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DeSantis in middle of Florida feud pitting marijuana against hemp

August 25, 2024
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Florida
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Voters in Florida will soon decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana. DeSantis is against it and getting support from an unlikely ally: the hemp industry. Brandon Gomes’sdispensary sells tropical flavored gummies and smokable hemp under names like Ice Cream Cake…

Florida Supreme Court gives voters final say on recreational marijuana

In a blow to Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Florida conservatives opposed to the measure, the state's Supreme Court on Monday approved a recreational marijuana constitutional amendment for the November 2024 statewide ballot. The proposal, known as Amendment 3, will legalize the "non-medical…

Dug In: Big Island Grown’s Deep Cannabis Roots

March 27, 2024
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Hawaii, News & Insights, Spotlight
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Big Island Grown (BIG) is a vertically integrated cannabis company based in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii County, on the Big Island of Hawaii, whose reach now extends to several islands in the archipelago, with plans to develop more wholesale trade as the…

Gov. Josh Shapiro called for legalizing marijuana, and the state’s need for revenue could help make it a reality

A top Senate GOP leader suggested he may be willing to consider legalizing recreational marijuana, especially as Pennsylvania spending is projected to exceed revenue in the next fiscal year. Legalizing recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania has for years seemed like a…

Hochul says cannabis rollout was a ‘disaster’ but fixing it is unlikely

January 31, 2024
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New York
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Gov. Kathy Hochul has made no secret of her unhappiness with New York State’s rollout of the legalization of cannabis. And that unhappiness is growing. “It’s a disaster,” the governor told The Buffalo News editorial board last week. “I will…

Ohio Voters May Legalize Recreational Marijuana Use for Adults

October 11, 2023
Lloyd Pierre-Louis
Ohio
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By Lloyd Pierre-Louis and Steven E. Glista, Dickinson Wright PLLC Between October 11 and November 7, 2023, Ohio voters will decide whether to approve Issue 2 – a voter-initiated law “To Commercialize, Regulate, Legalize and Tax the Adult Use of…

Florida recreational marijuana effort clears crucial hurdle

While it still faces a Florida Supreme Court review and an expected legal challenge from state Attorney General Ashley Moody, amendment supporters heralded the breakthrough. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida crossed a major hurdle…

Minnesota Senate passes marijuana legalization bill, bringing it closer to law than ever before

The Senate bill must be reconciled with House legislation that passed earlier this week. The Minnesota Senate cast its first vote to legalize recreational marijuana Friday, pushing the proposal closer to becoming law than ever before. Senators passed the DFL-led…

Delaware lawmakers vote to legalize recreational marijuana. What will the governor do?

The Delaware Senate in a historic vote on Tuesday passed two pieces of legislation that would legalize recreational marijuana and allow dispensaries to grow and sell weed in the First State. The bills now head to the desk of Gov.…

Maryland’s recreational cannabis market is set to launch this summer. What can it learn from other states?

In November, Maryland became the 20th state to legalize adult-use recreational cannabis. Maryland follows states such as Colorado and Washington, which each legalized in 2012. Medical cannabis became available in Maryland in 2017. “The world of legalized cannabis, it changes…

‘Cannabis in Germany will be a success’: Europe’s biggest economy moves closer to weed legalization

BERLIN — Germany could be weeks away from introducing a bill to legalize cannabis under sweeping reforms that would greenlight the consumption and sale of the drug in Europe’s largest economy. Germany’s Health Minister Karl Lauterbach last week said that the plans…

Missouri legalizes recreational weed. What that means, and when you can buy a joint

November 9, 2022
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Missouri
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Recreational weed is soon to be legal in Missouri after voters approved Amendment 3 — so when will you be able to pick up some legal gummies, and when will your record be cleared of past weed charges? Although voters…

German Cannabis Bill By Year End With Adult-Use Launch Likely In Early 2024

GERMANY’s draft cannabis law should be ready by the end of the year with the launch of its adult-use market looking increasingly likely in 2024. Over the course of this month some 200-plus experts in addiction, medicine, law, and business…

5 things to know about Germany’s push to legalize cannabis

The coalition government has promised to deliver it, but it’s easier said than done. Let the cannabis lobbying begin. The German health ministry is hosting talks this week with stakeholders on the legalization of recreational cannabis, with the aim of…

What you need to know about cannabis legalization in Rhode Island

PROVIDENCE — With a stroke of a pen, Rhode Island on Wednesday joined its two neighboring states and 16 others in legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. Less than 24 hours after lawmakers overwhelmingly passed the bill, Gov. Dan McKee signed the measure,…

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