Category: #News420

Despite being half the size of the legal cannabis market in California, New York is poised to impact the larger industry and culture beyond its…

State legislatures have been slow to catch up to the marijuana legalization trend as, time and again, they let voters decide what to do about…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer really likes to talk about weed. Schumer has been making waves on cannabis policy since he first introduced a bill…

New Mexico’s Democratic-controlled state legislature on Wednesday sent a package of bills to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) that would legalize recreational marijuana.Lawmakers used a…

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Saturday formally announced that an agreement had been reached with state lawmakers to legalize recreational marijuana.The agreement will…

Paul ImOberstag’s small hemp farm in Banner, Ill., survived the bottoming out of prices in the CBD market and the pandemic. Then, Delta-8 THC came…

The city of Baltimore will no longer prosecute certain low-level crimes, including prostitution, drug possession and minor traffic violations, State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced Friday. … Source:…

New York State officials struck a deal with Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow recreational use of cannabis. The move would create the largest legal cannabis…

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Friday defended the administration’s policy on marijuana use by employees after a report said dozens of young staffers…

Magic Mushrooms and other psychedelic stuffs are decriminalized in Washington D.C. as of today. The Entheogenic Plant and Fungus Policy Act of 2020, passed last…

A new cannabis coalition made up of a wide variety of national corporations, including tobacco and alcohol firms, launched today with the purpose of influencing…

“We’re taking away this beautiful plant from criminals and putting in the hands of retailers and farmers,” said former Mexican President Vicente Fox. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mexico-moves-closer-becoming-world-s-largest-legal-cannabis-market-n1259519…

Virginia lawmakers passed a bill on Saturday that will legalize recreational marijuana in 2024.Passing the bill was top priority for state Democrats who portrayed the bill…

The Biden administration on Friday released new guidelines that will no longer penalize political appointees for previous recreational use of marijuana.Under the new policy, the…

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a Democratic Senate candidate, has replaced the pro-weed and LGBTQ rights flags hanging from his office balcony with bigger ones after…

Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law legislation setting up a recreational marijuana marketplace, decriminalizing cannabis and loosening penalties for possession. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-jersey-governor-signs-laws-legalize-marijuana-use-decriminalize-possession-n1258534 Droolin’ Dog sniffed…

Denver, Oakland, Oregon, Washington, D.C. recently decriminalized psychedelics. The state of California could be next. On Thursday, State Sen. Scott Wiener introduced a bill to…

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) will propose legalizing marijuana for recreational purposes and regulating it to capture hundreds of millions in revenue as part of…

A man’s experiment with psychedelic mushrooms went disastrously wrong and nearly killed him, according to his doctors. In a new case report released this week,…

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) on Friday issued an executive order allowing a legal challenge to the constitutionality of a November voter-approved amendment to…

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) will back legislation to legalize and regulate marijuana for recreational use, his latest effort to join neighboring states with…