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Everything Standing In The Way Of Federal Legalization In 2021

Cannabis advocates are still waiting to see the bill that the Democratic Senate has promised to throw down in an effort to legalize marijuana at the federal level. They are excited...

Will Weed Ever Be Federally Legal In The US? What The Experts Say

By Tia MoskalenkoMany states have already passed laws and legislation to legally allow the sale and use of marijuana. The question is whether the U.S. will federally legalize the drug.With a...

Marijuana Legalization Makes Black Market Weed Cheaper, Heroin More Expensive

When states first began to “experiment” with the legalization of marijuana, lawmakers, state officials, and everyone else, for that matter, were eager to see how selling legal weed would pan out....

State Cannabis Reform Is Putting Social Justice Front And Center

By Sabina Morris, John Hudak, and Christine Stenglein The most recent wave of successful legalization efforts has demonstrated the effectiveness of pro-cannabis reformers to frame cannabis policy as a civil rights and...

Marijuana Is Bipartisan, But That Doesn’t Mean Federal Legalization Is A Sure Thing

There was once a time when the only lawmakers supporting the concept of legal marijuana were those long-haired candidates running as independents that didn’t have a chance at winning anyway. But...

Why 2021 Should Prove The Year Of Federal Cannabis Legalization

By Lauri Kibby President Biden is not there yet. Neither are Republicans in Washington. But the wave of momentum toward nationally legalized cannabis only continues to mount. It is time lawmakers in...

Why Are So Many Municipalities Opting Out Of Their State’s Adult-Use Cannabis Marketplace?

By Andrew WardAlthough 16 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. have legalized adult-use cannabis, numerous municipalities, towns and cities are declining to participate in their state’s legal marijuana programs. One of the...

Panama’s Congress Legalizes Medical Cannabis By Unanimous Vote

By Franca Quarneti via El PlanteoPanama’s National Legislative Assembly approved a bill legalizing medical cannabis in a unanimous vote of 40 to 0.Thus, the country will become the first in Central...

Legalization In Latin America: Who’s Next After Mexico?

In what has undoubtedly been the biggest cannabis news to come out of Latin America in a while, Mexico’s Supreme Court declared the prohibition on adult-use cannabis to be unconstitutional. This...

Colorado Gov. Inks Bill To Expand Student Access To Medical Marijuana

By Jelena MartinovicColorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill on Wednesday that would expand access to medical cannabis for school children in need by removing obstacles to its administration.The new legislation,...

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