Kilmar Abrego Garcia, currently jailed in El Salvador, allegedly has MS-13 tattooed on the knuckles of his left hand. It starts with a marijuana leaf for M and follows with a smiley face for S, a cross for 1 and a skull for 3. Garcia has been incarcerated since March.
There are now 24 states that have legalized adult-use/recreational cannabis, six more with decriminalization laws and 48 with some form of medical-marijuana access.
Ma Yang is currently detained in Laos due to a 2020 marijuana conviction that resulted in the Thai-born American woman having her green card revoked and being deported.
MPP's new interim director Lauren Daly says the organization's 2025 focus is on recreational legalization in Hawaii, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, and medicalization in Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wisconsin.
Two major losers on Election Day were VP Kamala Harris and marijuana. While Harris was defeated by Donald Trump, voter initiatives that would've legalized adult cannabis use in three states - Florida, North Dakota and South Dakota – all failed. Florida was the biggest loser of the three, by far.
