Tagged With: legalization
Massachusetts: Lawmakers Fail To Act On Marijuana Legalization Measure
Lawmakers failed to take action on legislation, H. 1561: The Cannabis Regulation and Taxation Act of 2016, to permit the personal possession, cultivation and retail sale of marijuana to adults. The measure would have also permitted home cultivation of the plant for non-commercial purposes. A coalition of more than a dozen bipartisan Massachusetts lawmakers introduced the Act … Continue reading
Pennsylvania: Marijuana Legalization Legislation Introduced
State lawmakers have introduced legislation, SB 528, to permit the adult possession and retail sale of marijuana. The measure permits adults to privately possess marijuana without penalty and to cultivate up to six plants (no more than three mature) for non-commercial purposes. Not-for-profit transactions involving small quantities of marijuana are also permitted. SB 528 also … Continue reading
Delaware: Senate Leader To Introduce Marijuana Legalization Legislation In 2017
Senate Majority Whip Margaret Rose Henry intends to introduce legislation in the 2017 legislative session that legalizes and regulates the adult use and retail sale of marijuana. The soon-to-be sponsor and author of the state’s medical marijuana legislation said at a recent Medical Marijuana Act Oversight Committee meeting, “Education is suffering. Revenue from legalizing marijuana could … Continue reading
Missouri: Lawmakers Fail To Act On Legalization Measure
Lawmakers failed to act on legislation, Senate Bill 762, to permit for the personal possession and retail sale of marijuana by those age 21 and over. The measure sought to permit adults the right to privately possess up to one ounce of cannabis without penalty. It also sought to license the commercial production and to regulate … Continue reading
URGENT: Marijuana Legalization Needs Your Help!
In just a few weeks, voters in nine states will go to the polls to vote on crucial marijuana policy reforms at a time when national polling shows that the public’s support for legalization has never been greater. I’m pleased to say that NORML is playing a key role in moving public sentiment toward marijuana … Continue reading
Pew Poll: Public’s Attitude Shifts Dramatically In Favor Of Marijuana Legalization
Nearly six in ten Americans now believe that marijuana use ought to be legal and only about one in three favor continuing to criminalize the plant, according to nationwide survey data published today by the Pew Research Center. Fifty-seven percent of respondents say “The use of marijuana should be made legal,” the highest percentage of … Continue reading
Hawaii: Lawmakers Fail To Act On Marijuana Legalization Measure
Members of the House Judiciary Committee failed to act on legislation to permit adults to legally possess and cultivate personal use amounts of marijuana before the 2016 legislative session came to a close. Senate Bill 873 sought to amend the criminal code to remove criminal penalties specific to the possession and cultivation of marijuana for … Continue reading
New Hampshire: Lawmakers Table Legalization Measures
Lawmakers failed to consider two pieces of legislation related to the legalization of marijuana before the end of the 2016 legislative session. HB 1610 and HB 1675 both sought to permit the personal cultivation and commercial retail sale of marijuana in the state. Members of the House rejected a separate measure, HB 1694 in a … Continue reading
Pharma Company Admits Opposing Marijuana Legalization to Protect Its Corporate Profits
Those of us involved in the marijuana legalization movement have long assumed that those companies that produce and sell competing products — especially alcohol and tobacco — were working behind the scenes to try to maintain marijuana prohibition and to protect their duopoly for legal recreational drugs. These industries have lobbyists who regularly work with … Continue reading
Maryland: Legislation To Put Marijuana Legalization Question Before Voters Defeated
House Bill 665, legislation that sought to place a constitutional amendment on the November 2018 ballot to regulate adult marijuana use was defeated by members of the House Judiciary committee. The bill would have allowed voters to decide if they wish to regulate the commercial cultivation, processing, and retail of marijuana to adults over the … Continue reading
