Articles tagged with "legalization"

The race is on to assemble the five-member board that will oversee recreational and medical marijuana in Massachusetts.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired a warning shot at state-legal cannabis last week in separate letters sent to Oregon, Colorado, and Washington leaders.

Removing cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act would respect states’ rights and encourage public safety, the National Conference of State Lawmakers says.

The cheeky card game Cards Against Humanity recently added a so-called Weed Pack to its product lineup, with profits supporting legalization.

Gov. Charlie Baker has picked five people to serve on a Cannabis Advisory Board that will help guide regulators enforce cannabis laws.

The tepid nature of the recommendations by the Sessions-assembled task force signals just how difficult it would be to change course on cannabis.

By 2020, sales of legal cannabis in the United States and Canada are predicted to hit over $40 billion annually. These are the kind of new-industry numbers that tempt even the stock-market averse to consider how they might get in on the action, but investing in the legal cannabis world remains an iffy business.

American Green announced it is buying all of Nipton, a California desert town, to turn into “an energy-independent, cannabis-friendly hospitality destination.”

California expects to collect $1 billion a year in new cannabis tax revenue. But governments will likely miss out on money without an easy, secure way to pay.

The attorney general is acting on a mysterious task force’s secret recommendations. But where’s the evidence? Where’s the report?