Just over 1,000 people were sentenced federally in 2020 for violating marijuana trafficking laws. That’s down 67 percent since 2016, and over 80 percent since 2012 – when Colorado and Washington became the first two states to legalize and regulate the …
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Let Richardson Race
Athlete Sha’Carri Richardson has been suspended and barred from running in the Olympic Games in Tokyo after testing positive for marijuana.
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Mexico: Supreme Court Moves to Abolish Laws Prohibiting Personal Use of Marijuana
“With these actions by the Court, the United States has become an island of federal marijuana prohibition in North America,” NORML’s Deputy Director Paul Armentano said.
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Supreme Court Justice Questions Whether Federal Ban on Marijuana Remains “Proper”
Justice Clarence Thomas wrote: “If the Government is now content to allow States to act ‘as laboratories’ ‘and try novel social and economic experiments,’ then it might no longer have authority to intrude on ‘[t]he States’ core police powers . . . to d…
Rhode Island: Senate Lawmakers Advance Adult Use Marijuana Legalization Bill
“Rhode Island is an island of prohibition in a sea of legalization.”
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Rhode Island: Senate Lawmakers Advance Adult Use Marijuana Legalization Bill
“Rhode Island is an island of prohibition in a sea of legalization.”
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Connecticut Becomes 18th State to Legalize Marijuana for Adults
“This legislation recognizes that the responsible use of marijuana by adults should not be a crime, and that those who carry the stigma of a criminal record for their past use of cannabis should receive relief.”
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Connecticut: Lawmakers Likely to Revisit Adult-Use Legalization Bill in Special Legislative Session
“It is not a question of ‘if’ cannabis is legalized in Connecticut, only a question of ‘when.’”
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Study: Enactment of Adult-Use Marijuana Laws Doesn’t Encourage Drugged Driving Behavior
Researchers concluded, “[W]e found no predominant pattern suggesting that behaviors and attitudes were more tolerant in states with liberal marijuana policies.”
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Connecticut: Senate Lawmakers Advance Adult Use Marijuana Legalization Bill
“For decades, tens of thousands of Connecticut residents have faced arrest, prosecution, and the lifelong stigma associated with marijuana criminalization, simply for possessing a substance that is objectively safer than alcohol, tobacco, and many pres…