Tag: decriminalization

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Voters across Ohio approved a ballot measure Tuesday to legalize and regulate recreational cannabis, but leaders in the Republican-majority state legislature...

Voters in five Texas cities decided in favor of municipal ballot initiatives eliminating the local enforcement of low-level marijuana offenses. Voters in the cities of Denton,...

Cannabis is fully legalized in eighteen states and illegal in only four. With the continuing legalization and decriminalization of cannabis across the country, the...

While the U.S. has moved steadily forward with its patchwork of state-by-state cannabis laws, a similar movement has been occurring in Europe for years...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Prominent Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) issued a joint statement confirming they will push to...

RICHMOND, Va. – Democratic Governor of Virginia Ralph Northam last week signed policy reforms to decriminalize cannabis in the state. The revised legislation, House...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Another state appears ready to implement substantial cannabis reform measures. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) has signed two pieces of legislation decriminalizing...

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has weighed in on cannabis for the second consecutive week. In an attempt to clean up comments he made...

Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin are lobbying to eliminate all criminal penalties for possession of under 28 grams of cannabis flower. Unlike decriminalization measures in...

Texas is not known for cannabis-friendly regulations. Typically, pot enthusiasts are encouraged to be extremely careful in the Lonestar State—but new regulations may have...