Election News
A campaign to legalize adult-use cannabis in South Dakota missed an early deadline to submit signatures to the secretary of state’s office in a bid to qualify its recreational legalization question for the 2022 November ballot.
This week’s electoral triumph by the Republican party in Virginia has thrown into question the rollout of the state’s recreational marijuana market, which would be the first adult-use market in the South and is expected to generate more than $1 billion in sales before 2030.
This year’s off-year election was a decidedly mixed bag for marijuana businesses across the country.
A grassroots campaign in Arkansas has begun collecting signatures to place a ballot measure before voters next year, in the latest attempt to legalize recreational cannabis in the state.
The effort toward federal marijuana legalization appeared to make a major leap when senate Democrats introduced the Cannabis Administration & Opportunity Act (CAOA).
While 2020 was another banner election year for marijuana policy reform – four states approved adult-use laws and two states approved medical laws – opposition lawsuits took a significant toll.
As California Gov. Gavin Newsom battles for his political life with a recall election looming next week, the state’s marijuana industry remains divided on whether to fully back the incumbent.
