The leader of Maryland’s powerful Legislative Black Caucus knew she was facing defeat. Del. Cheryl D. Glenn (D-Baltimore) made diversifying the state’s new medical marijuana industry a top priority for the largest caucus in the General Assembly, and the issue is personal. Maryland’s marijuana-regulating commission is named after her mother, Natalie M. LaPrade, who died […]
Governor Releases Draft Language to Reconcile MCRSA and AUMA
April 4, 2017 – The Governor’s office has released a draft trailer budget bill, attempting to reconcile MCRSA (medical marijuana law passed by the legislature in 2015) and AUMA (passed by the voters as Prop. 64 in November 2016). Read more »
Marijuana legalization grows closer with Senate tax proposal
Want to legalize marijuana federally? Propose sensible taxes on the drug. That’s the tactic of a new bill from two Oregon Democrats: House Ways and Means Committee member Earl Blumenauer and ranking Senate Finance Committee member Ron Wyden. It takes on tough questions: What should a marijuana tax measure? Should it tax medical marijuana? The […]
Pot on a plane? TSA reverses course after briefly saying it’s OK to fly with cannabis
For at least 24 hours, it appeared that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) had officially declared what many had suspected all along: if you have a prescription, you can fly with marijuana. Read more »