Articles tagged with "legislation"

Amid skepticism from advocates,
lawmakers are racing to beat a deadline so retail operations can open in time for a proposed July 2018 launch date.

For the fifth time in two years, the Vermont Senate passed a bill that would legalize adult-use cannabis only to see it fizzle in the House.

For 22 years, the Marijuana Policy Project has conducted its banking with the PNC Financial Services Group. The long relationship was severed yesterday.

After overwhelming support, President Enrique Peña Nieto signed a decree legalizing the medicinal and therapeutic use of cannabis.

For a second day in Ottawa, Canadian finance ministers from the federal, provincial, and territorial levels are gathering to strategize a coordinated approach to cannabis taxation.

Vermont lawmakers are due back in Montpelier this week for what’s scheduled to be a two-day session to deal with vetoes issued by Gov. Phil Scott.

The debate over Massachusetts’ recreational marijuana law took a new twist on Friday with the release of a plan that would not raise taxes on cannabis.

House leaders in Massachusetts are expected to unveil a bill Wednesday that will double the existing tax rate on adult-use cannabis.

“We are building the airplane as we’re flying it,” Sen. Mike McGuire said at a Senate hearing Tuesday, “and we are going to make some mistakes.”

Officials in states that have legalized cannabis continue to strategize how to defend their state’s cannabis industries from the feds and AG Sessions.