Articles tagged with "adult-use cannabis"

The Senate passed a bill Thursday calling for revisions to the voter-approved adult-use cannabis law, setting the stage for negotiations with the House.

Washington, DC, voters legalized cannabis possession and cultivation in 2014, but thanks to Congress blocking a regulated market, sales remain illegal.

Amid skepticism from advocates,
lawmakers are racing to beat a deadline so retail operations can open in time for a proposed July 2018 launch date.

For the fifth time in two years, the Vermont Senate passed a bill that would legalize adult-use cannabis only to see it fizzle in the House.

A judge in Carson City ruled that the state hasn’t followed the rules of its legalization initiative. Stores open July 1? Maybe not.

For the first few states that legalized adult-use cannabis, the early years have included a lot of learning on the fly in the early days of the industry.

The debate over Massachusetts’ recreational marijuana law took a new twist on Friday with the release of a plan that would not raise taxes on cannabis.

It would be the shortest turnaround from legalization to the launch of sales in any of the other seven states and DC where adult-use cannabis is legal.

California would set standards for organic marijuana, allow samples at county fairs and permit home deliveries under legislation set to be considered Thursday.

“We are building the airplane as we’re flying it,” Sen. Mike McGuire said at a Senate hearing Tuesday, “and we are going to make some mistakes.”