“When you bring in the New Year, I want you to bring it in with New York cannabis," New York's Cannabis Control Board Chair Tremaine Wright told the crowd at the Hampton Cannabis Expo on August 20.
Five Democratic Senators introduced the long-awaited Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act on July 21. The bill would legalize marijuana federally. Read the press release and the official summary.
In a 2018 recording released by his attorney Joseph Bondy, Russian-born businessman Lev Parnas talked to then President Trump about legalizing marijuana. Parnas has since been convicted of fraud and campaign finance crimes and on June 29 was sentenced to 20 months in jail.
Global cannabis use continues to rise as legalization takes effect in the U.S. and Canada. "Cannabis cultivation is nearly universal," the U.N. notes in its 2022 World Drug Report. More than 150 countries produce pot, ganja, cannabis, marijuana, herb, bud, weed - whatever you prefer to call it.
Thailand's new cannabis law goes into effect June 9. It allows residents to possess and grow low-THC ganja. It's essentially legal CBD, like in 11 U.S. states.
