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New Mexico governor signs adult use into law. New Mexico is officially the 18th state with legal adult use cannabis. On Monday, during a ceremony, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed HB 2, the As Cannabis Wire reported, lawmakers sent the bill to the governor’s desk at the end of March, after she called a special session to “get it done.” “We are going to increase consumer safety by creating a bona fide industry. We’re going to start righting past wrongs of this country’s failed war on drugs. And we’re going to break new ground in an industry that may well transform Ne...
Way back in 2014, our founding editor Alyson Martin wrote a story for The Atlantic about cannabis on campus. In short, because colleges receive federal money, and cannabis remains federally illegal, colleges follow federal law, regardless of whether the state chooses to legalize. Already, following New York’s legalization of cannabis last week, Cornell University released a statement declaring that “cannabis use remains prohibited on campus.” “Dear Cornell Community,” it began. “As many of you may know, this week New York state legalized the recreational use of canna...
Last night, the HB 12, a social justice-focused bill favored by reform advocates, and SB 288. The former has already passed out of the House, as Cannabis Wire reported in our newsletter earlier this month. Cannabis Wirespoke with HB 12 sponsor Rep. Javier Martínez ahead of his bill’s introduction, and he noted that the legislature has become less conservative in recent years, adding, “I believe the path toward legalization has opened up more so than ever before.” HB 12 must clear one more committee before it goes before the full Senate. The legislative session ends this ...
Last month, Maryland’s House Judiciary Committee held the first hearing of the session on adult use cannabis legalization. In focus was HB 32, introduced by Delegate Jazz Lewis, which, as Cannabis Wirereported, has broad support among advocates. Also last month, the vice chair of Maryland’s Senate Finance Committee, Brian Feldman, introduced SB 0708, another adult use cannabis legalization bill. This bill has strong legislative support, including from Senate President Bill Ferguson and Senate Majority Leader Nancy J. King. That bill got its first hearing on Thursda...