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By providing access to dispensaries with safe and quality products, marijuana legalization could halt the illicit cannabis market in many states. However, some states where recreational or medical cannabis is legalized are not seeing the same effect, which may result from the opt-out policies in

BALTIMORE, MD – Political Analyst John Dedie recently predicted that legalization of marijuana in Maryland could lead to a large increase in the state’s tax revenue. Dedie feels this is why an increasing number of people are in support of legalizing marijuana in the state,

Germany’s left-leaning coalition government aims to make good on its 2021 commitment to legalize recreational cannabis for adults within the next two years. If it succeeds, Germany will be the second country in Europe, after Malta, to officially legalize adult-use marijuana. Under the leadership of Chancellor

LITTLE ROCK, AR – The option to legalize recreational marijuana will fall to voters in the November election as Arkansas Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to add it to the ballot. Responsible Growth Arkansas was the group behind the push to get it on the

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – A handful of Republican legislative leaders finally gave their green light at a public input meeting on Tuesday, September 20. While those leaders reported they would have preferred to wait for federal legalization first, they still finally gave the green light, according

Two Democratic Congressmen recently introduced a federal bill that, if passed, would allow small, licensed marijuana cultivators to conduct mail-order commerce with customers both in and out of state. Jared Huffman, Democratic Representative for California’s 2nd Congressional District, and Earl Blumenauer, Democratic Representative for Oregon’s

HAWAII – A growing group of state leaders, dispensaries, and patients are drafting plans to encourage legislation to legalize marijuana. According to KITV, this group of lawmakers are pushing for legalization of recreational marijuana in light of the increase of revenue and diverse economy it

  Cannabis in the States: September Roundup   Support for marijuana legalization is at an all-time high in the United States. As of September 2022, cannabis has been legalized for recreational use in 19 states, Washington D.C., the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam. Marijuana has

A recent study by PLoS ONE showed that states with legal cannabis for medicinal and recreational use had people encountering a decreasing reliance on prescription or over-the-counter medications, according to Healthline. The study analyzed stock market returns for 500 pharmaceutical companies from 1996 through 2019

PHOENIX, AZ – The latest Gallop poll released on August 16 showed that Americans preferred smoking marijuana over cigarettes. According to FOX10, the poll results shared several statistics regarding Americans and marijuana. The number of people that currently smoke marijuana is up to 16% versus