Medical Marijuana Sales Begin in Pennsylvania | Marijuana Policy Project
HARRISBURG, PA — Medical marijuana sales began in Pennsylvania on Thursday, allowing certified patients to obtain their medicine legally for the first time. Six out of the 10 dispensaries that have been approved to operate were set to open their doors, and up to 81 more dispensaries are expected to open across the state over […]
Medical Marijuana Sales Begin in Pennsylvania | The Daily Chronic
Thousands of Citations Have Been Issued Since Rhode Island Decriminalized Marijuana Possession | Marijuana Policy Project
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RI — A new report compiled by Peter Phipps, a professor of journalism at the University of Rhode Island, and students in his Media and Law course found that Rhode Island police officers continue to devote resources to enforcing laws against marijuana even after possession of small amounts was decriminalized in 2013. According […]
Thousands of Citations Have Been Issued Since Rhode Island Decriminalized Marijuana Possession | The Daily Chronic
House Judiciary Democrats Call for Marijuana Hearing | Justin Strekal
WASHINGOTON, DC — On Wednesday in Washington, DC, Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to committee Chair Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), requesting a hearing on the recent revocation of the Cole Memo by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The Cole Memo was a Justice Department memorandum, authored by former US Deputy Attorney General James Cole […]
House Judiciary Democrats Call for Marijuana Hearing | The Daily Chronic
What the Government Shutdown Means for Marijuana | Justin Strekal
Temporary medical cannabis patient protections that have been imposed by the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment have now expired with the rest of government spending. The amendment, which has been in place since 2014, maintains that federal funds cannot be used to prevent states from “implementing their own state laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession or cultivation […]
What the Government Shutdown Means for Marijuana | The Daily Chronic
Federal Marijuana Justice Act Filed in House | Phillip Smith
WASHINGTON, DC — Attorney General Sessions’ announcement earlier this month that he was rescinding Obama-era guidance to federal prosecutors to generally leave law-abiding marijuana operations alone in states where it is legal has paradoxically had the effect of energizing the movement to legalize marijuana at the federal level. The latest evidence of the reaction came […]
Federal Marijuana Justice Act Filed in House | The Daily Chronic
Vermont Governor Phil Scott Signs Marijuana Legalization Bill Into Law | Drug Policy Alliance
MONTPELIER, VT — Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed legislation today allowing adults 21 and over to possess up to one ounce of marijuana, and to cultivate up to two mature and four immature cannabis plants. Vermont joins eight other U.S. states – Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon and Washington State – as well as […]
Vermont Governor Phil Scott Signs Marijuana Legalization Bill Into Law | The Daily Chronic
Vermont Governor Phil Scott Signs Bill Making Marijuana Legal | Marijuana Policy Project
MONTPELIER, VT — On Monday, Gov. Phil Scott officially signed a bill into law that makes marijuana legal for adults in Vermont. House Bill 511 eliminates Vermont’s civil penalty for possessing one ounce or less of marijuana and removes penalties for possession of up to two mature marijuana plants and up to four immature plants for […]
Vermont Governor Phil Scott Signs Bill Making Marijuana Legal | The Daily Chronic
Poll: Tobacco, Alcohol, Sugar Perceived as More Harmful to Health Than Marijuana | NORML
NEW YORK, NY — Most Americans believe that consuming cannabis poses fewer harms to health than does the consumption of tobacco, alcohol, or sugar, according to the findings of a nationwide Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. Respondents were asked which of the four substances they believed to be “most harmful to a person’s overall health.” Most respondents […]
Poll: Tobacco, Alcohol, Sugar Perceived as More Harmful to Health Than Marijuana | The Daily Chronic
Eight Things That Do (or Don’t) Happen When We Legalize Marijuana | Phillip Smith
The great social experiment that is marijuana legalization is now five years old, with six states already allowing legal marijuana sales, two more where legal sales will begin within months, and yet another that, along with the District of Columbia, has legalized personal possession and cultivation of the herb. As a number of state legislatures […]
Eight Things That Do (or Don’t) Happen When We Legalize Marijuana | The Daily Chronic
Vermont Becomes the Ninth State to Legalize Adult Marijuana Possession and Personal Cultivation | NORML
MONTPELIER, VT — Vermont’s Republican Gov. Phil Scott has signed legislation (H. 511) into law legalizing the use and cultivation of marijuana by adults. Vermont is the ninth state to statutorily permit adults to possess marijuana for personal use, and it is the first state to enact these reforms via legislative action rather than by […]
Vermont Becomes the Ninth State to Legalize Adult Marijuana Possession and Personal Cultivation | The Daily Chronic