Advocates for the legalization of cannabis across the country offer all sorts of comforting assertions about how harmless pot is.

Source: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/athena-thorne/2023/05/17/weed-is-literally-blowing-young-mens-minds-n1695857

Among the Disney properties whose streaming revenues weren’t satisfactory to shareholders was ESPN, which was also more or less forced to embrace gambling by the widespread legalization and cultural adoption of online betting.

Source: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/08/disney-espn-bob-iger-barstool-sports.html?via=rss

As legalization expands, my top priority is to ensure that Black and brown people have opportunities for generational wealth in our community.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-09-16/california-cannabis-marijuana-safe-banking-al-harrington-viola

But B.C.'s Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions says the decriminalization of people who use drugs is not the same as legalization.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/jerry-martin-hard-drug-store-vancouver-1.6711271?cmp=rss

But it didn’t get even a committee vote in the Senate, where top GOP leaders are wary of such a law leading to pot’s legalization for recreational use.

Source: https://1350kman.com/2023/01/clash-over-tax-cuts-coming-in-kansas-abortion-foes-unsure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clash-over-tax-cuts-coming-in-kansas-abortion-foes-unsure

Cross-referenced with other polls, we see support for separate schools correlate with a broadly conservative position on some other issues, in this case attitudes to the monarchy and the legalization of cannabis, and vice-versa.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/local-news/poll-most-readers-would-vote-to-abolish-separate-schools-7944538

“Eventually, there will be federal legalization, and someday it would be nice for the (Food and Drug Administration) to look at Maine as some sort of a model.”

Source: https://www.pressherald.com/2023/06/11/science-may-be-creating-a-new-market-for-maines-medical-marijuana/

Evers and Democratic lawmakers have called for full legalization.

Source: https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2023/12/22/speaker-vos-says-he-expects-court-to-throw-out-legislative-maps-impeachment-unlikely/

He argued that the legalization of drugs was having a harmful impact on cities like Seattle and San Francisco, and said the data could help show which low-barrier housing facilities in Spokane were having issues.

Source: https://www.inlander.com/spokane/special-access-inside-the-police-chiefs-alliance-with-a-small-group-of-powerful-spokane-property-owners/Content?oid=25589371

He said that he had applied for the legalization process in July last year and had received a positive decision on line on the day he was asked to board the flight.

Source: https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/47545/eu-forces-return-of-64-bangladeshi-migrants-to-dhaka

I find it particularly ironic that latter-day progressives in Massachusetts, California, and other blue states were among the first to push for legalization, given that their Progressive forefathers were also the first to criminalize weed.

Source: https://valleyadvocate.com/2023/10/27/from-deviant-to-decriminalized-the-surprising-progressive-roots-of-the-war-on-drugs/

In the meantime, the patchwork of partial legalization will be led by elected officials who take up the decriminalization work themselves, she said.

Source: https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/cannabis/locked-up-cannabis-illinois-prison-weed-incarceration/

In this article, we will explore why is becoming legal in many countries, the benefits of legalization, and the challenges that come with it.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/cannabis-becoming-legal-in-many-countries/

It’s been five years since the legalization of cannabis.

Source: https://ntv.ca/dozens-mark-the-anniversary-of-knights-of-columbus-fire/

It's the NDP that can quite realistically make the leap of faith, rather like Trudeau leaping over the NDP 'decrim' position to suddenly stand foursquare for cannabis full legalization in 2015.

Source: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/03/10/news/trans-mountain-crosses-30-billion-dollar-threshold

Marcus Harcus, a longtime advocate for marijuana legalization, said he thinks the grant program is a "great idea."

Source: https://m.startribune.com/form-of-reparation-minnesota-will-send-money-to-communities-harmed-by-marijuana-prohibition/600294312/

Maryland Attorney General described the legalization of recreational cannabis sales as a step forward in rectifying past injustices.

Source: https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cannabis/23/07/33089882/its-official-marylands-cannabis-legalization-law-is-in-effect-sales-already-going-strong

Now that they have overrun the GQP, places like SC might stand a better chance of some sort of cannabis legalization.

Source: https://www.fitsnews.com/2023/09/30/tom-davis-mixes-it-up-with-medical-cannabis-critics/

Ohio presents a fresh and promising landscape with the recent legalization of adult-use cannabis.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4659419-cresco-labs-crossroads-strategic-agility-transforming-cannabis-landscape?source=feed_all_articles

Only then, opponents say, can the state have a starting point to know the impact on legalization.

Source: https://www.minnpost.com/state-government/2023/04/the-tough-lonely-job-of-being-a-marijuana-legalization-opponent-in-minnesota/