Cannabis tourism is now a thing in several states and will become increasingly so as more states allow recreational use. But because weed remains illegal at the Federal level, the legal states have all devised different rules about what users can or cannot do. How’s a visitor to know what she can or cannot do …
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The State Bar of South Dakota ethics committee says that attorneys in the state may not provide legal services to cannabis industry clients. This guidance comes after voters approved both medical and adult-use cannabis legalization in the state in November. The opinion cites the South Dakota Bar Rules of Professional Conduct which directs lawyers not to “counsel …
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It is already a very happy new year for thousands of people in Illinois with cannabis related criminal records. Governor, J.B. Pritzker has issued close to 10,000 pardons for low-level cannabis convictions and the Illinois State Police has expunged nearly half a million non-felony cannabis-related arrest records. Way to go guv! http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-expunges-nearly-half-a-million-cannabis-arrest-records-4-years-ahead-of-schedule/2405818/
Election day added about 16 million people to the list of places that permit adults to use marijuana. These new people join about 93 million others who live in states that already have legalized weed – meaning that about 1 in 3 Americans now live in states where marijuana is legal for anyone 21 and …
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Cannabis won and won big on election night as voters in five states – Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota, and Mississippi – approved ballot initiatives to legalize weed. All, except for Mississippi, approved recreational use. These states joined Alaska, California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state that have all …
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The Caribbean is becoming greener and greener! It is now Barbados’ turn, following Jamaica, Trinidad &Tobago, Haiti, the US Virgin Islands and other island governments. Anyone busted smoking weed on Barbados will soon be able to walk away with only a fine, instead of being sent to prison. And the offense will not show up on …
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33 states have legalized medical cannabis, 11 of which have also legalized cannabis for adult recreational use. This November, five states have new medical or recreational cannabis laws on the ballot. Both in the case of one state. Do you live in one of these states?http://www.cnn.com/2020/09/12/business/cannabis-ballot-2020-election/index.html
“Times have changed — marijuana should not be a crime,” says Kamala Harris. “We need to start regulating marijuana and expunge marijuana convictions from the records of millions of Americans so they can get on with their lives.” http://www.ganjapreneur.com/kamala-harris-says-biden-admin-will-decriminalize-cannabis/
A new plan by the Maricopa County, Arizona prosecutor will allow anyone arrested for cannabis possession to apply for the medical cannabis program and, if given a card, avoid prosecution. http://www.ganjapreneur.com/this-county-will-let-cannabis-arrestees-get-a-medical-card-to-avoid-jail/
Kamala Harris says that she is “absolutely in favor of legalizing marijuana” and has joked about smoking weed while listening to Snoop Dogg and Tupac. But can you really trust this ex-prosecutor who, for many years, relentlessly locked up weed offenders. Some people are skeptical, but do you think there is any way she can reverse the very …
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