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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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The drug war devastated Black and other minority communities. Is marijuana legalization helping?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

The drug war devastated Black and other minority communities. Is marijuana legalization helping?

Associated Press  

ARLINGTON, Wash. — When Washington state opened some of the nation’s first legal marijuana stores in 2014, Sam Ward Jr. was on electronic home detention in Spokane, where he had been indicted on federal drug charges. “Social equity programs are an attempt to reverse the damage that was done to Black and brown communities who are over-policed and disproportionately impacted,” …

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California promised ‘social equity’ after pot legalization. Those hit hardest feel betrayed
2 years, 11 months ago

California promised ‘social equity’ after pot legalization. Those hit hardest feel betrayed

LA Times  

The very thing that had once torn Ingrid Archie from her daughters and led to her incarceration now made her bubble with unbridled optimism. Los Angeles City Council members Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Curren Price recently called for changes to the city’s licensing practices, including giving the Department of Cannabis Regulation deadlines to review certain applications and update a licensing map …

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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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House passes marijuana legalization bill, sends it to Senate
3 years, 6 months ago

House passes marijuana legalization bill, sends it to Senate

Associated Press  

HARTFORD, Conn. — Proponents of legalizing the adult use of marijuana in Connecticut dodged a threatened veto on Wednesday, advancing a revamped bill that Gov. “We take the next step, as this chamber, in recognizing the war on drugs has failed us and the criminalization of cannabis was the wrong course of action for our state and for our nation.” …

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New Mexico governor signs bill to legalize recreational pot
3 years, 8 months ago

New Mexico governor signs bill to legalize recreational pot

Associated Press  

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation Monday legalizing recreational marijuana use within months and kicking off sales next year, making it the seventh state since November to put an end to pot prohibition. New Mexico voters ousted ardent opponents of legalization from the state Senate in the 2020 Democratic primary, opening the way for …

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Lamont making big push for marijuana legalization this year
3 years, 10 months ago

Lamont making big push for marijuana legalization this year

Associated Press  

Ned Lamont is making a major push to legalize the adult use of recreational marijuana after COVID-19 upended the 2020 legislative session, arguing now is the time to finally enact a regulated system that generates new state and local revenue while addressing racial equity issues. Rep. Michael D’Agostino, D-Hamden, co-chairman of the General Assembly’s General Law Committee, said he believes …

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Marijuana legalization proposed in Maryland Legislature
3 years, 10 months ago

Marijuana legalization proposed in Maryland Legislature

Associated Press  

A bill essentially legalizing recreational use of cannabis in Maryland would be an important step toward addressing social equity and racial injustices, advocates said. Legalizing cannabis would increase the state’s expenditures significantly in the first year to establish regulatory and tax frameworks, as well as the cost of implementing the bill’s social equity provisions. Despite these changes, Black people made …

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A look at efforts to make legal pot foster social justice
5 years, 7 months ago

A look at efforts to make legal pot foster social justice

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Questions about marijuana and social justice have played a prominent role this year in several U.S. states’ debates about pot legalization. A look at some initiatives around the country: ____ CALIFORNIA When voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2016, they also invited people to petition to have old pot convictions expunged or reduced. ___ MASSACHUSETTS Massachusetts’ 2016 recreational …

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Poll: Support rises in all age groups for legal pot
5 years, 9 months ago

Poll: Support rises in all age groups for legal pot

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — A growing majority of Americans say marijuana should be legal, underscoring a national shift as more states embrace cannabis for medical or recreational use. Support for legal marijuana hit 61 percent in 2018, up from 57 percent two years ago, according to the General Social Survey, a widely respected trend survey that has been measuring support for …

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Liberal Hawaii decides again not to legalize marijuana
5 years, 10 months ago

Liberal Hawaii decides again not to legalize marijuana

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — On the political spectrum, Hawaii is among the bluest of states. Rep. Della Au Belatti, the House majority leader, said before the bill died that she believes Hawaii will legalize adult use marijuana at some point. Sen. Karl Rhoads, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Hawaii residents are becoming more accepting of legalization now because it …

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