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Study Shows Cannabis Legalization Doesn’t Impact Youth Cannabis Use
According to a new study, there isn’t much of a correlation between cannabis legalization and youth consumption.
Friday, August 14, 2020 Headlines | Marijuana Today Daily News
Marijuana Today Daily HeadlinesFriday, August 14, 2020 | Curated by host Shea Gunther // Montana Will Vote On Two Marijuana Legalization Measures In November, State Confirms (Marijuana Moment)// GrowGen Q2 Revenue Increases 123% to $43.5 Million (New Cannabis Ventures)// Colorado’s $158M in June recreational cannabis sales sets mark amid COVID (Marijuana Business Daily) These headlines […]
DC MJ Sales Init Filed, Filipino Drug Cops Face Murder Charges, More… (8/13/20)
DC activists have filed a legal marijuana sales initiative and hope to get it on this year's ballot, the Bahamas extends the mandate of a…
Can Marijuana Win Over Voters in This High Plains Red State? [FEATURE]
Marijuana is on the ballot in South Dakota this year. This is a state that has the dubious distinction of being the only one to…
Study Finds Consumers Have Positive Views Of Legal Cannabis
The study indicates that those living in cannabis-legal states think the law is a good thing.
What Are Kamala Harris’ Current—And Past—Views On Cannabis?
Like many politicians, Senator Kamala Harris’ views on marijuana policy have changed over the years.
Thursday, August 13, 2020 Headlines | Marijuana Today Daily News
Marijuana Today Daily HeadlinesThursday, August 13, 2020 | Curated by host Shea Gunther // Trulieve’s Revenue Keeps Climbing As Company Increases Guidance (Green Market Report)// Green Thumb Industries Q2 Revenue Grows 17% Sequentially to $120 Million (New Cannabis Ventures)// Where Vice Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris Stands On Marijuana (Marijuana Moment) These headlines are brought to […]
MA MJ Industry Unionization Battles, Bolivian Coca Growers Mobilize, More… (8/12/20)
A former crime-fighting prosecutor and attorney general who now wants to legalize marijuana is Joe Biden's vice-presidential pick, a Wyoming judge frees some hemp farmers…
Wednesday, August 12, 2020 Headlines | Marijuana Today Daily News
Marijuana Today Daily HeadlinesWednesday, August 12, 2020 | Curated by host Shea Gunther // Cannabis leaders react to Biden’s choice of Kamala Harris: Will she help or hurt marijuana legalization? (Leafly)// Arizona recreational cannabis initiative tallies enough signatures for ballot spot (Marijuana Business Daily)// Chart: Cannabis vape products remain popular one year after health crisis […]
AZ Legalization Initiative Qualifies, Canada to Allow Psilocbyin for Terminal Patients, More… (8/11/20)
One more state will be voting on marijuana legalization in November, Canadian authorities have granted four terminally ill patients the right to use psilocybin for…
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 Headlines | Marijuana Today Daily News
Marijuana Today Daily HeadlinesTuesday, August 11, 2020 | Curated by host Shea Gunther // Mass. regulators release 619,000 aging marijuana vapes for sale despite lead contamination concerns (Boston Globe)// Top Senate Democrat Pushes USDA To Delay Hemp Rules Until 2022 (Marijuana Moment)// A man who was sentenced to life in prison for selling $30 of […]
DC Natural Psychedelic Initiative Qualifies, DPA Federal Drug Decrim Push, More… (8/10/20)
Residents in the nation's capital will vote on whether to effectively decriminalize natural psychedelics, the Arizona pot legalization initiative survives a legal challenge, the Drug…
Friday, August 7, 2020 Headlines | Marijuana Today Daily News
Marijuana Today Daily HeadlinesFriday, August 7, 2020 | Curated by host Shea Gunther // Texas Lawsuit Challenges State’s New Ban On Smokable Hemp (Marijuana Moment)// Marijuana recalled across Michigan after worker accused of licking joint in Bay City processing plant (Michigan Live)// Vermont Will Advance Marijuana Sales Legalization Bill Within Weeks House Speaker’s Office Says […]
Thursday, August 6, 2020 Headlines | Marijuana Today Daily News
Marijuana Today Daily HeadlinesThursday, August 6, 2020 | Curated by host Shea Gunther // Michigan Attorney General Pushes Governor On Marijuana Clemency For Prisoner With COVID (Marijuana Moment)// Psychedelics Decriminalization Initiative Officially Qualifies For D.C. Ballot (Marijuana Moment)// MI may allow stand-alone adult-use cannabis licenses earlier than expected (Marijuana Business Daily) These headlines are brought […]
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 Headlines | Marijuana Today Daily News
Marijuana Today Daily HeadlinesWednesday, August 5, 2020 | Curated by host Shea Gunther // BC allows online payment for in-store cannabis pickup; is delivery next? (Marijuana Business Daily)// Canada Will Let Terminally Ill Patients Use Psychedelic Mushrooms For End-Of-Life Care (Marijuana Moment)// NM’s medical marijuana industry sees sharp spike in sales during pandemic (KOB 4 […]
Cannabinoids may affect activity of other pharmaceuticals
Cannabinoid-containing products may alter the effects of some prescription drugs, according to researchers. They published information that could help medical professionals make safe prescribing choices…
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Headlines | Marijuana Today Daily News
Marijuana Today Daily HeadlinesTuesday, August 4, 2020 | Curated by host Shea Gunther // Cannabis, Lies, and Foreign Cash: A Mother and Daughter’s Journey Through the Underground Mask Trade (Pro Publica)// Tight capital markets – worsened by COVID-19 – derail Schwazze’s cannabis acquisitions (Marijuana Business Daily)// Black residents made up 97% of marijuana arrests in […]
New Federal Pot Legalization Bill, Houston Narcs Indicted, Peru Coca Production Up (Maybe), More… (8/3/20)
Peru and the US are in dispute over how much coca and cocaine is produced there, Houston narcs involved in a deadly botched drug raid…
SD Medical Association Opposes Marijuana Initiatives, ONDCP Touts Mexico Opium Reduction, More… (7/31/20)
Rhode Island's governor is once again pushing for pot legalization, the South Dakota state medical association comes out against both medical marijuana and marijuana legalization…
House Passes Bill to Block DOJ Meddling in State Marijuana Programs, Scots Want Safe Injection Sites, More… (7/30/20)
The House has voted to block the Justice Department from interfering with state-legal marijuana programs, a populous Maryland county moves to end no-knock raids for…
House to Vote on Protecting All State-Legal Marijuana Programs, Bolivia Coca Cultivation Up, More… (7/29/20)
An amendment to block the Justice Department from using its funds to go after state-legal marijuana programs is headed for a House vote, Maryland's Supreme…
Drug Reform Pioneer Arnold Trebach Dies, Dems Reject Marijuana Legalization in Party Platform, More… (7/28/20)
A new poll suggests the New Jersey marijuana legalization initiative is headed for victory in November, drug reform pioneer Arnold Trebach had died, and more.[image:1…
House Could Vote on Pot Legalization in September, France to Issue Instant Fines for Drug Use, More… (7/27/20)
The House could vote to legalize marijuana this fall, DC activists say their natural entheogen initiative has qualifed for the ballot but it's not official…
Oakland Psychedelic Activists Take Next Step, NY Senate Passes MedMJ Housing Protections, More… (7/24/20)
Congress could take up an amendment that aims at protecting state-legal marijuana programs next week, Oakland activists are pushing forward with plans to open up…
Reform Groups Call for Marijuana Legalization Amidst COVID Crisis, DEA Part of Federal Anti-Crime Surge, More… (7/23/20)
The initial draft of the Democratic platform calls for not interfering with state marijuana laws but doesn't call for legalization, a North Dakota legalization campaign…
Legal marijuana may be slowing reductions in teen marijuana use
A longitudinal study of more than 230 teens and young adults in Washington state finds that teens may be more likely to use marijuana following…
AZ Pot Foes File Suit to Block Initiative, House Votes to Allow Military Members to Use Hemp and CBD, More… (7/22/20)
The organized opposition makes a move in Arizona, a Pennsylvania lawmaker is trying to jumpstart a stalled marijuana legalization bill, and more.[image:1 align:left]Marijuana PolicyArizona Pot…
AZ Poll Has Strong Support for Pot Legalization, BC Premier Asks for Canada Drug Decriminalization, More… (7/21/20)
The city of Chicago will pay out big time for seizing the vehicles of people in small-time drug busts, a California bill would undo some…
MT Legalization Activists Say They've Qualified for Ballot, Mexican Cartel Shows Off Its Firepower, More… (7/20/20)
New Approach Montana says county-level data shows it has qualified a marijuana legalization initiative for the November ballot but the results aren't official yet, Canada's…
CA Pot Arrests Decline But Racial Disparities Persist, AR MedMJ Growers Sue to Block Competition, More… (7/17/20)
California marijuana felonies are at the lowest level since 1954, Argentina moves to make its medical marijuana program more patient-friendly, and more. Marijuana PolicyCalifornia…
CDC Says Fatal Drug ODs Up Last Year, FL Supreme Court Orders Rare Second Hearing in MedMJ Case, More… (7/15/20)
After the first decline in drug ODs in decades in 2018, the number jumped again last year, the CDC says; Canadian psychotherapists want the ability…
Drug Reform Initiatives Already on the November Ballot and Those That Could Still Make the Cut [FEATURE]
With signature-gathering deadlines now past nearly everywhere, the picture of where voters will have a chance to vote on drug reform initiatives becomes clearer –…
ID MedMJ Initiative Campaign Threatens to Sue Over Signature-Gathering, Colombia to Spray Coca Crops, More…(7/14/20)
The Idaho Cannabis Coalition threatens to sue if state officials don't allow it to use electronic signature-gathering in the midst of the pandemic, a drug…
Democratic Platform to Call for Rescheduling and Decriminalizing Marijuana But Not Legalizing, Canada Police Chiefs Want Drug Decrim, More… (7/13/20)
Democratic task forces working on the party platform have settled on rescheduling and decriminalizing marijuana but not legalizing it, the Justice Department rips a Massachusetts…
House Spending Bills Include MedMJ Protections, DC Psychedelic Initiative Hands in Signatures, More… (7/7/20)
Mexico once again looks set to move forward with medical marijuana, House funding bills include protections for medical marijuana–but not recreational marijuana–and more. Medical…
Arkansas Marijuana Legalization Initiative Won't Make Ballot, More Mexico Mayhem, More… (7/6/20)
Nevada's governor pushes for wholesale marijuana possession pardons, prohibition-related violence flares in Mexico, and more.Marijuana PolicyArkansas Marijuana Legalization Initiative Won't Qualify for Ballot.…
Austin Police to End Minor Pot Busts, Southern CA DAs Let 100,000 Pot Convictions Be Cleared, More… (7/3/20)
The capital of Texas gives up on enforcing minor marijuana possession offenses, Virginia Democratic lawmakers are eying legalization next year, and more.Marijuana PolicySouthern…
Marijuana use while pregnant boosts risk of children's sleep problems
As many as 7% of moms-to-be use marijuana while pregnant, and that number is rising fast as more use it to quell morning sickness. But…
Nashville to End Small-Time Pot Prosecutions, More Cops Charged in Wake of Fatal Houston Drug Raid, More… (7/2/20)
Drug reform initiative campaigns are handing in signatures as deadlines approach, Nashville's DA says no more petty pot prosecutions, Mexican gunmen kill 24 in a…
OR Therapeutic Psilocbyin Init Looks Set to Make Ballot, Atlanta Cops Quit Drug Arrests During Sickout, More… (6/30/20)
UN human rights experts keep up the pressure on the Philippines, the Oregon therapeutic psilocbyin initiative looks set to make the November ballot, and more. [image:1…