Austin Voters to Decide on Marijuana Decriminalization Measure
Voters in Austin, Texas will decide on a measure that would effectively decriminalize cannabis after city lawmakers this week approved the proposal for the ballot in an election to be held in May. The Austin City Council approved the measure, known as the Austin Freedom Act, for the ballot by a vote of 7-3 on Tuesday, January 18. If the ballot measure succeeds at the polls in May, Austin police officers would be barred from arresting or ticketing people for minor marijuana-related offenses including possession of small amounts of cannabis or marijuana paraphernalia, unless a suspect is also accused of…
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New Hampshire Secretary of State retirement triggers triplex status change – Ballotpedia News – Ballotpedia News
Ballot Measures Update Sixty-four statewide measures have been certified for the 2022 ballot in 30 states so far. No new measures were certified for the ballot last week. Signatures have been submitted and are pending verification for six additional initiatives in Alaska, Florida, Massachusetts, and Ohio: States in session Thirty-eight state legislatures—Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin—are in regular…
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Home Depot Faces Bias Suit Over Medical Marijuana Use – Law360
By Emilie Ruscoe (January 21, 2022, 8:23 PM EST) — A Connecticut woman has sued Home Depot in federal court, accusing the company of improperly putting her on medical leave when she revealed she was using medical marijuana to treat her PTSD. Plaintiff Jasmine Michelle Tracy said in her suit, filed Thursday, that she was hired to work at a Manchester, Connecticut, Home Depot in May 2020. About a week later, she told her supervisor that she had post-traumatic stress disorder for which she was prescribed both a pharmaceutical drug for managing anxiety and medical marijuana. At the time, Tracy…
Read More »Legacy Healing Center Warns of Fentanyl Laced Marijuana Discovered in Northeast Cities – Digital Journal
Cherry Hill, NJ – Legacy Healing Center, an addiction treatment center with locations in New Jersey and South Florida, is warning the public about marijuana laced with the deadly opioid fentanyl. Health officials in Vermont and Connecticut recently connected a surge in overdoses in the Northeast with marijuana that was found to be laced with fentanyl. Fentanyl is the leading cause of overdose deaths across the US and is being added to other drugs at alarming rates. Fentanyl first captured the public’s attention as an additive to heroin causing a crisis of overdoses amongst heroin users. Now fentanyl is being…
Read More »What’s New With Cannabis Stocks for the Week Ending 01/21/22 – New Cannabis Ventures
Navigate the fast-moving cannabis sector with 420 Investor, a premium service that sends real-time alerts and explanations of the news below and much more. Summary Canadian retail cannabis sales fell 3% from October in November, rising 36% from a year ago. 420 Investor model portfolios have returned -16.9% to -13.7% year-to-date, while the Global Cannabis Stock Index has lost 14.0% Review Canadian retail cannabis sales were a bit stronger than expected, falling 3% from October, to C$354 million in November, +36% from a year ago. Ontario grew 2% sequentially. The Mississippi House approved medical cannabis legalization. During the week, I shared these…
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The NYC legend behind Redman’s 20-year-old stash of Branson buds
The NYC legend behind Redman’s 20-year-old stash of Branson buds | Leafly Link copied to your clipboard Leafly Leafly ® Loading… Where are you from? noyes Remember me for 30 days. I confirm that this is not a shared device. Darn! You’re not old enough to use Leafly. Redirecting you to By accessing this site, you accept the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Most bud heads are familiar with Redman and Method Man’s Cheech & Chong-style How High comedy franchise. But few remember that Method and Red coined the famous “How High” title way back in 1995. On that classic track, and many others, the…
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Recreational marijuana sales showered states with cash in 2021 – NBC News
Seven out of the 11 states had their biggest year of marijuana tax revenues on record, according to an NBC News analysis of state revenues. Sales figures for Alaska, California, Oregon and Washington were still pending for last quarter. Eighteen states have legalized recreational-use marijuana as of Thursday. Connecticut, New Mexico, New York and Virginia legalized sales in 2021. And six states, including Vermont, Montana, New York, New Jersey, New Mexico and Connecticut, have begun or plan to begin sales this year. Virginia won’t begin legal sales until 2024; plans in Washington, D.C., are in limbo, pending action from Congress….
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Tribal Cannabis: Emerging Markets in the Prohibition Era – nativenewsonline.net
Details By Drummond Woodsum January 21, 2022 The cannabis industry in Indian Country is perhaps best described as in its infancy with only a handful of tribes engaged in cultivating, processing, and retail activities. More than two-thirds of states have legalized cannabis and tribes in Nevada, Washington, and Oregon operate cannabis enterprises pursuant to state compacts while other states like Connecticut and New Mexico authorize the governor to enter into compacts. Tribes in other regions of Indian Country have developed operations without a state compact. Tribes may create various regulatory and taxation regimes under tribal law, with or without a…
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