Category: Politics

The president of Colombia is calling on lawmakers to legalize marijuana in the country, arguing that prohibition “only brings violence” from cartels in the illicit market. And he’s also pushing other nations to legalize coca leaves for “for purposes other than cocaine.” On Sunday, President Gustavo Petro warned in a social media post of the […]
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Democrats in the Washington State legislature have once again given up on a plan to legalize home cultivation of marijuana for personal use, opting instead to keep the conduct classified as a felony. Lawmakers in the House Appropriations Committee did not act on the homegrow bill—HB 1449, from Rep. Shelley Kloba—before a legislative deadline on […]
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California officials are accepting public comment through mid-March on a plan that would remove medical marijuana as an accepted treatment for injured employees in workers’ compensation cases. The change would effectively prevent doctors in such cases from recommending marijuana and end any compensation to pay for cannabis medications. The change being considered by the California […]
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“There are some bills out there that will…result in thousands of jobs lost and millions of dollars of tax revenue off the table.” By Sam Stockard, Tennessee Lookout Crossville businesswoman Maggie Clark believes a bevy of bills in the Tennessee legislature restricting hemp-related products will take the industry away from people who built it and […]
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“Voting for this bill and decriminalizing drug use will send a mixed message to our children.” By John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight The future of South Dakota’s drug ingestion law—often described as the most severe in the nation—is in the hands of Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden. The House of Representatives voted 37-33 on Thursday at […]
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“If they don’t have to play by the same rules or compete in the same market, that disrupts the entire market.” By Peter Callaghan, MinnPost People interested in the recreational cannabis market who are not Gov. Tim Walz (DFL) or leaders of the state’s tribal nations have been asking when, where and how they can […]
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“If you’re going to give the opportunity to retailers to sell this product, they should be paying for it.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent How much it will cost to regulate intoxicating hemp products on sale in bars and liquor stores across the state has become a key flashpoint of the debate in the Missouri […]
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Hawaii’s Senate has rejected a plan that would have increased the amount of marijuana that a person could possess without risk of criminal charges. Meanwhile separate, broader legislation to legalize and regulate cannabis appears to have stalled for the year. Senators voted 12–11 against the decriminalization measure, SB 319, from Sen. Joy San Buenaventura (D) […]
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