As the US House voted to advance the MORE Act today, Maryland lawmakers announced a triumph of their own: An amendment to legalize recreational cannabis will appear on the November ballot. Furthermore, lawmakers also finalized HB 837, a separate framework bill for the program, should voters approve legalization in November. That bill will require the…
Breaking news: The U.S. House of Representatives just passed the MORE Act, which would end the federal prohibition of marijuana, on a vote of 220 to 204. What exactly does that mean? You have questions. We have answers. Is weed legal in America now? No. Why not? The House of Representatives passed the MORE Act,…
After waiting nearly a full year since legalizing marijuana for all adults last April, New Mexicans will finally get their chance to purchase legally on Friday, April 1, 2022—and Leafly will be there to cover it. Leafly will offer live coverage of New Mexico’s opening day of retail cannabis sales, all day long. We’ll have live on-scene…
Regulators granted first rec licenses last week, but pushed back day one sales fearing demand will overwhelm current legal supply New Jersey’s adult-use market took a major step forward last week, (March 24) following the Cannabis Regulatory Commission’s (CRC) latest board meeting. NJ’s cannabis board unanimously awarded 68 conditional licenses for wholesale businesses to cultivate…
As prohibition persists at the federal level, a new bill floated by a Michigan legislator asks a bold question: Can individual states deschedule cannabis at the state level? And if they do, what exactly will they accomplish? In 2018, Michigan voters approved adult-use legalization via ballot initiative Proposal 1. Yet the initiative couldn’t cover every…
The Haymaker is Leafly Senior Editor Bruce Barcott’s opinion column about cannabis culture and politics Last Friday, Leafly published Amara Barnes’ startling account of an armed robbery at her cannabis store. Barnes is a staff member at a store in the Tacoma, Washington, region. Armed robbers hit her store—for the second time—on March 15. Two…
Congratulations, New Mexico! After waiting nearly a full year since legalizing marijuana for all adults last April, New Mexicans age 21 and older will finally get their chance to legally purchase the plant on April 1, 2022. Here’s what you can expect when dispensaries open their doors to adult-use customers. When do stores actually open? It’s…
For Alvi and other prisoners of prohibition, The War on Drugs was simply a ‘War on Us’ New Jersey’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission started accepting retail license applications Tuesday (March 15). Gov. Phil Murphy also included over $4 million projected cannabis sales in his latest state budget, leading insiders to believe NJ’s legal market could be…
On Tuesday March 15th, 2022 the cannabis dispensary I work at was robbed, again. This time it happened just before 5:30 in the evening. The sun was shining. The ground was a bit wet from a recent rain—a typical spring day in the Pacific Northwest. Then two gloved, hooded masked men entered through the front…
The Haymaker is Leafly Senior Editor Bruce Barcott’s opinion column on cannabis news and culture. Tomorrow marks WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner’s first full month of imprisonment in Russia. Sadly, it may not be her last month spent behind bars. With every passing day the Russian invasion of Ukraine grows bloodier, US-Russian hostilities get nastier, and…
State regulators have disputed claims that Black applicants are being frozen out of the licensing process. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s latest balance sheet projects that cannabis sales will generate $4 million for state funds before the end of this fiscal year, June 30. According to NJ.com, the budget update suggests day one of NJ’s…
New Jersey’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) started accepting cannabis license applications today (March 15). Many in The Garden State are excited to begin recreational cannabis sales in 2022. Gov. Phil Murphy, for example, is already counting on millions in tax revenue from legal weed sales in his latest budget. But there’s still a lot to…
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