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Although buying recreational marijuana remains illegal in Virginia, city leaders in Virginia Beach are preparing for it to become legal in the future.

A resolution that would create a task force to study policies regarding employment and medical marijuana was introduced Sunday in the Louisiana House of Representatives.

In this week’s edition - - US House approves cannabis decriminalization under the MORE Act - US Senator Cory Booker says goal is to release federal...

Gov. Kristi Noem is signing dozens of bills that revise the state’s medical marijuana laws.The lion’s share of those bills come from a marijuana task force which met last year to review the 2020 voter-approved law.

In its letter to Governor Kate Brown, the Jackson County Board of Commissioners asked for National Guard mobilization to help with the crackdown on illegal marijuana.

Courtesy of Jen Drake, Crystal Peoples-Stokes, Allen Gandelman, Gia Morón; Shayanne Gal/Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Meet the lawmakers, regulators, executives, and investors shaping the future of New Yorks cannabis industry. New York legalized cannabis on March 31 and sales are expected to start in 2022. New York legalized cannabis for adults over t...

WHECTV Created: February 18, 2021 07:55 PM ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — A Rochester-area state senator will co-chair the NYS Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus (BPHA)s Marijuana Task Force. Sen. Jeremy Cooney (D, 56) will co-chair the caucus’s efforts to get recreational pot legalized in the state senate. Cooney says he is a strong supporter of legalizing recreational weed in a way that reduces harm while creating new and diverse businesses, jobs and st...

Leading Middle East Law Firm Establishes First Medical Cannabis Practice With the passing of the first Arab medical cannabis law by Lebanon, leading Middle East law firm Wasel & Wasel establishes the first medical cannabis law practice in the MENA region. The law firm of Wasel & Wasel has established the first medical cannabis legal practice in the Middle East, in response to the Lebanese Parliament legalizing the cultivation, trade, research, and use of medical cannabis earlier this year. The ...