Bipartisan Pennsylvania Lawmakers Announce New Plan To Legalize Marijuana This Year

The proponents of the bill expect the law to be passed before the summer, and in the fall they would also begin consideration of a legislative proposal that would regulate the cultivation and possession of cannabis for limited personal use.

Bipartisan Pennsylvania Lawmakers Announce New Plan To Legalize Marijuana This Year

Bipartisan Pennsylvania lawmakers are asking their colleagues to join them on a forthcoming bill to legalize marijuana for adult use in the state. In a cosponsorship memo that was circulated on Monday, Reps. Emily Kinkead (D) and Abby Major (R) touted the state’s “robust” medical cannabis program—but pointed out that “all but one of our neighboring states have legalized recreational adult-use cannabis.” That includes Ohio, the lawmakers noted, w…

North Carolina Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill Gains Three New Sponsors, Bringing Total to Four

The Marijuana Herald - Marijuana news and information A North Carolina bill to legalize medical marijuana, titled the Compassionate Care Act, gained three new sponsors today in the House of Representatives. Representatives Mary Harrison, Zack Forde-Hawkins, and Nasif Majeed have joined Representative Aisha Dew, who filed the legislation earlier this week, bringing the total number of sponsors to four. House Bill 1011 would establish a tightly re…

Ohio residents legally grow cannabis for the first time in a century - Farm and Dairy

SALEM, Ohio — A new agricultural movement is making its way through Ohio residents that hasn’t been seen in over a century: the legal cultivation of cannabis. Recreational marijuana and home growing of cannabis plants were made legal through the passing of the voter-approved Issue 2 statute in November 2023. Since then, many Ohio residents have taken steps to grow their own cannabis at home. Johnny Lutz, of Parma, Ohio, is one of these homegrowe…