Articles tagged with "legalization"

The President told Jann Wenner that continuing to criminalize cannabis is not “the smarter way to deal with it.” Pardon me if my eyes start to roll.

“They were aware that we were coming,” an organizer said, “but they thought we were coming to smoke marijuana in their office.”

Public debate in the UK is shifting focus from whether the country should regulate medical cannabis to how it should be done.

Both the Czech Republic and the German city of Berlin could see the arrival of legal cannabis next year if efforts supported by political parties there gain traction.

Gov. Chris Christie has vowed to block all progress on legalization. But he’s gone in 13 months. So a delegation of New Jersey politicos visited Colorado to see regulated cannabis in action. Leafly’s Jay Lassiter tagged along.

For more than 20 years, the VVD has supported a repressive cannabis policy, blocking any effort to decriminalize cannabis production. No longer.

Some 30 Oregon municipalities approved some type of marijuana businesses, and now they must establish rules for every step in production and the supply chain.

Lawmakers in the Lone Star State have introduced six cannabis reform bills, California patients get a tax holiday, and Denver readies for onsite consumption.

It wouldn’t be hard for the Trump administration to target legal cannabis. But Congress could help prevent it.

Law enforcement officials in Nevada are split about whether to prosecute marijuana possession cases since a newly approved Nevada initiative will make adult-use cannabis legal in less than six weeks.