Anthony Martinelli is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Marijuana Herald, a daily marijuana news and information website that launched in 2018. You can reach Anthony at [email protected].
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Apr 30 2023
Ohio Marijuana Legalization Initiative Campaign to Begin Collecting Signatures Soon
Ohio’s Legislature has until Wednesday to legalize recreational marijuana, or a campaign to put the issue before voters can begin collecting signatures on their initiative. If the legislature doesn’t act on marijuana legalization by Wednesday (at this point no bill has even been filed to do so), the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol can …
Apr 30 2023
Colorado Legislature Passes Bill to Prohibit License/Certification Denials for Marijuana Convictions
Colorado’s Legislature has passed legislation to prohibit regulators from denying applications for licenses and certifications based solely on a civil or criminal judgement regarding the consumption, possession, cultivation, or processing of marijuana. Colorado Senate Bill 265 was passed through the Senate on April 20 by a vote of 32 to 1. Today it was passed …
Apr 29 2023
Colorado Bill to Allow Online Marijuana Sales and Deliveries Passed by Senate, Already Passed House
A proposed Colorado law that would allow marijuana stores to sell marijuana and marijuana products online and deliver it to customers has been passed through its second reading in the state’s Senate. House Bill 1279 advanced through the House of Representatives earlier this month with members voting 40 to 23 in favor. Yesterday the measure …
Apr 28 2023
Minnesota Senate Votes to Legalize Marijuana
Minnesota’s full Senate has approved legislation to legalize marijuana. The vote was 34 to 33. The Senate’s approval of HF 100 comes just three days after the state’s House of Representatives voted 87 to 59 to pass the measure. The proposed law would allow those 21 and older to possess up to two ounces of …
Apr 28 2023
Colorado Senate and Two House Committees Pass Psychedelics Bill
Colorado’s full Senate and two House committees have passed a bill to create a regulatory framework for legal psychedelics including psylocibin (magic mushrooms), ibogaine and DMT. Earlier this week The Colorado Senate voted 25 to 10 to pass Senate Bill 23-290, sending it to the House. On Thursday the measure was passed through the House …
Apr 28 2023
Missouri to Issue Dozens of Licenses for Marijuana Microbusinesses in October
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has announced their licensing plans for marijuana microbusinesses. When voters approved Amendment 3 in November, 2022, they tasked the DHSS with creating a lottery process for granting a limited number of new small business licenses called “microbusinesses.” Microbusinesses are marijuana facility licenses issued only to eligible …
Apr 28 2023
California Committees Vote to Establish Marijuana Catering License
California legislation that “would add acting as a cannabis caterer for a private event to the definition of commercial cannabis activity” has been passed by two Assembly committees. Filed by Assemblymember Ash Kalra, Assembly Bill 471 was passed late last month by the Committee on Business and Professions Committee by a vote of 14 to …
Apr 28 2023
North Carolina Legislation to Decriminalize Marijuana and Hash Passed Through First Reading in Senate
North Carolina Senate Bill 705 would decriminalize the possession of up to 1.5 ounces of marijuana and allow for automatic expungements. Filed by Senator Mujtaba Mohammed along with four cosponsors, the measure – titled the Equity in Justice Act of 2023 – has been passed through its first reading and assigned to the Senate Rules …
Apr 27 2023
Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Passed Through Final Reading in Texas House, Sent to Senate
Yesterday a Texas measure to decriminalize the possession of marijuana and marijuana concentrates was passed by the House of Representatives through its second reading. Today, the House passed the bill through its third and final reading, officially sending it to the Senate. The final vote on House Bill 218 was 87 to 59. This sends …
Apr 27 2023
New Mexico Breaks Monthly Record With $47 Million in Legal Marijuana Sold in March
There was more legal marijuana sold in New Mexico in March than in any month prior according to data released by the New Mexico Regulation & Licensing Department. In March New Mexico consumers purchased $47,759,256 in legal marijuana and marijuana products. $32,359,270 of this was from recreational marijuana sales, with the remaining $15,399,985 coming from …
