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Legislation and Regulation

Ballot Initiatives Won and Lost: Week in Review

August kicked off with Wyoming’s secretary of state approving two cannabis-related measures for the 2022 ballot, while efforts to get policy reform in front of voters in Ohio and Idaho could be in peril.

August 7, 2021

Ohio

Ohio Attorney General Delivers Blow to Coalition’s Push for Adult-Use Cannabis

Dave Yost rejects the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol’s summary language of an initiated statute to legalize and regulate cannabis.

August 5, 2021

Legislation and Regulation

Idaho Cannabis Advocates Launch Legalization Efforts in ‘The Most Hostile State’ Toward Policy Reform

The Idaho Citizens Coalition for Cannabis and Kind Idaho are working to place medical and decriminalization measures on the state’s 2022 ballot, despite opposition from lawmakers and challenging regulations.

August 5, 2021

Legislation and Regulation

Group Launches Effort to ‘Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol’ in Ohio

The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol hopes to get a proposed adult-use cannabis law in front of the state legislature this year.

August 3, 2021

Finance

Watching the Legalization Wave in Summer 2021: Week in Review

We cap a month marked by major legislative goals set in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere.

July 31, 2021

Ohio

Adult-Use Cannabis Legalization Effort Begins in Ohio

Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol has submitted signatures for an initiated statute.

July 27, 2021

Arkansas

Arkansas Group Gathers Signatures to Place Adult-Use Cannabis Legalization on 2022 Ballot

Arkansas True Grass has until July 2022 to collect enough signatures to place its proposed constitutional amendment before voters.

July 26, 2021

Legislation and Regulation

Maryland House Speaker Supports Putting Cannabis Legalization to Public Vote Next Year

The House of Delegates will introduce the legislation to legalize recreational cannabis early next year, putting it on the 2022 general election ballot.

July 19, 2021

Legislation and Regulation

Groups Working to Place Competing Adult-Use Cannabis Legalization Measures on Missouri’s 2022 Ballot

Fair Access Missouri and Legal Missouri 2022 plan to put the issue before voters in next year’s election.

July 19, 2021

Legislation and Regulation

Ohio Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Legalize Adult-Use Cannabis

The legislation, introduced by Reps. Casey Weinstein and Terrence Upchurch, also includes provisions that would seal the records of those convicted of past low-level, cannabis-related crimes.

July 16, 2021

Interviews & Opinion

Industry Experts, Stakeholders Offer Their Takes on Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act

A draft of the federal bill to end cannabis prohibition was introduced by Sens. Chuck Schumer, Ron Wyden and Cory Booker on July 14.

July 15, 2021

Legislation and Regulation

Senate Trio Unveils Federal Cannabis Legalization Draft With Provisions to Deschedule, Tax and Regulate

U.S. Sens. Schumer, Wyden and Booker provide preliminary version of bill, hoping to spark discussion to help fine-tune a formal introduction.

July 14, 2021