Massachusetts is likely to face a medical marijuana shortage once legal sales begin. Medical marijuana patients want to make sure their supply of medicine is protected. According to a Masslive article this week : Medical marijuana patients worried about shortages when legal recreational sales begin Massachusetts currently has 22 registered dispensaries selling medical marijuana and […]
A new analysis projects that the legal marijuana market in Massachusetts will generate $64 million in state tax revenue in its first year. Retail marijuana sales are now slated to begin on July 1, 2018 after lawmakers pushed the date out by six months to allow for more time to establish regulations. The law, approved by 54 […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government will introduce legislation to legalize recreational marijuana the week of April 10th and it should become law by July next year… Trudeau has long promised to legalize recreational pot use and sales. Canada would be the largest developed country to end a nationwide prohibition of recreational marijuana. In the […]
Illinois lawmakers propose legalizing recreational marijuana, but a vote is not expected until next year. The state would license and regulate businesses to grow, process and sell the plant, and it would establish safety regulations such as testing and labeling requirements, sponsors said. The measure would also allow residents to possess up to 28 grams […]
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 […]
One of legalization opponents’ greatest fears has so far failed to materialize… Teen marijuana use drops sharply in Colorado in the years 2014 and 2015, after the opening of that state’s recreational marijuana market, new federal survey data show…. Year-over-year teen marijuana use fell in most states during that time period, including in Washington, the […]
It’s time to legalize marijuana use, and Proposition 64, unlike previous proposals in California, is a thoughtful measure that builds on the experiences of other states that have done it. Source: Editorial: California should legalize recreational marijuana – Mercury News
A new pro-marijuana billboard that plays off the slogan promoting the Waste Management Phoenix Open was unveiled in Phoenix on Monday by the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol. “If beer and golf make for the ‘greatest party on grass’…Why can’t adults enjoy a safer party on grass?” reads the billboard on the […]
The Oregon Department of Agriculture on Friday temporarily removed a popular pesticide from its list of chemicals cannabis growers may use on their crop. The state on Friday issued a bulletin “out of an abundance of caution” alerting cannabis growers to a potential labeling problem with a popular mite spray and advising them not to use the […]
“Online applications become available Jan. 4 for recreational marijuana outlets. This includes six types of permits, from growers, processors and wholesalers to retailers and laboratories. The number of applications are unlimited, Mark Pettinger, Oregon Liquor Control Commission spokesman said, unlike Washington which capped its retail licenses.” “The whole focus of this it to have a […]
