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Debra BorchardtJuly 21, 2022

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) formally filed the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA) today. The long-anticipated legislation was met with cheers by the beleaguered cannabis stocks, which mostly jumped in value on the news. The 296-page legalization bill looks very similar […]

StaffJuly 7, 2022

U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) banded together to send a letter to President Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, following up on previous requests that the administration use […]

Julie AitchesonJanuary 19, 2022

Only eighteen of the forty-seven states, four U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia that have legalized some form of marijuana have passed legislation to allow for recreational cannabis use, but that number is poised to grow in 2022. Lawmakers in Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota are already making moves to get recreational […]

StaffMarch 29, 2021

New York Legislators could vote as early as Tuesday on the legalization of adult-use cannabis in the state. Word of a compromise on language began to circulate last week, but it wasn’t until the weekend when the actual text of the legislation was released. the legislation is 128 pages longs. Melissa Moore, New York State […]

Debra BorchardtMarch 25, 2021

Word came out of Albany late Wednesday afternoon that legislators had reached an agreement on the language of legislation regarding the legalization of adult-use cannabis. There are two competing bills for the law – the Cannabis Regulation and Taxation Act (CRTA) and the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA). The word is that the bill […]

StaffJanuary 11, 2021

Governor Andrew Cuomo confidently stated that New York will legalize adult-use marijuana in his state of the state address on Monday. “We will legalize adult-use recreational cannabis, joining 15 other states who’ve already done so,” Cuomo said in the speech. “This will raise revenue and will end the over-criminalization of this product that has left […]

Debra BorchardtAugust 17, 2020

Maine’s Office of Marijuana Policy announced that retail sales of adult-use marijuana to consumers 21 years of age or older will be permitted starting on Friday, October 9, 2020. The office, which is a part of the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services, intends to issue the first active licenses to recreational cannabis businesses […]

Kaitlin DomangueOctober 31, 2019

Bernie Sanders has released his cannabis legalization plan if he wins the presidential election in 2020. The senator has always been outspoken on his pro-cannabis views. It is interesting to note that Sanders’ Democratic competitor Joe Biden does not support any form of cannabis use. In fact, Biden was a huge driving force behind the […]

Debra BorchardtSeptember 26, 2019

Editors Note: Readers can follow legislation AT NO COST on the website under the menu Legislation. On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act 321-103. It was considered a historic event because this is the first standalone cannabis policy reform bill to ever reach a House floor […]

William SumnerNovember 20, 2018

Is the cost of legalized cannabis too high? According to one study commissioned by the Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University, the answer is yes. Hoping to understand the impact of cannabis legalization fully, the study examined publicly available data in the state of Colorado, highlighting nine areas of interest. Those areas include health, productivity, […]

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