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
Arkansas voters rejected a ballot question to legalize cannabis for adult use by a 56.2% to 43.8% majority. Commercial sales and possession by those over 21 would have been permitted under the proposed legislation. In addition to making recreational marijuana use legal, the proposed amendment would have awarded most of the lucrative growing and selling
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A petition to exempt bulk marijuana and cannabis tinctures from regulated oversight under a longstanding federal regulation has been rejected by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) more than a decade after it was filed. The FDA received a request from a California doctor and attorney in September 2011 asking for permission to market bulk
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Voters in Colorado approved a ballot issue to establish psilocybin “healing centers” and make it legal to possess certain psychedelics. Two million three hundred and sixty-eight thousand and nine hundred and eighty votes were tallied. There were a total 1,263,025 who voted yes according to an article in Marijuana Moment. More than four years after
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The newly re-elected governor of Wisconsin is standing by his promise to include marijuana legalization in the state’s budget plan early in the new year. The next day, Governor Tony Evers (D) held a press conference to address the issue of cannabis legalization, one day after voters in several municipalities and counties across Wisconsin voted
Non-binding advisory questions about marijuana legalization appeared on the ballots in three counties and five towns in Wisconsin. This election cycle, nine separate municipal reform propositions were successful in meeting the requirements to appear on ballots in their respective counties. All of them were approved. The text of the local ballot questions
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Senator John Hickenlooper (D-CO) said that he will soon file a congressional measure to set the country up for federal cannabis reform, commemorating the tenth anniversary of Colorado voters’ approval of marijuana legalization at the ballot. The PREPARE Act (Preparing Regulators Effectively for a Post-Prohibition Adult-Use Regulated Environment) would require the Attorney General to form
Voters in Missouri passed a ballot initiative legalizing recreational marijuana. What the initiative is and what it will do: Legalize adult-use marijuana: Allows Missourians 21 years and older to possess, purchase, consume and cultivate marijuana. Automatic expungement: Allows Missourians with nonviolent marijuana-related offenses to automatically expunge their criminal records (Similar programs in other states typically
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A leading regulator in New York indicated that the upcoming Cannabis Control Board (CCB) meeting might authorize the first licenses for recreational marijuana retailers in approximately two weeks. Axel Bernabe of the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) said at the Business of Cannabis conference in New York City that while nothing has been officially scheduled
