Articles tagged with "legalization"

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?

Trudeau’s proposed legislation calls for the provinces to oversee the distribution and sale of recreational marijuana and to take on some related responsibilities. It’s a tall order, and provinces say they need help.

The island’s treasury secretary says the medical cannabis industry could generate up to $100 million a year and help ease an unemployment rate of around 12%.

The New Jersey senator wants to fully deschedule cannabis, effectively ending 80 years of federal prohibition.

State lawmakers are examining the initiative process after being caught off-guard by voters who approved the use of medical marijuana in November.

Roger Stone, Roy Wood Jr., Xeni Jardin and a host of others battled prohibitionist Kevin Sabet at LA’s policy wonk-con.