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Legal aspects of cannabis consumption. Updates, news, tips. Legal information and the current state of marijuana. Propositions, acts, voting. Cannabis activism and legalization. Government opinion and Drug Enforcement Agency stance. Legal battles and support.

Facts / Legal

Michigan to regulate CBD oil as marijuana

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s market for oil-based marijuana products will now be covered by medical marijuana laws, state regulators announced Thursday.

May 11, 2018

by Bjorn

Legal / Politics

Albuquerque City Council Wants To Decriminalize Cannabis

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Albuquerque City Council voted to decriminalize cannabis possession in small amounts and send the measure to the mayor for final approval.

April 4, 2018

by Bjorn

Legal / Politics

Medical Marijuana Protected Through September

On Friday, President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending measure. This move averts a government shutdown and renews critical protections for medical marijuana patients.

March 23, 2018

by Bjorn

Facts / Legal

Chicago Voters To Embrace Cannabis Legalization

Chicago (AP): Voters in the Illinois county that includes Chicago have backed the recreational use of cannabis in a nonbinding referendum.
The question for Cook County voters asked if Illinois should legalize…

March 21, 2018

by Bjorn

Facts / Legal / Politics

California Lawmakers To Fight For Lower Tax On Cannabis

California lawmakers are pushing for a lower tax on legal cannabis in an attempt to fight the black market. Two members of the state assembly announced a bipartisan plan that would reduce taxes on legal weed.

March 15, 2018

by Bjorn

Facts / Legal

Sessions: US Prosecutors To Ignore Small Cannabis Cases

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors won’t take on small-time marijuana cases, despite the Justice Department’s decision to lift an Obama-era policy that discouraged U.S. authorities from cracking down on the cannabis trade in states where the drug is legal, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Saturday.

March 14, 2018

by Bjorn

Facts / Legal / Politics

Denver’s First Legal Marijuana Club Gets The Green Light

DENVER (AP) — Officials in Colorado’s largest city on Monday approved Denver’s first legal marijuana club and joined a small number of businesses across the country allowing people to consume in states where adult use has been broadly legalized.

February 28, 2018

by Bjorn

Legal / Politics

Congress To Temporarily Extend Medical Marijuana Protections

On Friday morning, Congress extended the federal medical marijuana protections aka the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment. That happened within a signing of a huge budget deal which brought a short federal shutdown to an end. However, these protections remain temporarily; the current spending plan only runs until March, 23rd. Here’s what you need to know about the amendment and its future.

February 9, 2018

by Bjorn

Facts / History / Legal

California prosecutors dropping, reducing pot convictions

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With pot now legal in California, prosecutors in San Francisco and San Diego are moving to erase thousands of marijuana convictions en masse, a step that…

February 2, 2018

by Bjorn

History / Legal / Politics

Medical Cannabis Is Safe Again — But For How Long?

State-legal medical marijuana has been on the edge of a disaster; the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment was bound to vanish in the tumultuous reality of American politics. But it seems that the end is postponed, at least for now, with the Amendment intact. What happened?

January 26, 2018

by Bjorn

Legal

Michigan to regulate CBD oil as marijuana

Albuquerque City Council Wants To Decriminalize Cannabis

Medical Marijuana Protected Through September

Chicago Voters To Embrace Cannabis Legalization

California Lawmakers To Fight For Lower Tax On Cannabis

Sessions: US Prosecutors To Ignore Small Cannabis Cases

Denver’s First Legal Marijuana Club Gets The Green Light

Congress To Temporarily Extend Medical Marijuana Protections

California prosecutors dropping, reducing pot convictions

Medical Cannabis Is Safe Again — But For How Long?

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