The Green Thread: Marijuana in the states

[Panhandle Progressive]

Did Jeff Sessions Just Increase the Odds Congress Will Make Marijuana Legal?

The attorney general has created intolerable uncertainty for a growing industry that is now demanding legal protections from Congress. And lawmakers are listening.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/06/jeff-sessions-marijuana-legalization-congress-216251

[Panhandle Progressive]

Virginia recently decriminalized cannabis. Now, it appears there may be a push to attempt full legalization as early as next month (during an assembly special session). If it doesn't get passed during the special session, it appears likely to be pushed during the next session, early next year.

https://wtop.com/virginia/2020/07/va-lawmaker-looks-to-legalize-marijuana-in-special-session/

[Panhandle Progressive]

Maryland and Delaware should be slam dunks (state house/senate overwhelming Dem) in the near future.

[Panhandle Progressive]

Maryland appears likely to be the next state to approve recreational.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-maryland-voters-recreational-marijuana-20220401-4gonjdq6orc47cyzadgfb3ctlm-story.html

[Panhandle Progressive]

HUGE NEWS!

HHS official suggests reclassifying marijuana as a Schedule III drug (effectively like any prescription drug) -- CURRENTLY FEDERALLY ILLEGAL AT Schedule I.

https://twitter.com/SecBecerra/status/1696981120280084617

Rescheduling marijuana potentially would open up more avenues for research, allow cannabis businesses to bank more freely and openly, and have firms no longer subject to a 40-year-old tax code that disallows credits and deductions from income generated by sales of Schedule I and II substances.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/30/health/marijuana-schedule-hhs-dea/index.html