The limited number of medical marijuana patients in North Dakota could see their modest monthly purchase limits increase under a bill that advanced in the state Senate this week.
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Indiana lawmakers introduce long-shot marijuana legalization proposals
Lawmakers in Indiana introduced several bills that would legalize marijuana in the state, an increasingly rare example of a state with no allowances for medical or adult-use cannabis.
Marijuana firms main funders of recent legalization efforts, overtaking advocacy groups
Cannabis companies provided nearly all the money behind the five legalization initiatives in last November’s midterm elections, representing a dramatic shift from a decade ago when marijuana reform’s principal bankrollers were advocacy groups and wealthy individuals.
Ohio lawmakers face deadline to OK recreational cannabis legalization
Lawmakers in Ohio have until May 3 to approve a citizen-initiated recreational cannabis legalization proposal or the question will go before voters.
Minnesota lawmakers pledge to legalize adult-use marijuana in 2023
Lawmakers introduced an adult-use marijuana legalization bill in Minnesota, where newly empowered Democrats say the friendlier political landscape bodes well for the measure’s passage.
US Virgin Islands on cusp of legalizing adult-use marijuana
A veto-proof majority of lawmakers in the U.S. Virgin Islands voted to send an adult-use marijuana measure to the desk of Gov. Albert Bryan.
South Carolina lawmakers make fresh medical marijuana legalization push
Lawmakers in South Carolina are planning a bipartisan push to legalize medical marijuana this year in the conservative Southern state, one of the few remaining places in America where MMJ is still illegal.
New York’s adult-use marijuana market faces hurdles after long-awaited sales launch
New York celebrated the grand opening of what could be a $1 billion adult-use marijuana market, but many unanswered questions remain.
Bipartisan lawmakers urge Biden to deschedule marijuana
On the heels of failed cannabis banking reform, a bipartisan group of 24 federal lawmakers asked President Joe Biden on Thursday to “recognize the merits of full descheduling” of marijuana.
SAFE Banking’s failure: Who’s to blame, and what’s next for marijuana industry?
After SAFE Banking failed in Congress, we take a look at what went wrong and what’s next for banking options for the marijuana industry.
Publicly funded marijuana research center launching in Chicago
A little more than a month after President Joe Biden signed a new marijuana research bill into law, officials said they intend to open a cannabis-centric research laboratory and think tank in Chicago sometime in 2023.
Marijuana banking reform dead in Congress as industry stakeholders seethe
The nation’s biggest marijuana industry voices begrudgingly acknowledged on Monday what Capitol Hill insiders believed for weeks was inevitable: Joe Biden’s first two years in office will end without federal marijuana banking reform.
