Leafly

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

You'll have to wait nearly three years before possession becomes legal. The post Virginia lawmakers agree to legalize marijuana, but not until 2024 appeared first on Leafly. Sorry, Virginia.

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Leafly

APRIL 4, 2024

After a long legal battle, Amendment 3 will appear on the 2024 ballot. The post It’s official: Florida will vote on legal weed in November! It needs the support of 60% of Florida voters in order to pass. appeared first on Leafly.

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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. To its credit, the state does seem to be making minor strides toward cannabis legalization lately.

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Medical Marijuana Program Connection

JANUARY 14, 2024

January 14, 2024, 1:00 AM HST One of the most talked about pieces of legislation discussed by Hawai‘i lawmakers for a few years now has been the legalization of recreational marijuana. With the State Attorney General Office believing this legislative session could be the year adult-use cannabis could pass into.

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Medical Marijuana Program Connection

APRIL 26, 2024

Over a week after a group of North Dakotans filed a 2024 ballot measure petition to legalize recreational cannabis, the state’s top election official gave the green light for signature gathering to begin, reported ABC News. The New Economic Frontier, a cannabis advocacy committee behind the push, needs to garner.

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Cannabis Life Network

JULY 5, 2023

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

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Medical Marijuana Program Connection

APRIL 20, 2024

4/20, a holiday about all things cannabis and marijuana, is on Saturday. While weed isn’t legal for medicinal or recreational purposes in Kentucky in 2024, it’s likely some still partake in the celebration, traveling to nearby dispensaries and attending local events to light up. Read More

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Medical Marijuana Program Connection

MAY 16, 2023

Florida voters could decide as soon as next year if they want to legalize marijuana for recreational use. But Florida’s. Read More

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Germany has plans to introduce cannabis to citizens, Maryland is creating a new psychedelic task force to study potential legalization, and Alaskans are considering psychedelics as an innovative new treatment for mental health issues. Additionally, the legal possession limit has been raised from 25 grams to 50 grams of cannabis.

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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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Veriheal

JANUARY 24, 2024

Residents often vote for progressive policies and support movements like gay marriage or federal cannabis legalization, and the recent news coming out of the state demonstrates this further. Their combined medicinal and recreational sales for 2023 hit nearly $2 billion, with about $226 million of that attributed to medicinal marijuana.

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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.

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Medical Marijuana Program Connection

MAY 21, 2023

Marijuana legalization initiatives have appeared on ballots for decades as the legalization of cannabis at various levels has spread across. Read More

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Medical Marijuana Program Connection

APRIL 26, 2024

WLOS) — On April 20, 2024, hundreds of people with medical cannabis patient cards lined up to buy the first legal medical marijuana within North Carolina and the nation where it remains illegal. CHEROKEE, N.C. It’s raising safety questions among members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, as well. Read More

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Veriheal

JANUARY 8, 2024

Cannabis use in Texas remains illegal, with few exceptions, leading consumers to turn to other states and options to obtain medicinal or recreational marijuana. Texans no longer fear prosecution from police when crossing state lines to purchase marijuana, and Texas law enforcement has not made catching cannabis users a high priority.

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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. As we have also reported , on March 31, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill legalizing recreational cannabis in the state of New York, effective immediately.

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The Blunt Truth

JUNE 13, 2022

It has already been a busy year for marijuana law! Catch up on key legislative, regulatory, and legal developments affecting the manufacture, distribution, sale, and use of marijuana occurring in 2022, including key decisions and regulatory material. The initiative does not establish a licensed recreational marijuana market.

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Medical Marijuana Program Connection

JANUARY 19, 2023

WKRN) — One Tennessee lawmaker is hoping to push the conversation around both medical and recreational cannabis on the. NASHVILLE, Tenn. Read More

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Veriheal

APRIL 6, 2024

The newest decriminalization bill introduced in January 2024 , meanwhile, seems to have the support to pass. Despite Success — Thailand Never Wanted Canna-Tourism Thailand’s decriminalization of cannabis was never meant to legalize recreational use — let alone kick start a frenzy of cannabis tourism.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

billion in cannabis spending by 2024. projects as the leading marijuana market in the world by sales in 2024. billion derived from recreational marijuana, up from $5.9 billion derived from recreational marijuana, up from $5.9 marijuana spending by 2024. billion by 2024.

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Veriheal

DECEMBER 8, 2023

As Ohio Recreational Legalization Kicks Off, Who’s Next? Last month , Ohio voters overwhelmingly passed Issue 2 officially legalizing recreational cannabis. to embrace recreational cannabis. So, which state is next to embrace recreational cannabis? The new law officially kicks in today, December 7th.

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Veriheal

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In the United States, where cannabis is still illegal under federal law, there are currently 19 states and the District of Columbia that allow the recreational use of marijuana. There are 13 states that outlaw marijuana entirely. Additionally, 17 states have passed legislation allowing medical marijuana (MMJ).

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Veriheal

APRIL 16, 2024

A new report from Colorado-based marijuana staffing company Vangst and the analytics firm Whitney Economics discovered that cannabis-related jobs have increased about 5% over the last year, a slow but notable growth. We expect losses in these markets to continue to thin out in 2024 and turn positive once again in 2025,” they stated.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It will be held on February 16, 2024, at 777 W. Although California was the first state to legalize medicinal cannabis in 1996, followed by recreational marijuana in 2016, the underground market is still thriving. This sale marks the first time the state of California has done an auction like this. Washington Blvd.

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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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Veriheal

DECEMBER 18, 2023

California has been a pioneer in forward-thinking marijuana laws for more than two decades. In 1996, they were the first state to legalize medical marijuana, followed by the legalization of recreational cannabis in 2016. It will go into effect on January 1, 2024. When Does It Go Into Effect?

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Veriheal

MARCH 1, 2024

Since then, any state residents wishing to obtain or renew a medical marijuana card were subject to a $50 fee paid annually. Effective March 4, 2024, all medical-card-related fees in Ohio will be drastically reduced to just one penny. At the moment, cannabis is legal to possess and grow within the state. For now, the $0.01

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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. Now is no different. Connecticut. New Mexico. New Jersey.

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The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. New Hampshire has a commission to study legalization. SOUTH DAKOTA This week, South Dakota’s Attorney General released a final explanation of the adult-use cannabis legalization measure. Take for example, Rep.

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Veriheal

MAY 4, 2023

The Seeds of Europe’s Adult-use Cannabis Market Are Sprouting Europe’s recreational cannabis market has overcome major regulatory hurdles in the last few years. In 2021, Luxembourg and Malta legalized home cannabis cultivation for personal use. or Canada, where the world’s first legal market rolled out four years ago.

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SpeedWeed

JULY 20, 2021

Maryland state lawmakers announced last week that the legislature will turn to the voters on the issue of cannabis policy reform by placing a marijuana legalization measure on the statewide ballot next year. Maryland Work Group To Study Cannabis Legalization. Maryland Medical Marijuana Already Legal.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 13, 2022

It has already been a busy year for marijuana law! Catch up on key legislative, regulatory, and legal developments affecting the manufacture, distribution, sale, and use of marijuana occurring in 2022, including key decisions and regulatory material. The initiative does not establish a licensed recreational marijuana market.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

California employers may soon be barred from discharging employees or refusing to hire individuals based on their off-duty use of marijuana, under a new bill headed to the governor’s desk. If approved, the bill would take effect on January 1, 2024. However, AB 2188 will still allow employers to restrict marijuana use on the job.

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Cannabis Law Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Their alert says… Portland, OR — Results from inspections of legal hemp farms in southern Oregon show that a significant number of plants on those grow sites tested positive for excessive levels of THC, the psychoactive component found in cannabis. Not good news for hemp in southern Oregon.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Cannabis legalization is a big hit! Despite what opponents of cannabis legalization have to say about it, it’s working. Cannabis legalization has increased job availability across many legal sectors of employment, including the agricultural industry. Americans have and continue to support cannabis legalization.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 19, 2021

Governor Ralph Northam announced appointments to the three newly-created boards that oversee marijuana legalization in Virginia. On July 1, recreational marijuana became legal for adult use in Virginia. million in 2024 and $38.4 WTKR reports. Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Board. This is predicted to be $7.8

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Canna Law Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

The Florida Supreme Court will consider the legality of an initiative to get adult-use cannabis legalization on the 2024 ballot. Per Florida law, the state’s attorney general must request an advisory opinion from the Florida Supreme Court on whether the proposed measure complies with certain legal requirements.

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