Marijuana tourists mean more visits to California emergency rooms. California agency eyes tax on marijuana by potency.
What happens to the Illinois weed black market when recreational marijuana goes legal Jan. 1st? As recreational pot is about to become legal in Illinois, Pritzker administration warns it will crack down on “bad actors” who affect medical cannabis availability. Advocates warn immigrants against buying legal weed in Illinois. Illinois emergency rooms prepare for legal marijuana. How marijuana prohibition blocks people of color from getting into the Illinois legal cannabis industry. Black Caucus chair again threatens vote on plan to delay Illinois recreational pot sales until July 1st. Legal recreational marijuana sales to begin Jan. 1 in Chicago Illinois after City Council ordinance fails. Weed smoking would be okay in Chicago cigar shops, hookah lounges and elsewhere, under Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s new plan. Rock Island County, Illinois States Attorney on recreational marijuana.
Hard times ahead for Michigan marijuana businesses.
Massachusetts marijuana stores allowed to resume sales of some vaping products. Dozens apply to open marijuana businesses in now-legal Maine. Rhode Island Senate leaders won’t support marijuana legalization in upcoming legislative session.
Marijuana legalization petition approved in North Dakota.
Don’t try to buy marijuana in Illinois and bring it back to Wisconsin. Wisconsin balks at legalizing marijuana. Oklahoma activists take first step to put marijuana legalization on state’s 2020 ballot.
Legalizing marijuana in Texas could adversely affect real estate. Kentucky lawmakers proposes bill to legalize marijuana, use money to fund public pensions.
Pennsylvania is using the vape crisis to try to legalize weed. New Jersey lawmakers vote to put marijuana legalization on state’s 2020 ballot. New Jersey marijuana legalization: Give voters a decriminalization ballot option. NYPD union chief claims that lax marijuana enforcement killed a college freshman. Cuomo hires Rhode Island official as marijuana czar.
Key Senate chairman lays out possible marijuana banking bill changes. GOP Congressman knocks his party for failing to pass marijuana reform.
Opioid prescriptions down in states with legal marijuana, study finds. Is marijuana linked to psychosis, schizophrenia? It’s contentious, but doctors, feds say yes. Generational divide proves to be a major factor in marijuana legalization debate.
From Canada legal high, a business letdown. Lesotho wants to send its legal marijuana all over the world.
Happy New Year, folks!!!!
Professor O’Hare … I have been called for jury duty again. How’s that Dna for Dummies powerpoint coming along? (I requested this from your students a ways back … only half-joking …)