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Legislation and Regulation

Oklahoma’s Adult-Use Cannabis Ballot Initiatives: One Group Submits Signatures to Secretary of State While Another Ramps Up Petition Drive

Oklahomans for Sensible Marijuana Laws turned in roughly 164,000 signatures this week to qualify its measure for the November ballot, while Oklahomans for Responsible Cannabis Action continues signature-gathering efforts across the state.

July 6, 2022

Nebraska

Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana Likely a Signature Bust

As the July 7 deadline looms, the grassroots ballot initiative effort to legalize medical cannabis still needs several thousand signatures.

July 5, 2022

Interviews & Opinion

Midyear Cannabis Update: 4 Industry Trends to Watch

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr’s Jonathan Havens shares the biggest developments he’s seen so far in 2022, as well as which trends industry stakeholders should watch during the second half of the year.

July 1, 2022

Cannabis Ballot Initiative

Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana About 50K Signatures Short

With two weeks left in the ballot campaign, optimism has turned into apprehension for legalization proponents.

June 23, 2022

Medical Cannabis Access and Pricing

Federal Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction, Removes Signature-Gathering Obstacle for Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana

The preliminary injunction blocks the Nebraska Secretary of State from enforcing a rule that requires petitioners to collect signatures from 5% of registered voters in each of the state’s 38 counties.

June 14, 2022

Cannabis Ballot Initiative

Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana Picks Up Signature Steam For Ballot Initiative

The legalization advocacy group has collected roughly half of the signatures it needs to place a pair of measures on the November 2022 ballot.

June 3, 2022

South Dakota

Adult-Use Cannabis Legalization Initiative Approved for South Dakota’s 2022 Ballot

Secretary of State Steve Barnett validated South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws’ measure May 25.

June 2, 2022

Nebraska

Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana Sues State to Ease Ballot Requirements

The group filed a lawsuit May 16 that seeks to overturn a rule that requires petitioners to gather signatures from a large number of rural counties in the state.

May 17, 2022

Ohio

Ohio GOP Leaders Win Battle to Keep Cannabis Legalization Off 2022 Ballot

Legalization advocates from the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol will aim for the 2023 ballot instead.

May 13, 2022

Legislation and Regulation

Two Arkansas Groups Collect Signatures for Adult-Use Cannabis Ballot Initiatives

Responsible Growth Arkansas and True Grass Arkansas must gather the required number of signatures before a July deadline to get their proposed constitutional amendments before voters this November.

May 11, 2022

Advocacy for Cannabis Legalization

Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana Moves Ahead With Grassroots Effort After Losing Major Donors

The campaign had hoped to raise $1 million to fund signature gathering in its quest to get two medical cannabis legalization initiatives on the state’s November ballot.

May 9, 2022

Missouri

Missouri PAC Submits Twice the Signatures Needed for Cannabis Measure

Activists from Legal Missouri 2022 announced their campaign gathered 385,000-plus signatures for an adult-use cannabis ballot measure.

May 9, 2022