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17 Apr 2020, 1:00 pm
We must include police reforms in legalization efforts. [read post]
20 Jan 2020, 12:49 pm
Regular readers know that, because of my work in the criminal justice arena, I often come to marijuana reform stories with an extra focus on how marijuana law and policy impact criminal justice system. [read post]
15 Mar 2015, 5:25 am
This new commentary, headlined "Medical marijuana question complicated for Florida GOP by 2016 ballot," highlights how the prospect of marijuana issues appearing on the ballot in 2016 can be used to push lawmakers to embrace reforms. [read post]
1 Jul 2015, 8:04 am
As reported in local pieces linked below, two notably different northern states have two notably different marijuana reforms becoming effective today: "Minnesota patients legally acquire marijuana for first time" "Q&A: Everything you need to know about legal marijuana in Oregon" Unsurprisingly, the events in Oregon are a bigger deal from... [read post]
19 May 2016, 10:26 am
As reported in this local article, headlined "John Bel Edwards signs medical marijuana law," I think it is now proper to count Louisiana as a state that has now enacted real, functional broad medical marijuana reform. [read post]
6 Nov 2017, 6:19 pm
Today via email I receive three alerts from SAM Action, the political action off-shoot of the leading advocacy group opposing marijuana reform, Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM). [read post]
27 Oct 2017, 1:39 pm
This past week brought two notable articles providing two important perspectives on how 2018 is shaping up to be yet another big year in the marijuana reform space: From the Washington Examiner here, "Will 2018 be the year marijuana takes over? [read post]
27 Oct 2016, 5:31 pm
As reported in this new AP piece, headlined "Arkansas Court Disqualifies 2nd Medical Marijuana Proposal," a significant state Supreme Court ruling today seems likely to have a significant impact on marijuana reform voting in The Natural State. [read post]
2 Sep 2015, 2:24 pm
Regular readers are likely by now tired of hearing me talk up Ohio as a state to watch in the marijuana reform universe But these kinds of recent stories highlight why I continue to find Buckeye developments especially interesting in this space: Investors in proposed Ohio marijuana farms are diverse... [read post]
19 Nov 2015, 5:52 am
I have long thought advocates for marijuana reform could and should focus on the economic development benefits that seem to flow from permitting a legal market in cannabis. [read post]
10 Apr 2017, 1:41 pm
A student in my Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform seminar is looking closely at the law, policies and practices surrounding banking activities for the marijuana industry, and he has provided for class reading the following links in preparation for his presentation this coming week: Federal regulation on "Suspicious Activity Report"... [read post]
24 Mar 2015, 7:51 am
This recent commentary about marijuana reform from The National Memo, which is headlined "Half A Heart On Marijuana Better Than No Heart At All," makes a powerful point about what some politicians say about modern marijuana reform in light of their own admitted history with this drug. [read post]
6 Mar 2019, 11:50 am
Grits' analysis of prospects for marijuana penalty reform haven't changed since the beginning of the legislative session. [read post]
10 Feb 2015, 7:20 am
Here is a run-down of and links to some recent news stories reviewing recent state-level marijuana reform developments: Alaska: "Alaska lawmakers consider new draft of marijuana bill" Louisiana: "Medical marijuana will be considered by the Louisiana Legislature again" Michigan: "Marijuana leaves legal experts confused, looking to state Supreme Court to... [read post]
30 Nov 2015, 1:49 pm
What (and Whom) State Marijuana Reformers Forgot: Crimmigration Law and Noncitizens, 23 Mich. [read post]
6 Jun 2023, 8:47 pm
As many of my students should recall, I have long stressed in many of my marijuana classes that a complicating question in the debates over possible federal reforms concerns whether advocates should prioritize rescheduling or descheduling of marijuana under the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA). [read post]
26 Jun 2015, 6:34 am
But especially because my interest in marijuana reform stems largely from my concerns about the criminal justice harms and costs of marijuana prohibition,... [read post]
14 Aug 2018, 4:08 am
Stated differently, I think the marijuana reform movement is fundamentally a criminal justice reform movement. [read post]
10 Apr 2016, 8:53 pm
As students in my semester-long OSU Moritz College of Law seminar on marijuana laws and reform continue assembling readings on particular topics in preparation for an in-class presentation/discussion, this week we have a student taking a deep dive into marijuana propaganda past and present. [read post]
8 Jun 2021, 6:18 am
When I started this blog nearly eight years ago, it was often pretty big (and blogworthy) news whenever any single state would move forward with any kind of marijuana reform in the usual legislative process. [read post]
