Donald Trump Pardons Marijuana Offenders on Last Day in Office; American Medical Association Backs Suit to Overturn Mississippi Medical Marijuana; Biden Taps Marijuana Legalization Supporter to Head DNC; North Dakota May Drastically Improve Decriminalization; Oregon Marijuana Prices Top $1,500/lb, Ending Three-Year Slump.
Insurrectionists Storm Congress, But Biden Still Elected President; New York Governor Notes This Year’s “Momentum” for Legalization; Oregon Recalls Pesticide-Tainted Marijuana Products; Lawmakers Look to Expand Texas’ Low-THC Medical Marijuana Law; Colorado Earmarks $5 Million for Cannabis Equity.
Data from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission show that the legal marijuana shops in the tiny Oregon/Idaho border town of Ontario have topped over $103 million in sales in just over sixteen months of operation.
Senator Booker Says Federal Legalization Rests on Georgia Runoffs; Georgia Rep Files Bill to Pressure States to Expunge Marijuana Convictions; Prosecutor in Oregon’s Largest County Drops Drug Possession Cases; Missouri State Rep. Not Sold on Legislative Legalization; UK Researchers Warn of Tobacco-Laced Marijuana Smoking.
On Marijuana Election Night, Legalization goes 4–0, Medical Marijuana goes 2–0, Psychedelics go 2–0, and Drugs go 1-0.
Exorbitant increases in tobacco and vape taxes are prohibition by another means and will lead to the unintended consequences prohibition always entails.
Marijuana Election Night 2020 will be my tenth anniversary of producing an election night livestream dedicated to drug policy and criminal justice initiatives.
We have two criminal justice systems in Oregon. One for people like the Kitzhabers, and one for everyone else. Passing Measure 110 would ensure every person with drug problems gets the Kitzhaber system.
Marijuana shops were declared essential early on, our rental cabins also never had to close, so there hasn’t really been much change to my day-to-day working life in this crisis.
For half a million dollars, Idaho could have been the next medical marijuana state. Making the ballot has always been the only question, as polls have consistently shown about three-in-four Idahoans are for it.
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