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. March: $148,872,065.12

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Veriheal

JANUARY 1, 2024

As debates heat up over recreational cannabis, all eyes turn to Ohio and its potential legalization. Ohio, often viewed as a bellwether state, now faces a defining question: Will it join the growing roster of states opting to launch legal recreational marijuana markets? in recent years. Passions run deep on both sides.

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Canna Law Blog

MARCH 12, 2025

New recreational marijuana legalization initiative A new initiative , sponsored by Smart & Safe Florida , aims to legalize recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older, allowing possession, purchase, and use for non-medical purposes.

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Illinois News Joint

JUNE 27, 2024

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation finally announced today recreational cannabis sales totals for May 2024. May total items sold, in-state sales, and overall sales totals reached the third-most monthly totals since legalization in Illinois. 2024 total monthly sales include: January: $133,787,753.89

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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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Veriheal

APRIL 1, 2022

The German federal government may only have legalized cannabis for medical purposes back in 2017, but the market has already earned enough appeal for big-name players to get involved. Now, as the country contemplates adult-use cannabis legalization , all eyes are on Deutschland. billion (USD$8.4 billion) by 2028. Numerous U.S.

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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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Illinois News Joint

APRIL 1, 2025

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) finally announced recreational cannabis sales totals for February 2025. February 2025 sales totals dipped to $130,608,286.57, nearly $5 million less than February 2024 totals of $135,571,931.44. 2024 total monthly sales include: January: $133,787,753.89

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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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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 May: $44,317,385.72

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Canna Care Docs

MARCH 27, 2025

The Decline of Medical Marijuana in Massachusetts: What It Means for Patients In recent years, Massachusetts, once a pioneer in cannabis reform, has seen its medical marijuana program gradually overshadowed by the booming recreational market. The program aimed to provide safe, legal access to cannabis for patients with chronic conditions.

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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 February: $24,427,904.62

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Medical Marijuana Program Connection

MARCH 1, 2024

Published March 1, 2024 at 9:39 AM EST Lawmakers are at work at Legislative Hall to create a legal recreational marijuana industry. Delaware’s work to create a legal recreational marijuana industry is well underway.

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The Blunt Truth

APRIL 20, 2021

Following closely on the heels of both New York and New Jersey enacting recreational cannabis laws, New Mexico and Virginia have enacted their own laws allowing adults to use cannabis for recreational purposes. Virginia Recreational Cannabis Law. Retail sales will not begin until January 1, 2024.

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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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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

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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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. 2024 total monthly sales include: January: $133,787,753.89 For the fifth-straight month, Illinois’ sales totaled at least $141 million.

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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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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

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

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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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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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

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 were lower.

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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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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

California is looking to bolster its struggling cannabis market, Australia made psychedelic history, and Pennsylvania inched toward recreational legalization. As it currently stands, high taxes and a mix of other factors have made it difficult for legal dispensary owners to keep up with the low prices of the illicit market.

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Veriheal

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Cannabis legalization is happening regardless of the US federal government’s draconian stance on the subject. Suppose the United States federal government doesn’t do something about their outdated stance on cannabis legalization. Mississippi Could Legalize Medical Cannabis.

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Medical Marijuana Program Connection

APRIL 21, 2024

federal law, but 24 states and the District of Columbia have legalized the drug for recreational purposes, according to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), an advocacy group that tracks state-level legislation on the issue. The use and possession of marijuana is illegal under U.S. 38 states and.

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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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Medical Marijuana Program Connection

JANUARY 18, 2024

— Virginia Democrats are once again putting forward a bill that would establish the retail marketplace for recreational marijuana sales in Virginia. While advocates for a legal marketplace feel there is “hope” to get something done, Republicans and Governor Youngkin have clear skepticism about backing any plan for.

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Illinois News Joint

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Monthly totals have hovered around $23 million for the past three months, which has been the top three lowest-monthly totals since Illinois legalized recreational cannabis (January 2020). Total retail sales for 2024 reached $194,130,227.26. Monthly Totals for 2024: January: $24,338,551.30 in concentrates/infused products.

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 18, 2021

As we previously reported , on February 22, 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed three separate cannabis reform bills into law ( NJ A21 , NJ A 1897 , and NJ A5342/NJ S3454 ), formally legalizing the use and possession of recreational marijuana in the Garden State. Here’s a round-up of the most recent developments: New Laws.

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SpeedWeed

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Virginia lawmakers on Saturday narrowly approved compromise legislation legalizing a commercial recreational marijuana program that could generate nearly $1.5 1, 2024 start. Virginia would become the country’s 16th state and the first in the South to legalize adult-use marijuana as soon as Gov. billion-$1.4

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Veriheal

JULY 21, 2023

Trulieve gathered petition signatures to put recreational cannabis on Florida’s 2024 ballot, Germany released a legalization bill draft, and a bipartisan push aims to fix the Department of Defense’s hiring problem. Florida Takes Important First Step in Fight for Recreational Use—So, What Now?

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SpeedWeed

AUGUST 6, 2021

There is one cannabis question that is regularly searched across a variety of Internet platforms: How many states have legalized adult recreational use of cannabis as of today? As a cannabis law professor and a legal analyst for emerging cannabis businesses, I often am asked that very question.

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