Election day added about 16 million people to the list of places that permit adults to use marijuana. These new people join about 93 million others who live in states that already have legalized weed – meaning that about 1 in 3 Americans now live in states where marijuana is legal for anyone 21 and …
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Cannabis won and won big on election night as voters in five states – Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota, and Mississippi – approved ballot initiatives to legalize weed. All, except for Mississippi, approved recreational use. These states joined Alaska, California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state that have all …
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The Caribbean is becoming greener and greener! It is now Barbados’ turn, following Jamaica, Trinidad &Tobago, Haiti, the US Virgin Islands and other island governments. Anyone busted smoking weed on Barbados will soon be able to walk away with only a fine, instead of being sent to prison. And the offense will not show up on …
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33 states have legalized medical cannabis, 11 of which have also legalized cannabis for adult recreational use. This November, five states have new medical or recreational cannabis laws on the ballot. Both in the case of one state. Do you live in one of these states?https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/12/business/cannabis-ballot-2020-election/index.html
“Times have changed — marijuana should not be a crime,” says Kamala Harris. “We need to start regulating marijuana and expunge marijuana convictions from the records of millions of Americans so they can get on with their lives.” https://www.ganjapreneur.com/kamala-harris-says-biden-admin-will-decriminalize-cannabis/
A new plan by the Maricopa County, Arizona prosecutor will allow anyone arrested for cannabis possession to apply for the medical cannabis program and, if given a card, avoid prosecution. https://www.ganjapreneur.com/this-county-will-let-cannabis-arrestees-get-a-medical-card-to-avoid-jail/
Kamala Harris says that she is “absolutely in favor of legalizing marijuana” and has joked about smoking weed while listening to Snoop Dogg and Tupac. But can you really trust this ex-prosecutor who, for many years, relentlessly locked up weed offenders. Some people are skeptical, but do you think there is any way she can reverse the very …
A year after Albany’s police chief vowed to examine racial disparities in marijuana arrests, 97% of people arrested or ticketed for pot offenses in the city since then have been Black. This is a city with a Black population of only 30%. Doesn’t this make you mad? https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/black-residents-made-up-97-of-marijuana-arrests-in-new-york-state-capital
Sean Worsley, a disabled, African American veteran who won a Purple Heart for traumatic brain injury and other wounds sustained in Iraq faces 5 years in an Alabama prison for possession of a few grams of cannabis he uses for chronic pain and PTSD. The modest amount of weed in his possession was purchased legally …
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We’re moving on up! On Thursday, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed legislation to decriminalize marijuana, making Virginia the 27th state in the nation to decriminalize simple cannabis possession. The new law reclassifies possession of one ounce or less to a civil penalty punishable by a fine of up to $25, the lowest fine of any …
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