Recreational Marijuana

Oklahomans will not get their chance to vote on recreational marijuana this fall after the state Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit seeking to put the measure on the ballot, reported The Oklahoman. Justices unanimously decided that the petitioners in the lawsuit "cannot show that they have...

The sentiment among Republican voters regarding cannabis seems to be shifting, according to a new national poll. The survey conducted by Republican pollster Fabrizio, Lee & Associates on behalf of the National Cannabis Roundtable, found that the majority of GOP voters (73%) favor the...

A judge with the Missouri Circuit Court of Cole County dismissed a lawsuit on Friday that sought to overturn the initiative from Legal Missouri 2022 to place a recreational cannabis legalization petition on the November ballot, reported Marijuana Moment. The decision from Judge Cotton...

A new TV ad in Arkansas that promotes recreational marijuana legalization says that votes will be destined to supporting the Arkansas Police. An initiative to legalize marijuana will appear on Arkansas' November ballot. The initiative includes provisions to use revenue from...

Should recreational cannabis become legal in Oklahoma? Activists in the state have gathered enough signatures to present that question to Oklahoma voters this November. However, Oklahoma's Supreme Court is performing a final revision on whether the question should be on the ballot,...

The U.S. elections are getting closer and the measure to legalize marijuana approved for the November ballot in Missouri concerns certain lawmakers. The Legal Missouri 2022 campaign, issued through a certificate of sufficiency by Missouri's Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, has divided...

The New York cannabis industry is getting a workers' compensation safety group. Insurance company McNeil & Co. and the Cannabis Association of New York have teamed up with the New York State Insurance Fund to provide cannabis businesses with a sustainable insurance option. Daniel McNeil,...

Medical cannabis operators in New York are worried about having to pay an exorbitant fee in order to go recreational. According to the New York Times, in order to sell marijuana outside of a medical program, multi-state operators (MSOs) must pay a fee of $20 million. Winning bidders of the state...

New Mexico legalized recreational marijuana last year after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the Cannabis Regulation Act. The law took effect in short order, allowing adults to legally possess, use and grow recreational cannabis including six plants or 12 in a household with more than...

Nebraska lawmakers are planning to introduce a measure to legalize medical marijuana in the upcoming legislative session, reported KNOP. “We will exhaust every measure possible to get Nebraskans the medical freedom they deserve and want,” State Senator Jen Day of District 49 said...

A lawsuit seeking to overturn an initiative to legalize recreational cannabis that would allow sales of marijuana to adults 21 and older was filed Friday in Cole County Circuit Court, reported Missouri Independent. The latest push from prohibitionists to remove the legalization...

A proposed measure to legalize recreational cannabis in Arkansas was blocked from appearing on the state's ballot this November. The State Board of Election Commissioners rejected the ballot title, and popular name of the proposition after receiving enough signatures to qualify for the...

Over $135 million worth of recreational marijuana was bought in Illinois in July, representing yet another record with the largest monthly sales year-to-date, as first reported by Marijuana Moment. Cannabis retailers sold a total of 3,251,062 cannabis products worth $135,658,291 last month,...

Arkansas State Officials announced that a proposed ballot measure to legalize recreational cannabis received enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot, reported High Times. Eddie Armstrong, former Arkansas Democratic House minority leader and head of the activists' group...

Missouri's ballot initiative to legalize marijuana for adult use in 2022 is currently short of the necessary signatures in four of the six Congressional districts necessary to make the ballot. However, the effort to bring recreational marijuana to legalization next November in the state is...