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The federal Marijuana Banking Bill continues its state of limbo while lawmakers bicker over the details. Once again, Colorado’s governor and other state officials are pleading for Congress to take action and pass the bipartisan bill before this year’s session closes....
The impact of marijuana legal legalization in 2012 continues to be studied. Following passage by Colorado voters, the state legislature mandated the Division of Criminal Justice to investigate the impact of legalization when it comes to crime, traffic safety usage,...
Colorado’s Department of Public Safety released a comprehensive 180-page report on the progress of cannabis legalization. Two categories that are not exactly “breaking news” involve the reduction in marijuana-related arrests and the increase in tax revenues from...
The nationwide growth of legal marijuana continues, a movement that started in Colorado and Washington nearly ten years ago. As state after state legalizes marijuana and others explore the option, the data on the effects of legalization has come into a more refined...
When it comes to legalized marijuana, Colorado helped blaze the trail in decriminalizing both medicinal and recreational uses of cannabis. State residents passed the Colorado Amendment 64 in November of 2012. In January of 2014, it became the law of the land. However,...
On June 15, 2020, the Colorado legislature took another important step towards reducing the life-long consequences of minor drug convictions by passing House Bill 1424. The bill, among other reforms for those working in the legal marijuana industry, has simplified the...
Year after year, state after state, the growing movement to legalize cannabis continues. Booming business opportunities see entrepreneurs legally selling their products, enjoying ever-expanding profits. Yet, obstacles continue. Federal laws still ban any form of use....
As the new year dawned, Illinois became the 11th state to legalize recreational marijuana. Following enactment, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker pardoned more than 11,000 state residents previously convicted of low-level marijuana offenses.2020 saw the Prairie State...
Years after legalization, Colorado is still working out some of the kinks with medical marijuana. A recent Colorado Supreme Court ruling clarified a 2015 law that allows the state's 80,000+ registered medical marijuana users to continue to medicate while serving a...
Recreational marijuana use is currently legal in eleven states and Washington, DC, with 33 states making medical cannabis lawful. Others are lining up to pass similar laws. Yet, as the numbers increase, so does the number of arrests for possession of the drug. A Pew...
