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Tobacco out, hemp in for Tennessee farmers - Cannabis News
Nearly 90 percent of cannabis cardholders in Montana are without access to a legal provider, a roughly 300 percent increase since a Montana Supreme Court ruling went into effect Aug. 31 limiting medical marijuana providers to three clients.
At Last, Mexico Publishes Medical Cannabis Regulations
AUSTIN - The latest polls show voters are poised to legalize marijuana in all five states with initiatives on the ballot this November. For marijuana advocates in Texas and elsewhere, the new year could begin with the wind strongly at their backs.
Will the marijuana vote bring out Millennials? – Cannabis News
They are young, many of them have never voted before, and they may hold the outcome of the 2016 election in their hands.
The share of Americans who favor legalizing the use of marijuana continues to increase. Today, 57% of U.S. adults say the use of marijuana should be made legal, while 37% say it should be illegal.
As many as five states could approve its recreational use this November, potentially signaling a point of no return for legalized pot.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has appointed a new patient advocate to the 16-member Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission, which has come under fire for, among other things, not considering racial diversity of companies when awarding the first batch of marijuana cultivation licenses this summer.
Voters in five states – Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada – will decide this November on ballot initiatives seeking to legalize and regulate the adult use, production, and retail sale of marijuana.
Marijuana reform may not be on the ballot in Tennessee on Election Day, but the state is making strides in changing their cannabis laws nonetheless.
But the margins of support aren't huge in any state, meaning that the contests could still swing either way.
Yes on 1, the campaign to legalize and regulate marijuana for recreational use in Maine, has launched their first TV ad.
With Gov. Christie's surprising reversal on expanding the medical marijuana program comes a new batch of very different bills that would allow recreational cannabis in New Jersey.
All eyes may be on the Clinton versus Trump circus this election, but November 8 will also be the most important moment yet for marijuana in the United States.
In addition to the members supporting legalization, 254 congressmen and senators support policies related to the decriminalization of marijuana, or to allowing marijuana for medical use.
If Hillary Clinton can consolidate the support of young left-wing voters — and motivate them to turn out on Election Day — she will win the White House. And there’s no better cure for millennial apathy than legal marijuana.
Poll: Massachusetts Voters Favor Legal Recreational Marijuana, But Have Reservations – Cannabis News
Support for the measure cuts across all demographic categories, with only voters over 55 years old and self-described conservatives opposing the measure.
Voters on Nov. 8 will decide ballot measures in nine states that would expand legal access to marijuana.
HARTFORD — The new age of marijuana research in Connecticut begins in less than a week, when the Department of Consumer Protection begins taking applications for proposals to expand job opportunities and possibly set new standards for the plants and their hundreds of active ingredients.
Southern and coastal residents and those under 50 are driving the support for the ballot question.
The proposed law would also allow New Jersey residents with prior pot possession arrests to apply for record expungement.
