Massachusetts’ existing medical marijuana law does not provide explicit anti-discrimination protections for a medical marijuana user at work, although a pending court case may change that. Source: Bills would protect Massachusetts medical marijuana patients from losing job over drug test | masslive.com
Four months after a majority of San Diego County voters supported a statewide proposition to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana , the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday passed a ban on cannabis shops and farms in unincorporated areas. Source: County bans new marijuana operations, phases out others – The San Diego Union-Tribune
Revised rules for the Ohio medical marijuana program expected to debut next year won’t allow home delivery, home-growing or smoking of marijuana but would permit more dispensaries than originally outlined. Source: Revised Ohio rules would allow more medical marijuana shops
New Hampshire is the only state left in the New England area to not have marijuana decriminalization laws on the books already, but a bill that was introduced – and just approved by the House – would make the current criminal misdemeanor a civil violation in the future. The New Hampshire house approves multiple marijuana-related […]
(AP) — Connecticut’s continuing fiscal woes, coupled with a new law that fully takes effect next year in neighboring Massachusetts, have prompted state lawmakers to take their most serious look yet at possibly legalizing the recreational use of marijuana for adults. Several bills with bipartisan support that sanction the retail sale and cultivation of pot […]
Oakland ramped up its counterattack to the U.S. war on drugs on Tuesday, expanding a one-of-a-kind program to help people jailed for marijuana crimes enter the booming cannabis industry. Source: Ground-breaking cannabis policy: Marijuana permits set aside for those previously convicted of pot crimes – The Cannifornian
There has been little legislation to address how adults, “authorized” to consume cannabis, will do so anywhere other than in the privacy of their own home. Alaska and Maine’s recreational bills included language for potential approval of public use, but Denver as a city is the first to officially approve “social clubs.” While marijuana bars, known as […]
In early March 2017, The Sacramento City Council in California, approved a process for issuing marijuana cultivation permits and lifted a moratorium on cultivation, paving the way for commercial cultivation in the city. The new policies include criminal background checks for applicants and that all cultivation facilities must be at least 600 feet from neighborhood and community […]
Since voters approved recreational marijuana use and sales in November, some towns, including the town of Sullivan, Maine have closed the door on marijuana sales. Some local residents are voting to prohibit retail sales and social marijuana clubs. Local ordinances in Marijuana States are common, although more cities and towns have opted “in” later than those […]
Millions of people, regulators, business owners, investors and workers continue to work towards ending prohibition of marijuana. With the new Presidential Administration, many of us continue to work within “Pot Purgatory.” This is a place we know and have worked within for many years. However, today we feel the force of the dark side more […]
