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Florida cannabis Amendment 3 legal weed vote: Why Ron DeSantis opposes marijuana legalization.
2 months, 1 week ago

Florida cannabis Amendment 3 legal weed vote: Why Ron DeSantis opposes marijuana legalization.

Slate  

Floridians are about to vote on Amendment 3, a ballot measure that would legalize recreational marijuana for all adults. Leading the opposition to the “big weed cartel” that Amendment 3 would create is Florida’s Republican Gov. With McConnell’s support, legal hemp was added to the massive agriculture law, or “farm bill,” that Congress usually enacts every five years. However the …

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Opinion: Why legal weed is one of the most successful — yet disappointing — social movements
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Why legal weed is one of the most successful — yet disappointing — social movements

LA Times  

A member of the San Bernardino County sheriff’s Marijuana Enforcement Team destroys cannabis plants while raiding an illegal operation in 2022 in Phelan, Calif. Access to the legal weed market has been patchy nationwide. A 2023 survey found that less than 25% of U.S. cannabis businesses are profitable, with most of the money going to a small group of large …

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DeSantis declares NYC ‘reeks’ of pot amid Florida’s battle for legalization, 2024 voters
8 months, 1 week ago

DeSantis declares NYC ‘reeks’ of pot amid Florida’s battle for legalization, 2024 voters

Raw Story  

Standing behind a sign that says "Freedom Month," Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis on Tuesday blasted efforts to pass a constitutional amendment in the Sunshine State to make recreational use of marijuana legal. The Biden campaign believes Florida is in play, and political analysts say with both abortion and marijuana on the ballot there, Florida is a battleground state and …

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4/20: Inside the history of marijuana's high holiday
8 months, 3 weeks ago

4/20: Inside the history of marijuana's high holiday

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — Saturday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in clouds of smoke on campus quads and pot shops in legal-weed states thank their customers with discounts. But the prevailing explanation is that it started in the 1970s with a group of bell-bottomed buddies from San Rafael High School, in California’s …

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Majority of Dutch in favor of legalized cannabis cultivation, sales
9 months, 1 week ago

Majority of Dutch in favor of legalized cannabis cultivation, sales

NL Times  

Six in ten Netherlands residents believe that the production, supply, and sale of cannabis and hashish should be legal. It is currently prohibited to grow cannabis, and growers are also not allowed to supply coffee shops, but the government tolerates the sale. For a while, it was uncertain whether the project would continue at all, because the PVV wanted to …

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Super Bowl betting soars, but it's still not legal in Chiefs and 49ers home states
11 months ago

Super Bowl betting soars, but it's still not legal in Chiefs and 49ers home states

NPR  

Super Bowl betting soars, but it's still not legal in Chiefs and 49ers home states Enlarge this image toggle caption Charles Krupa/AP Charles Krupa/AP Americans are expected to spend a record-setting amount placing bets on the outcome of this year's Super Bowl. Sponsor Message Geoff Zochodne, a journalist who covers sports betting for Covers.com, says there's no single reason those …

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Americans bet $220B on sports in 5 years since legalization
1 year, 8 months ago

Americans bet $220B on sports in 5 years since legalization

Associated Press  

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Americans have bet over $220 billion on sports with legal gambling outlets in the five years since the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for all 50 states to offer it, and the industry shows few signs of slowing despite some recent scandals that have put a spotlight on wagering safeguards. When Sunday’s anniversary of the …

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What’s next for marijuana legalization after Oklahoma vote?
1 year, 10 months ago

What’s next for marijuana legalization after Oklahoma vote?

Associated Press  

In just over a decade since voters approved state constitutional amendments to make recreational marijuana legal in Colorado and Washington, 19 other states have followed suit. But voters in Oklahoma, where faith leaders, law enforcement and most of the state’s GOP leaders campaigned against legalization, on Tuesday rejected a ballot measure that would have legalized it. Kevin Stitt and much …

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More kids get sick from accidentally eating marijuana-laced candy after legalization, study shows
2 years ago

More kids get sick from accidentally eating marijuana-laced candy after legalization, study shows

Daily Mail  

The number of young kids who ate marijuana-laced candy rose sharply over five years, putting many in hospital, according to the latest study warning against America's experiment with legal pot. The National Poison Data System, which collects data for the 55 US poison centers, has recorded a sharp rise in the number of cases of minors eating edible pot to …

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Voters approve recreational marijuana in Maryland, Missouri
2 years, 2 months ago

Voters approve recreational marijuana in Maryland, Missouri

Associated Press  

— Voters approved recreational marijuana in Maryland and Missouri but rejected it in two other states, signaling support gradually growing for legalization even in conservative parts of the country. “State-level legalization victories are what’s necessary to move the needle forward at the federal level.” The state voting follows moves by President Joe Biden toward decriminalizing marijuana. “It’s pretty clear North …

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Voters in five states decide whether to legalize marijuana
2 years, 2 months ago

Voters in five states decide whether to legalize marijuana

Firstpost  

The proposals are on the ballot in Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota and follow moves by President Joe Biden toward decriminalizing marijuana Arkansas: Voters in five states are deciding on Election Day whether to approve recreational marijuana, a move that could signal a major shift toward legalization in even the most conservative parts of the country. The …

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Maryland voters approve recreational marijuana legalization
2 years, 2 months ago

Maryland voters approve recreational marijuana legalization

Associated Press  

— Maryland voters approved legalizing recreational marijuana in a constitutional amendment Tuesday. The constitutional amendment defines that recreational marijuana would not be legal until July 2023 for people 21 and over, subject to a requirement that the General Assembly pass legislation in its next session regarding distribution, regulation and taxation of cannabis. Effective Jan. 1, possession of more than 1.5 …

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Marijuana legalization on the ballot in these states: Here’s what voters decided
2 years, 2 months ago

Marijuana legalization on the ballot in these states: Here’s what voters decided

CNN  

Washington CNN — Ballot measures to legalize recreational marijuana use will fail in three states and pass in two, CNN projects, as momentum has grown nationwide to push for lifting penalties once associated with cannabis. Here’s what voters decided in Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota on Tuesday: Arkansas Arkansas voters on Tuesday will reject a constitutional amendment …

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Medical marijuana firms lead donors for legal weed campaigns
2 years, 2 months ago

Medical marijuana firms lead donors for legal weed campaigns

Associated Press  

— The call went out from leaders in the medical marijuana industry: Money was needed for a Missouri ballot initiative to legalize recreational cannabis for adults. All told, marijuana legalization campaigns have raised about $23 million in five states — Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota. “This is something that is a positive for the industry, but it’s …

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Biden’s pot pardons could boost states’ legalization drives
2 years, 2 months ago

Biden’s pot pardons could boost states’ legalization drives

Associated Press  

— There are few surprises expected on Election Day in solidly Republican Arkansas, where Donald Trump’s former press secretary is heavily favored in the race for governor and other GOP candidates are considered locks. President Joe Biden’s recent announcement that he will pardon thousands of people for simple marijuana possession has shined a new spotlight on the legalization efforts in …

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Biden's pot pardons could boost states' legalization drive
2 years, 2 months ago

Biden's pot pardons could boost states' legalization drive

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. President Joe Biden's recent announcement that he will pardon thousands of people for simple …

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Inside California’s pot legalization failures: Corporate influence, ignored warnings
2 years, 3 months ago

Inside California’s pot legalization failures: Corporate influence, ignored warnings

LA Times  

Architects of the effort to legalize pot in California made big promises to voters. We cannot let that happen.” His blue ribbon commission’s report released months later suggested drafters of a legalization initiative consider limiting the number of licenses issued to any one owner “to prevent the growth of a large, corporate marijuana industry dominated by a small number of …

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Argentina: Shadows over abortion a year after legalization
3 years ago

Argentina: Shadows over abortion a year after legalization

Associated Press  

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Every week of late, more than 20 women with unwanted pregnancies come to Dr. Miranda Ruiz, one of the few physicians who perform free abortions in northern Argentina’s Salta province — many under a year-old law that legalized elective abortion to the 14th week of gestation. “There are spaces where abortion is guaranteed,” but in others …

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South Dakota Supreme Court rules against pot legalization
3 years, 1 month ago

South Dakota Supreme Court rules against pot legalization

Associated Press  

— The South Dakota Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s ruling that nullified a voter-passed amendment to the state constitution that would have legalized recreational marijuana use. The high court sided with those arguments in a 4-1 decision, ruling that the measure — Amendment A — would have violated the state’s requirement that constitutional amendments deal with just …

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Editorial: What legalization? California is still the Wild West of illegal marijuana
3 years, 5 months ago

Editorial: What legalization? California is still the Wild West of illegal marijuana

LA Times  

Nearly five years after Californians voted to create a legal marijuana industry through Proposition 64, the illegal weed market is as big as or even bigger than it was before the ballot measure passed. Nowhere is the failure of Proposition 64 more apparent than in the deserts of Southern California, where a booming illegal marijuana industry has spread across the …

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Virginia marijuana legalization timetable has many confused
3 years, 6 months ago

Virginia marijuana legalization timetable has many confused

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s road to legalizing simple possession of marijuana has had some twists and turns, so it’s not surprising that advocacy groups have been flooded with calls from people trying to understand exactly what will be allowed under state law as of July 1. In each one, laws have legalized simple possession before establishing a legal marketplace for …

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Effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Louisiana ends
3 years, 7 months ago

Effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Louisiana ends

Associated Press  

— A bid to legalize recreational marijuana in Louisiana is over this legislative session after failing to gain enough support from lawmakers. The House on Tuesday rejected Republican Rep. Richard Nelson’s bill to tax the sale of marijuana — a bellwether vote that indicated Nelson’s separate bill to create a legal framework to sell and possess recreational marijuana also couldn’t …

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South Dakota Supreme Court weighs pot legalization battle
3 years, 8 months ago

South Dakota Supreme Court weighs pot legalization battle

Associated Press  

— The South Dakota Supreme Court on Wednesday heard final arguments in a legal battle sparked by an attempt by Gov. Some reason they have a duty to honor the will of the voters, but Noem insists legalizing marijuana is a “bad decision.” On Wednesday, lawyers arguing before five Supreme Court justices in Pierre had nothing to say about the …

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New York is latest state to legalize recreational marijuana
3 years, 9 months ago

New York is latest state to legalize recreational marijuana

Associated Press  

New York adults over the age of 21 can now possess and use marijuana — even in public — under a legalization bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Passed after several years of stalled efforts, the measure makes New York the 16th state to legalize adult use of the drug, though South Dakota’s measure is in legal limbo. “By placing community …

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