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Almost there! Delaware lawmakers send legalization bill to governor
Max Savage Levenson - Published on May 12, 2022Read moreThe Delaware Senate voted 13-7 to send an adult-use legalization bill to Gov. John Carney. Its fate, however, is far from certain.
Victory! California cops agree to stop stealing cannabis cash from armored vans
Max Savage Levenson - Published on May 12, 2022Read moreAfter a lawsuit, a sheriff’s department in Southern California agreed to stop harassing armored vans transporting legal weed revenue. Federal authorities returned the money.
Yee-haw! Austin officially decriminalizes marijuana
Max Savage Levenson - Published on May 9, 2022Read moreOn May 7, Austin, Texas, residents voted by huge margins to both decriminalize marijuana and ban no-knock police warrants.
Delaware House passes legalization bill, but obstacles remain
Max Savage Levenson - Published on May 6, 2022Read moreDelaware took a huge step towards legalizing adult-use cannabis yesterday. On a roughly 2-1 vote, the state House passed HB371, which would remove all penalties for possessing up to one ounce of cannabis. The proposed law would effectively legalize a “gifting” market—where free cannabis is thrown in with the purchase of a symbolic item or […]
Go inside NYC’s secret weed shops: Fire strains and hidden lounges
Max Savage Levenson - Published on May 4, 2022Read moreTake a look inside some of NYC’s buzziest underground and gifting weed shops to learn what’s hot, and who’s got top quality product.
WTF: South Dakota will vote again to legalize weed this November
Max Savage Levenson - Published on May 4, 2022Read moreIt’s déjà vu all over again for the South Dakota cannabis legalization movement. Yesterday, May 3, South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws (SDBML) turned in over 19,000 signatures to put recreational cannabis on the state ballot…again. In a remarkable turn of events, South Dakota will be forced to re-do an entire legalization campaign, thanks to […]
President Biden commutes sentences of 9 marijuana prisoners
Max Savage Levenson - Published on April 26, 2022Read moreOf the 78 people whose sentences were reduced, 9 involved cannabis offenses.
Is it legal to fly with marijuana? Here are the laws you need to know
Max Savage Levenson - Published on April 26, 2022Read moreYou accidentally left a gram or two in your pocket. What will happen on your way through security? The laws are murky.
NJ gov to off-duty cops: No legal weed for you
Max Savage Levenson - Published on April 19, 2022Read moreGov. Phil Murphy wants to close a loophole that would let cops use cannabis off the clock starting April 21.
New York approves its first rec cultivation licenses
Max Savage Levenson - Published on April 15, 2022Read moreThis week, New York took a huge step towards launching its recreational marijuana program. On Thursday, April 14, the state’s Cannabis Control Board (CCB) voted to award conditional cannabis cultivation licenses to 52 existing hemp farms within New York. The licenses will enable these local businesses to take advantage of the 2022 growing season, and […]