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Montana legalization measures show 10-point lead in latest poll
Bruce Barcott - Published on October 15, 2020read moreGoing into the final two weeks of the campaign, Montana’s twin legalization measures enjoy a sizeable lead.
New Jersey and Arizona legalization measures leading in latest polls
Bruce Barcott - Published on October 14, 2020read more61% of New Jersey residents say they’ll vote for legalization, while 20% of Arizona voters remain undecided.
Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to marijuana’s Schedule I status
Leafly Staff - Published on October 13, 2020read moreThe justices rejected a 2017 lawsuit aimed at overturning the baseless Schedule I classification of cannabis.
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Who are 2020’s top marijuana legalization campaign donors? We’ve got all the data
Max Savage Levenson and Bruce Barcott - Published on October 13, 2020read moreThe big-money donors who spent millions to fight legalization in 2016 haven’t showed up in 2020—yet.
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Dumping Trump is the only way marijuana legalization will happen
Bruce Barcott - Published on October 7, 2020read moreHe thinks his enemies love it and his friends hate it. Trump can’t even offer compassion to medical patients.
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Why Trump doesn’t want cannabis on the ballot
David Bienenstock - Published on October 6, 2020read moreIt’s not that he’s against legalization (though he is). Cannabis measures tend to lure more anti-Trump voters to the polls—and he knows it.
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Smell of cannabis alone isn’t cause for vehicle search, Pennsylvania court rules
The Associated Press - Published on October 5, 2020read moreCourts in legal medical states are increasingly rejecting the “smell of marijuana” as probable cause to search a vehicle or person.
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City of Ann Arbor decriminalizes psychedelic plants and fungi
The Associated Press - Published on September 30, 2020read moreThe city council has declared psychedelics a “lowest enforcement priority.”
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In Mississippi, medical marijuana pits the people vs. the politicians
Max Savage Levenson - Published on September 29, 2020read moreThe people’s initiative (65) legalizes for patients. The politicians’ alternative (65A) is a trap-and-kill trick.
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Top 9 arguments in support of marijuana legalization and regulation
David Downs - Published on September 28, 2020read moreLegalization is gaining momentum. Here’s the debate-winning facts.
