Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) has introduced federal legislation, House Resolution 4046, to remove legal restrictions…
Year: 2014
Earlier today, 18 members of Congress signed onto a letter that was delivered to President…
At a press conference this afternoon, State Senator Josh Miller (D-Cranston) and Representative Edith H.…
Nearly 30 states, and the District of Columbia are considering marijuana law reform legislation this year,…
State election officials have affirmed that a proposed initiative to regulate the production and retail sale of cannabis to adults has obtained the necessary number of signatures from registered voters to appear on 2014 ballot. According to the results of a statewide Public Policy Polling survey, released today, 53 percent of registered voters “think (that) marijuana should be legally allowed for recreational use, that stores should be allowed to sell it, and that its sales should be taxed and regulated similarly to alcohol.”
A majority of Rhode Island voters back legalizing and regulating the use and sale of cannabis in a manner similar to alcohol, according to a just-released Public Policy Polling survey commissioned by the Marijuana Policy Project. In recent months, separate statewide polls in Arizona, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, Oregon, and Texas have all shown majority support for legalizing the adult consumption of cannabis.
Today, members of the DC City Council voted in favor of the Simple Possession of…
A majority of likely Massachusetts voters support legalizing marijuana, according to a Suffolk University/Boston Herald poll released today. Fifty-three percent of respondents said that they “favor … the legalization of marijuana.” Thirty-seven percent of respondents opposed legalization and ten percent were undecided.