Apr 30 2023
In New Mexico legal recreational marijuana sales began a little over a year ago on April 1, 2022. Since then sales have surpassed half a billion dollars. According to data released by the New Mexico Regulation & Licensing Department, those 21 and older purchased $488 million worth of marijuana and marijuana products between April 1, …
Apr 30 2023
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’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
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’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
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 27 2023
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 …
Apr 25 2023
Legislation filed last week by Maine Representative David Boyer would legalize marijuana delivery services and would allow marijuana companies to advertise under the same rules as alcohol products. According to the official summary of HP 1079, it “allows adult use cannabis and cannabis product stores, certain cultivators and products manufacturers to operate a delivery service …
Apr 22 2023
Since the start of legal marijuana sales in 2014, Colorado has sold an eye-opening $14 billion in legal marijuana and marijuana products. In total Colorado (the nation’s 21st most populated state) sold $14.3 billion in marijuana between January, 2014 and March, 2023. These sales have resulted in $2,414,242,457 in new tax revenue for the state. …
Apr 20 2023
After being passed by 15 committees in the House of Representatives, the full chamber is finally set to consider legislation to legalize marijuana this Monday. “Big news! My bill to legalize adult-use cannabis in Minnesota has been scheduled for a vote in the MN House on Monday”, said State Representative Zack Stephenson on Twitter. “We’re …
