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Lack of equity, expungements, and employment protections drag recreational marijuana amendment 3 down | Political Eye

MMP News AuthorAugust 28, 2022

Alan Zagier, the principal at Tightline Public Affairs, and communications director for Legal Missouri 2022, contacted the Political Eye regarding last week’s columnand the ballot initiative Missourians will be voting on about recreational use of marijuana in this state. Here are his concerns as received in an email, and the ... Read More

Opposition submits Amendment Bill to remove jail time for small amounts of marijuana; Plan…

MMP News AuthorDecember 10, 2020

Opposition Members of Parliament Jermaine Figueria and Sherod Duncan have submitted a Bill to the National Assembly seeking to amend several parts of the Narcotics Act in an effort to remove jail time for possession of small amounts of marijuana. Under the proposed changes, the Opposition MPs want trafficking of ... Read More

EXPLAINER: What’s Impeding New Jersey’s Recreational Marijuana Amendment?

MMP News AuthorDecember 6, 2020

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The New Year’s Day deadline until New Jersey’s constitutional amendment authorizing recreational marijuana takes effect is fast approaching, along with the final scheduled legislative voting session of the year. But New Jersey’s Democratic-led Legislature finds itself at an impasse over measures decriminalizing marijuana and, until late ... Read More

EXPLAINER: What’s impeding New Jersey’s cannabis amendment?

MMP News AuthorDecember 5, 2020

TRENTON, N.J. — The New Year’s Day deadline until New Jersey’s constitutional amendment authorizing recreational marijuana takes effect is fast approaching, along with the final scheduled legislative voting session of the year. But New Jersey’s Democratic-led Legislature finds itself at an impasse over measures decriminalizing marijuana and, until late Friday, ... Read More

Cannabis group files to defend constitutional amendment

MMP News AuthorNovember 25, 2020

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The group that campaigned to legalize recreational marijuana in South Dakota through a voter-backed constitutional amendment has filed in court to defend the amendment in a legal challenge brought by two law enforcement officers. The Rapid City Journal reports South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws organized ... Read More

Recreational marijuana backers file to defend amendment in court

MMP News AuthorNovember 24, 2020

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The group that proposed a constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana in South Dakota, a measure approved by voters on Nov. 3, says it plan to defend the amendment from a court challenge. South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws announced Monday, Nov. 23, the organization would ... Read More