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Special Report American attitudes towards marijuana legalization are growing more and more favorable. A 2021 Pew Research Center poll found that 60% of Americans feel marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational use, while a further 31% say it should be legal for medical use alone. These changing attitudes have translated into changing laws at the state level. A decade ago, marijuana was illegal in every single U.S. state. As of early 2022, adults 21 and over can legally consume cannabis recreationally in 18 states and Washington D.C., with more states making the push for recreational use each year. …

Cannabis Stocks And Market Volatility In 2022 As the markets brace for a possible attack in Ukraine top marijuana stocks ended the week with some downside on Friday. In February most of the best cannabis stocks to watch began showing upward momentum after an announcement came from Congress about an attempt to pass federal cannabis reform in 2022. But much of these gains were given back this week as the possibility of war increased. For many cannabis investors, 2022 could be a great year for top pot stocks. With possible catalysts on the horizon for the industry this year, it…

Medical marijuana companies in New Jersey have been clamoring for months for permission from regulators to sell recreational weed to adults. A year ago, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law that allowed such a regulated cannabis industry to operate in the state. The companies say they are ready and have been pressuring the fledgling New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission through the media since late October to let them get started. They say they’ve boosted inventories and added hundreds of staff in anticipation of recreational sales starting by the law’s one-year anniversary on Tuesday. But that doesn’t mean the firms have…

CHESHIRE, CT — A former corrections officer is accused of bringing drugs into the Cheshire Correctional Institution and selling them to inmates last year, according to Connecticut State Police. Noe Agramonte, 39, was arrested Thursday on a warrant in connection with an investigation that was launched on Jan. 28, 2021. He was charged with unauthorized conveyance of items into a correctional institution, a felony. Police began investigating after an inmate was found to be in the possession of marijuana inside their cell, along with a handwritten note that said to “Have your peoples go to a Cash App and send…