold it needed to pass. Branding that mimics illicit substances or drug paraphernalia.

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Cannabis Law Report

MAY 31, 2023

The Capitolist reports The Florida Supreme Court will review a legal challenge by state Attorney General Ashley Moody regarding a proposed ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana, citing a violation of the state constitution.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 19, 2025

As a result, many hemp businesses in Colorado have continued selling products that exceed the legal THC thresholds, gambling on limited enforcement. In 2024, the Colorado Attorney General filed suit against a Greeley-based hemp company and its owner , alleging that they sold products containing up to 35 times the legal THC limit.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 17, 2024

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced today recreational cannabis sales totals for March 2024. March totals reached $148,872,065.12, the 2 nd highest monthly total since legalization. 2024 total monthly sales include: January: $133,787,753.89 February: $135,571,931.44 March: $148,872,065.12

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Veriheal

MARCH 23, 2024

In a historic move, Ukraine’s government has legalized medical cannabis. The Parliamentary Vote for Legal Cannabis in Ukraine The vote in Ukraine’s parliament was a pivotal moment. A large majority, 248 out of 401 members, voted in favor of legalizing medical cannabis.

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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 1, 2025

After kicking off 2025 with the highest January sales total since legalization, February sales dipped to the lowest monthly total since January 2023, and for only the second time since legalization, monthly sales totals decreased from the previous years monthly totals. 2024 total monthly sales include: January: $133,787,753.89

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Cannabis Life Network

JULY 5, 2023

Maryland has begun legal cannabis sales eight months after voters approved a ballot measure. Other licenses will begin getting issued in 2024. The state gave medical cannabis dispensaries the green light to sell to the state’s new recreational customers. Maryland defines adults as 21 and older, limiting them to 1.5

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Veriheal

JULY 19, 2023

This marks a significant milestone in the broader shift towards recognizing cannabis as a legal substance and adjusting employment practices accordingly. In the wake of the expanding marijuana legalization movement, employment policies related to cannabis use are experiencing significant transformation across the U.S.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A legislative committee voted vigorously in opposition to medical cannabis legalization in North Carolina six years ago, but things have changed a lot since then. In a groundbreaking moment on Tuesday, August 24, North Carolina Senate committee voted in approval of a revised bill to legalize medical cannabis statewide.

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Veriheal

JANUARY 21, 2025

Thats what Ballot Measure 119 is all about: a law that requires cannabis businesses to allow employees the chance to unionize without interference. This push led to significant changes, including the introduction of labor laws designed to safeguard worker rights. What is Ballot Measure 119?

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 19, 2023

However, many of them are still psychoactive, albeit at lower levels than traditional cannabis sold in legal states. Due to the lack of regulation akin to legal medical or recreational marijuana sales, delta-8 can often be found in gas stations, smoke shops, and similar establishments. These products must contain less than 0.3%

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Veriheal

JUNE 9, 2023

Colorado is boldly moving to bring cannabis sales online, Florida’s attorney general put a damper on the state’s legalization push, and a Massachusetts biotech company began developing a psilocybin-based drug. Jared Polis signed a bill to legalize online sales of cannabis. Let’s dive into this week’s canna-news.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

RICHMOND, VA — Virginia lawmakers gave final approval Saturday to a bill that will legalize cannabis for adult use, but not until 2024, when retail sales of the drug would begin. Ralph Northam, who supports legalization. Possession not legal until Jan. grams) of marijuana will become legal beginning Jan.

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The Blunt Truth

JANUARY 5, 2022

Every year, employers find themselves revisiting their marijuana and drug testing policies to account for newly enacted laws at the state and local level. On June 22, 2021, Connecticut legalized recreational marijuana use by adults 21 years and older. There are numerous positions and industries exempt from the law. Connecticut.

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Illinois News Joint

JULY 5, 2024

May totals dropped to $23,105,926.95, the lowest monthly sales total since before Illinois legalized recreational cannabis (January 2020). Total retail sales for 2024 reached $147,266,853.89. Monthly Totals for 2024: January: $24,338,551.30 In June, Illinois dispensaries sold $11,112,600.33 in concentrates/infused products.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 20, 2025

I previously highlighted BM 119s Constitutional and labor law exposure, and explained how this initiative arose after a stymied legislative effort by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 (UFCW 555). UFCW 555 should have accepted the reality that their goal wasn’t legally viable, rather than put the question to Oregon voters.

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PrestoDoctor

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Results 2024: Florida, Dakotas, and Nebraska Ballot Outcomes In the 2024 elections, marijuana legalization initiatives took center stage in several states across the U.S., with voters making significant choices on both recreational and medical marijuana policies. appeared first on PrestoDoctor.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Cannabis legalization is happening regardless of the US federal government’s draconian stance on the subject. Despite cannabis remaining against the law on a federal level, many states have been allowing the sale, cultivation, and consumption of cannabis, with more states joining all the time.

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation today announced recreational cannabis sales totals for October 2024. Illinois’ yearly sales totals have increased each year since legalization (2020-2023) and are again on track to surpass 2023 totals of $1,634,983,542.79 for a new record high for 2024.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 18, 2021

There has been a recent flurry of movement – both in the courts and in state legislatures – on the marijuana law front across several states. The laws’ employment provisions were effective immediately, but they do not become operative until the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (“CRC”) adopts implementing regulations.

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Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

After not announcing the monthly totals for July, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced today recreational cannabis sales totals for July and August 2024. July totals reached $143,344,184.07, and August sales totaled reached $147,391,733.03, the third-highest monthly totals since legalization (January 2000).

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The Blunt Truth

JUNE 2, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see Minnesota legalize adult-use cannabis. New Hampshire presses pause on their legalization effort. Minnesota is now the 23rd state to legalize. Could 2024 be the year?

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Illinois News Joint

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation today announced recreational cannabis sales totals for November 2024. November sales set a record monthly-sales high for 2024 and the second-highest monthly total since legalization at $149,284,730.95. 2024 total monthly sales include: January: $133,787,753.89

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Cannabis Law Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Two reports this week indicate that hopes are high for some sort of regulated environment by 2024 ( but then again that’s always the case at this stage of the discussion!)

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Illinois News Joint

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced today recreational cannabis sales totals for January 2024. January out-of-state resident sales dropped to its lowest total since February 2020, the second month of legalization. January 2024 out-of-state resident sales plummeted to $29,739,097.19.

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Illinois News Joint

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

December 2022, I published a 6-part series titled, “What Illinois cannabis patients really want” to start a dialogue about the large gap between patients’ needs, wishes, concerns, and recommendation for improving the Medical Cannabis Patient Program (MCPP) and the actual amendments to the law legislators have introduced.

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Veriheal

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Rather than a ballot initiative , Connecticut, New Mexico, New York, and Virginia legalized the plant for adult-use purposes via a legislative process. They follow in the footsteps of Vermont, which became the first legislative-driven legal cannabis state back in 2018. Legal Cannabis Business Framework .

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 12, 2024

were the second-lowest monthly sales total since Illinois legalized recreational cannabis (January 2020). Only June 2024 (the previous month) medical cannabis sales totals of $23,105,926.95 Total retail sales for 2024 reached $170,617,973.63. Monthly Totals for 2024: January: $24,338,551.30 July totals of $23,351,249.87

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