Mississippi lawmakers kill bill to create alternative medical marijuana program
The Mississippi House killed a Senate bill that would have created a legislative alternative to the medical marijuana program the state’s voters […]
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Marijuana foes deploy new ‘playbook’ to thwart state legalization, upend election results
Efforts to thwart voter-approved marijuana legalization in Mississippi, Montana and South Dakota are evidence of a “playbook” that reflects new legal strategies […]
Mississippi’s high court to hear arguments to block medical cannabis
The Mississippi Supreme Court said it will hear the challenge to a voter-approved medical cannabis initiative on April 14, as the legal […]
These four states could legalize medical marijuana through legislation in 2021
Four red states – Alabama, Kansas, Kentucky and South Carolina – could legalize medical marijuana through their legislatures this year, and, if […]
DEA might start issuing cannabis cultivation permits in early 2021
After years of delay, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration could soon begin issuing licenses to businesses and institutions to cultivate cannabis for […]
University of Mississippi’s federal pact for cannabis R&D to be renewed
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) said it again intends to award a federal contract to the University of Mississippi to […]
Marijuana legalization opponents turn to courts to shoot down state ballot initiatives
Private citizens and public officials, sometimes joined by governors, increasingly are filing lawsuits to kill statewide marijuana legalization ballot initiatives, including some […]
Election underscores voter shift in favor of marijuana legalization
An analysis of votes cast for marijuana ballot measures in 2020 shows that while voters remain divided over legalization based on political […]
Newly legal states offer marijuana growers fresh opportunities, but some greener than others
The legalization ballot measures that voters approved on Nov. 3 created cannabis markets in five U.S. states – Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New […]
Getting to know the five new cannabis markets that voters have legalized
The legalization ballot measures that voters approved on Election Day will open new cannabis markets in five U.S. states that have a […]