[ad_1] Sen. John Hickenlooper on Thursday introduced a bill that would set up the regulatory framework in the event that the federal government legalizes marijuana. Hickenlooper, a Democrat from Colorado, said the Preparing Regulators Effectively for a Post-Prohibition Adult Use Regulated Environment (PREPARE) Act would help the government ready itself for such a dramatic shift in policy. The bill’s introduction comes ten years after Colorado became the first state in the country to legalize recreational…
"Senator Introduces Bill To Set Up Framework for Federal Cannabis Legalization"Tag: Legalization
[ad_1] Long-awaited key points of a German adult-use legalization plan were made available to Germany’s media community. The provisions being leaked out there are reportedly from Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD), and are providing tremendous insight into what a finalized coalition plan may look like. Obviously, there’s still a lot of political lifting to be performed between now and when someone is physically purchasing regulated adult-use cannabis in Germany. However, this is the first look…
"German Health Minister Leaks Insider Info About Legalization"
[ad_1] Despite inherently flawed and overlooked data, the United Nations annual drug report tries to make sense of an increasingly expansive and convoluted global cannabis landscape. The United Nations released its annual World Drug Report on Monday, and, for the first time, it looks at cannabis legalization outcomes and the environmental impacts of different types of cannabis cultivation. The member states’ self-reported data is lacking and inconsistent as the UN tries to keep tabs on…
"UN Drug Report on Environmental Impact of Cannabis Legalization"
[ad_1] Yesterday, March 31, 2022, the House of Representatives again voted to end federal prohibition of marijuana by removing it from the list of banned substances. The bill—the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (the MORE Act)—passed by a vote of 220-204, largely along party lines. Next the bill goes to the Senate for approval, where its fate is murky. In 2020, a similar version of the MORE Act passed through the House but lost…
"Cannabis Legalization: MORE Act Again Clears the House"