Articles tagged with "legislation"

The measure, introduced by a California congresswoman, would permanently forbid federal agencies from taking action against state-legal cannabis.

Medical cannabis advocates face a tough challenge. Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer later predicted such a bill wouldn’t garner enough votes to pass.

Governor-elect Phil Murphy doesn’t succeed Chris Christie until next week, but already lawmakers are moving to achieve one of his campaign promises: legalizing marijuana.

It’s one of several efforts to build on the choice California voters’ made to legalize marijuana despite fresh threats from the federal government.

The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority will issue up to 60 cannabis retail permits to private retail outlets in as many as 40 municipalities and First Nation communities across the province.

“Nothing I’ve ever done has been legal and nothing I’ve ever done has been illegal,” says the founder of Toronto’s longest-running cannabis lounge. “Where there’s a will there’s a way.”

House lawmakers are expected to give final approval to slight changes to the original bill, and Republican Gov. Phil Scott has said he’d sign the legislation.

From the governor to the attorney general to the state’s top senator, Alaska politicians are ready to defend their state’s legal cannabis market.

From Governor Jay Inslee to Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, Washington state politicians are coming out swinging against the rescinding of the Cole memo.

“With no prior notice to Congress, the Justice Department has trampled on the will of the voters in CO and other states.”—Cory Gardner, US Senator from Colorado