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25 Mar 2021, 12:30 pm by Robbie Kenney
“The irony here, is that this was done under the guise of social justice and police reform,” O’Scanlon continued. [read post]
24 Mar 2021, 9:05 pm by Ezra Rosser
And in October, officers made the biggest marijuana bust in San Juan County’s history after learning that workers were processing marijuana at a budget motel in Farmington, a reservation border town. [read post]
22 Mar 2021, 2:22 pm by Frank Knaack
This is despite the fact that 86.2 percent of recent arrests were for nonviolent, largely low-level offenses like marijuana possession or open alcohol containers. [read post]
22 Mar 2021, 9:25 am by Douglas A. Berman
I have been privileged to have the opportunity to teach a seminar on marijuana reform nearly every year at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law since way back in Fall 2013. [read post]
19 Mar 2021, 6:55 pm by Douglas A. Berman
As reported in this Daily Beast piece,"dozens of young White House staffers have been suspended, asked to resign, or placed in a remote work program due to past marijuana use, frustrating staffers who were pleased by initial indications from the Biden administration that recreational use of cannabis would not be... [read post]
18 Mar 2021, 3:00 pm by Race to the Bottom
On December 4, 2020, House Democrats attempted to pass a historic piece of cannabis reform legislation, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019 (“MORE Act”), which would federally legalize cannabis. [read post]
16 Mar 2021, 5:45 am by Kevin Kaufman
If growth projections hold, the value of recreational marijuana sales may be three times bigger than McDonald’s sales revenue by 2023. [read post]
12 Mar 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The House Oversight and Reform Committee reissued the subpoena to Mazars USA in February, and it is identical to the one from 2019 that ultimately led the U.S. [read post]
11 Mar 2021, 11:08 am by Brad Schnure
We need to build a coalition of legislators, local governments, and school boards to demand common-sense reforms that can make our marijuana laws work. [read post]
10 Mar 2021, 7:50 pm by Douglas A. Berman
This New York Times article, headlined "Mexico Set to Legalize Marijuana, Becoming World’s Largest Market," reports on the latest reform developments from south of the border. [read post]
On February 22, 2021, Governor Murphy signed three separate cannabis reform bills into law that formally legalize the use and possession of recreational marijuana in the Garden state: (1) the “New Jersey Cannabis Regularly, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act” (the “Cannabis Act”) (NJ A21), which legalizes the recreational use and possession of cannabis or cannabis products (collectively “cannabis items”) for adults; (2) a… [read post]
2 Mar 2021, 3:39 pm by Michael Lowe
Today, everyone recognizes organized crime known as the “Mafia” or the “Cosa Nostra,” but it wasn’t until the middle of the 20th Century that these criminal enterprises were confirmed to exist. [read post]
22 Feb 2021, 5:38 pm by Jon L. Gelman
"who chairs the Assembly Federal Relations and Oversight Reform Committee led the discussion on the bill in today’s hearing. [read post]
15 Feb 2021, 12:53 pm by Douglas A. Berman
Via email, I learned of this notable new letter sent from coalition of public policy organizations, business groups and criminal justice reform advocates calling upon Prez Biden to use his clemency power on behalf of certain marijuana offenders. [read post]
7 Feb 2021, 6:05 am by Douglas A. Berman
As reported in this local article, headlined "Marijuana will be legal in Virginia after historic vote, with dispensaries opening in 2024," the Old Dominion state is on track be become the newest marijuana reform state. [read post]
5 Feb 2021, 4:53 pm by Howard Bashman
Schneider and Laura Vozzella of The Washington Post report that “Virginia legislature votes to legalize marijuana, abolish the death penalty. [read post]