Articles tagged with "legalization"

Less than two weeks after L.A. County supervisors agreed to move forward with a 10 percent tax on cannabis businesses in order to fund homeless services, the proposal’s author wants to shelve the plan.

Trulieve, the approved organization in northwest Florida, is set to open a dispensary in Tallahassee on Tuesday, one week after being given dispensing authorization by Florida’s health department.

How worried are you about the health risks of occasional cannabis consumption? It probably depends on whether you’ve experienced life in a medical marijuana state.

On the eve of the Democratic National Convention’s opening, America’s cannabis caucus held a fundraiser that put the party on notice: The era of legalization and legitimacy has arrived.

The legislature gave limited approval to MMJ in 2014, with many expecting it to be available early in 2015. The process, though, got bogged down by delays.

Apparently unconstitutional portions of Ohio’s MMJ law, which set aside a percentage of state business licenses for minorities, were spotted during debate but left in to gain needed votes, a key lawmaker says.

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s cannabis antipathy is evidenced in word, deed, and voting record. And that could cost her at the polls.

Delegate Dan Morhaim said he wished he’d been more transparent about his business connection to the cannabis industry prior to championing MMJ legalization.

It’s a huge step forward for a party that still officially refuses to acknowledge even the medicinal benefits of cannabis.

Having a staunch prohibitionist underwrite the GOP, and thereby amass influence over the party’s nominee, policies, and direction, does not bode well for legalization.