State cannabis reform is putting social justice front and center

Armand King - What are cannabis social equity programs? - LinkedIn

Historically, harsh cannabis laws have disproportionately impacted certain communities, leading to higher arrest rates and greater social stigma ...

Persistent Inequities in Cannabis Policy | Baker Institute

This is apparent in the persistent disparities in enforcement of remaining marijuana laws and in access to the marijuana industry and its profits. Racial ...

Congressional Leaders and Social Justice Advocates Call for ...

Last Prisoner Project brings together 30+ organizations for 420 Unity Day of Action press conference, lobby day, and White House candlelight vigil.

Oregon Needs to Modernize Cannabis Laws to Help Grow the ...

The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis. Commission (OLCC) regulates recreational cannabis businesses; a billion-dollar industry that generated $311 million in tax.

How Four States Incorporated Public Health and Cannabis Policy

Over a dozen states without medical cannabis allow access to hemp-derived products containing less than 0.3%. THC or CBD-only products for.

Statement from President Biden on Marijuana Reform

As I often said during my campaign for President, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana. Sending people to prison ...

Drug policy reform - Amnesty International

Criminalizing drugs does not decrease their use or supply. Instead, it drives the trade underground, increases the harms of using drugs and fuels organized ...

Criminal Justice Reform Halfway Through the Biden Administration

Despite some progress in 2022, both the president and Congress must keep working to improve the criminal justice system. Ames Grawert Ames

Government prepares to ease federal restrictions on marijuana

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to reclassify marijuana from a highly restricted Schedule I drug to a less tightly regulated ...

Keeping the Pressure on Cannabis Social Justice Reform

There is no shortage of controversial topics in the cannabis industry, but the intertwined issues of social justice and social equity reside ...

Chapter 3780 - Ohio Revised Code - Ohio Laws

The Legislative Service Commission staff updates the Revised Code on an ongoing basis, as it completes its act review of enacted legislation. Updates may be ...

Last Prisoner Project - Cannabis Reform Nonprofit

Through advocacy, policy change, education, release, commutation, expungement and reentry, Last Prisoner Project nonprofit is committed to social justice, ...

A Theory for Imagining New Social Equity Approaches to Cannabis ...

to employment protections for the use of cannabis). 501 See e.g. CANNABIS & STATE EMPLOYMENT LAWS, RESTAURANT LAW CENTER. (Jan. 15, 2020), https ...

Rescheduling and next states to legalize: 7 marijuana predictions for ...

MJBizDaily offers up seven predictions for the U.S. cannabis industry in 2024, including the rescheduling of marijuana.

Justice Dept. Recommends Easing Restrictions on Marijuana

The Justice Department said on Tuesday that it had recommended easing restrictions on marijuana in what could amount to a major change in federal policy.

Marijuana Legalization: Risks and Costs | Hazelden Betty Ford

As debates about legalizing recreational marijuana and medicinal marijuana have intensified during the past decade, many young people have come to view the drug ...

Weed Map: Status of Pot Legalization Across America - Rolling Stone

Curious about the status of cannabis? U.S. Map of status of where marijuana legalization stands, state by state in United States.

How marijuana legalization failed inner-city communities - Politico

States vowed that cannabis licenses would bring equity to places that suffered most in the drug war. Instead, most license holders are ...

Marijuana Reform Should Focus on Inequality - The Atlantic

When regulators dictate who grows a cash crop, they can spread the wealth—or help the rich get richer.

Legalization Without Disruption: Why Congress Should Let States ...

14 By unleashing the DCC upon the states and thereby exposing key state laws to legal challenge, Con- gress would inadvertently create gaps in the regulation of ...