Articles tagged with "legalization"

“[Ontario] could have simply licensed all the existing dispensaries,” says lawyer Jack Lloyd. “Instead, they’ve elected to declare war on a group of political activists, cannabis enthusiasts, and cannabis legalization activists. To say that it’s draconian is an understatement.”

His new bill pushes research, and his Senate floor speech was a shocking turnabout for a longtime prohibitionist.

Canada’s police services told the Canadian government Tuesday that there is no chance they will be ready to enforce new laws for nationwide legalized marijuana by next summer.

Maine lawmakers want to double the recreational marijuana sales tax to 20 percent. The Legislature’s marijuana legalization committee will consider the issue Sept. 26.

The newly appointed board that will regulate marijuana in Massachusetts met publicly for the first time Tuesday, more than 10 months after voters voted to legalize recreational cannabis.

For legalization opponents eager to see regulated cannabis markets fail, a new government report out of Washington state doesn’t yield much in the way of talking points.

Tom Marino likes “hospital-slash-prisons” for cannabis users, Bill de Blasio wishes he still smoked, Michael Caine shares a giggly cannabis memory, and more.

To come up with its new policy, Ontario looked at the US states that have legalized cannabis, to establish a “safe and sensible framework.”

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott on Thursday signed an executive order establishing a Marijuana Advisory Commission that will study the best way to legalize adult-use cannabis.

Quebec has one of the highest barriers to medical cannabis in Canada. Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana is ready to change that.