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Senate Majority Leader Announces Progress on Hemp Reform Legislation | Paul Armentano

WASHINGTON, DC — United States Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Friday announced that he has secured provisions in the 2018 Farm Bill to further expand and facilitate state-regulated hemp production. In a press release, McConnell acknowledged that provisions in S. 2667: The Hemp Farming Act of 2018 have now been incorporated into the Senate’s version […]

Senate Majority Leader Announces Progress on Hemp Reform Legislation | The Daily Chronic

http://www.thedailychronic.net/2018/90779/senate-majority-leader-announces-progress-hemp-reform-legislation/

Pennsylvania Report: Marijuana Legalization Would Yield Over $500 Million in New Annual Revenue | Paul Armentano

A fiscal report issued by Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale estimates that taxing Pennsylvania’s existing retail cannabis market would yield $581 million in new annual revenue. “Repeated polls have shown that a majority of Americans now believe marijuana should be legalized. In Pennsylvania, it’s 56 percent,” DePasquale said during a news conference Thursday with Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto.  “Today, […]

Pennsylvania Report: Marijuana Legalization Would Yield Over $500 Million in New Annual Revenue | The Daily Chronic

http://www.thedailychronic.net/2018/91144/pennsylvania-auditors-report-says-marijuana-legalization-yield-500-million-new-annual-revenue/

Delaware Governor Signs Marijuana Expungement Bill Into Law | Paul Armentano

Delaware’s Democrat Governor John Carney signed legislation into law today vacating past marijuana convictions. Senate Bill 197, which took immediate effect, “provides mandatory expungement eligibility to individuals who were convicted of the possession [of one ounce or less], use or consumption of marijuana prior to Delaware’s decriminalization of these offenses.” State lawmakers in 2015 enacted legislation reducing the possession […]

Delaware Governor Signs Marijuana Expungement Bill Into Law | The Daily Chronic

http://www.thedailychronic.net/2018/91530/delaware-governor-signs-marijuana-expungement-bill-law/

Maine Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto, Expand Medical Marijuana Access | Paul Armentano

Legislation to significantly expand patients’ access to medical cannabis in Maine will become law later this fall following Monday’s decision by lawmakers to override Governor Paul LePage’s veto. By a vote of 119 to 23 in the House and 25 to 8 in the Senate, Maine lawmakers rejected Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of LD 1539. The bill will become […]

Maine Lawmakers Override Governor’s Veto, Expand Medical Marijuana Access | The Daily Chronic

http://www.thedailychronic.net/2018/91063/maine-lawmakers-override-governors-veto-expand-medical-marijuana-access/

Teen Marijuana Use Declines in Post-Legalization California | NORML

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Marijuana use by adolescents continues to decline in California, according to statewide data provided by the California Healthy Kids Survey, a biennial survey funded by the Departments of Health and Education. Among 7th graders, 4.2 percent reported ever having used cannabis during the years 2015 to 2017, as compared to 7.9 […]

Teen Marijuana Use Declines in Post-Legalization California | The Daily Chronic

http://www.thedailychronic.net/2018/91487/california-teen-marijuana-use-declines-post-legalization/

Longmont police on Friday arrested an adult man and two juveniles, alleging they beat and robbed a man for his marijuana.

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