Marijuana Legalization

[jdaniele]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/javierhasse/2019/11/20/marijuana-legalization-judiciary-committee/#189020b2c35a

In a surprising turn of events, a key Congressional committee, the House Judiciary Committee, has voted to approve the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act of 2019, or H.R. 3884, which would effectively put an end to cannabis prohibition in the United States of America, on a federal level by removing it from the Controlled Substances Act.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/20/house-committee-approves-bill-decriminalizing-marijuana-on-the-federal-level.html

[jdaniele]

Michigan joined the list

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/12/01/legal-weed-michigan-illinois-know-recreational-marijuana/4339486002

[jdaniele]

"Illinois becomes 11th state to legalize marijuana"

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/476444-illinois-becomes-11th-state-to-legalize-marijuana?amp&__twitter_impression=true

[jdaniele]

At least 10 governors have gone so far as to put language ending marijuana prohibition in their annual budget requests, or used their State of the State speeches to pressure legislators to act on cannabis reform.

Some are proactively addressing the issue, while others appear to be mostly reacting to support that has already built up among lawmakers. But altogether, it’s clear that top state executives are now taking marijuana more seriously than ever before.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2020/02/11/governors-across-us-step-up-push-to-legalize-marijuana-in-their-states/amp/