cannabis

The Senate Marijuana Legalization Bill: Positive Provisions, Tough Odds

On July 21, Senate Democrats formally introduced a bill to federally legalize cannabis. Building on the momentum that has turned…

July 22, 2022

New Jersey’s Cannabis Workers Are Rapidly Unionizing

Just months after New Jersey officially launched legal cannabis sales, labor unions are making real progress representing workers. Some of…

July 19, 2022

Biden: “We’re Working on” Fulfilling Pledge to Free Marijuana Prisoners

President Joe Biden says his administration is “working on” plans to fulfill his campaign pledge to free people who are…

July 18, 2022

New York’s Gray-Market Cannabis Businesses Face Hard Choices

One cold Thursday evening in late January, my roommates and I decided to stop by an unlicensed dispensary in the…

July 13, 2022

North Dakota Likely to Vote on Marijuana Legalization After Activists Submit Signatures

On July 11, North Dakota activists turned in what they believe to be more than enough signatures to place a…

July 12, 2022

Oklahoma Voters Could Legalize Marijuana This Year

In Oklahoma, two competing efforts to legalize cannabis for adult use are expected to go on the ballot in November.…

July 8, 2022

Oregon to Regulate Synthetic Cannabis Products, Setting National Precedent

Beginning on July 1, 2022, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) will ban the sale of “artificially derived cannabinoids”…

June 14, 2022

Five Texas Cities Have Now Qualified Marijuana Decrim for November Ballot

Texas activists announced on June 3 that they’ve collected more than enough signatures to qualify an initiative to decriminalize marijuana…

June 6, 2022

Cannabis Research Has Rocketed in Recent Years, Despite Prohibition

The volume of studies on marijuana has “grown steeply” over the past couple decades as more US states and countries…

May 31, 2022

Will New York’s Adult-Use Cannabis Licensing Repair Drug-War Harms?

New York State legalized adult-use cannabis through the legislature in early 2021, and is slowly moving forward with implementation. Currently,…

May 27, 2022