Cannabis And Culture

More than 45,000 Oregonians have received pardons from their marijuana convictions according to the state’s governor.   Gov. Kate Brown’s (D) cannabis clemency decision, which also includes the waiver of more than $14 million in fines and costs, comes approximately one month after President Joe Biden handed thousands of pardons for federal marijuana possession cases

Several weeks after making progress in Colombia’s House of Representatives, a bill to legalize marijuana has finally made it out of a Senate committee with favorable recommendations. The reform plan, which would change the country’s Constitution to eliminate cannabis prohibition for adults, has been discussed by lawmakers on multiple occasions over the past few weeks.

Voters in Missouri adopted a cannabis legalization initiative on Election Day and state officials expect to resolve more than 100,000 low-level possession cases within the next year, according to KHQA. The law mandates that any record of these charges be erased. According to Kathryn Jamboretz, communication director for Legal MO ’22, funds from adult-use cannabis

Since voters approved the reforms, Missouri officials have unveiled draft guidelines for the state’s forthcoming adult-use cannabis market. A spokeswoman for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Lisa Cox, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that releasing the proposed guidelines is the first step toward launching the industry. The state has until February 6

This topic was surveyed twice in the past year and again in 2020, and support has remained stable both times. However, opposition decreased by 1% from 32% in 2021 to 31% in 2018, and 1% now claim to have “no opinion” on the matter. The poll, conducted by YouGov from October 3-20 with a margin