Sales of adult-use cannabis products in Illinois rose over 20 percent in July to reach a record high.
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State-Legal Marijuana Industry to Employ Nearly 300,000 Workers by Year’s End
The analysis projects as many as 295,000 marijuana-related jobs by the close of 2020 – a total that is slightly higher than the total number of computer programmers working in the United States.
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New Jersey: Supermajority Back Legalization Measure Ahead of November Vote
Majorities of Democrats (78 percent), Independents (63 percent), and Republicans (57 percent) back the 2020 ballot measure.
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States Experience Record Surge in Retail Marijuana Sales
“One unanticipated effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the growth acceleration of legal cannabis markets (and erosion of the illicit markets) in those states which have activated both medical and adult-use sales.”
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Arizona: Voter Support Grows for Adult-Use Legalization Ahead of Likely Initiative Vote
Sixty-two percent of likely general election voters “believe that marijuana should be legalized for adult use in the state of Arizona.”
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Montana: Legalization Initiative Proponents Announce That They Have Qualified for 2020 Ballot
In a July 20 e-mail update, proponents New Approach Montana posted: “The campaign to legalize marijuana … has cleared the signature hurdles to see its two initiatives on the ballot in Montana’s general election.”
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SIGN: Tell Biden and Trump to Support an End to Marijuana Prohibition
Both Trump and Biden want your vote in November. but neither have sought to earn your vote by pledging to end marijuana prohibition. Sign the petition to tell them to support legalization.
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Biden’s Marijuana Plan Is out of Step with Public Opinion, Would Do Little to Mitigate the Failed Policy of Federal Prohibition
NORML is skeptical that this proposed recommendation will bring about the sort of tangible marijuana policy changes that voters have consistently demanded — in national polls and at the ballot box.
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Arizona: Marijuana Legalization Proponents Turn In Nearly Twice The Signatures Required to Qualify for 2020 Ballot
The Act permits those 21 or older to possess up to one ounce of cannabis and directs revenue from retail cannabis sales to fund various public education and safety programs.
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Gallup: Seven in Ten Americans Say That “Smoking Marijuana” Is Morally Acceptable
Seven in ten Americans say that it is morally permissible for adults to “smoke marijuana,” regardless of the plant’s legal status, according to nationwide polling data compiled by Gallup.
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