• Tonight, for the first time in history, two states have legalized and regulated the adult use and sale of cannabis. (cnn.com)
  • Today, two decades after California became the first state to legalize marijuana for medical use, voters in that state finally got around to letting people consume cannabis for fun. (reason.com)
  • A separate poll from Quinnipiac University in April of this year found support for legalizing medical cannabis at an overwhelming 94% , compared with 5% who opposed the idea. (foxbusiness.com)
  • Legalizing cannabis could mean game-changing medical discoveries for certain ailments, and broader access for patients. (foxbusiness.com)
  • Legalized adult-use cannabis is going to change the way we think about New Mexico for the better--our workforce, our economy, our future,' she said. (commondreams.org)
  • Federal law is explicit that there is an administrative process that needs to be had in order for the executive branch to legalize cannabis to deschedule cannabis,' said John Hudak, the author of Marijuana: A Short History , and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. (scrippsnews.com)
  • In the Netherlands, where the distribution of marijuana has been legalized, the effect of decriminalization has had little effect on the consumption rate of cannabis. (medscape.com)
  • Several states and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for general adult use. (cdc.gov)
  • The effect of legalized cannabis on deaths by suicide appears to be heterogeneous. (cdc.gov)
  • With overwhelming parliamentary support and approval from Poland's Health Care Committee, the EU member country became the latest to legalize marijuana for medical use on July 20, 2017. (hightimes.com)
  • by August 2017, SSPs had been legalized in Kentucky and North Carolina, and 53 SSPs operated in the three states. (cdc.gov)
  • Mexico City's legislative assembly has voted to legalise abortion in the city, the capital of the world's second-largest Roman Catholic country. (bbc.co.uk)
  • ADPD has also decided that it wants abortion legalised in three very specific situations: when a woman's life is in danger, when a pregnancy is the result of violence, such as rape or incest, and when a pregnancy is not viable. (timesofmalta.com)
  • Voters in Washington and Colorado passed ballot initiatives Tuesday to legalize marijuana for recreational use, the biggest victory ever for the legalization movement . (cnn.com)
  • Massachusetts voters approved a referendum legalizing medical marijuana, while Arkansas voters shot down a similar proposal. (cnn.com)
  • Voters approved ballot measures in Colorado and Washington that bucked federal law to legalize the drug's recreational use. (zdnet.com)
  • Voters in Colorado and Washington legalized recreational use in groundbreaking ballot measures in November 2012. (yahoo.com)
  • Voters in Maine's largest city and in Michigan's state capital, Lansing, as well as Ferndale and Jackson have all approved measures that legalize the recreational use of marijuana in their jurisdictions. (reason.com)
  • Florida voters legalized medical marijuana in 2016. (newschannel5.com)
  • Colorado voters made history Tuesday night, passing a constitutional amendment to legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana and becoming the first state in the US to break with marijuana prohibition. (stopthedrugwar.org)
  • said Senator Patricia D. Jehlen, Democrat of Somerville and a lead sponsor of a bill to legalize, tax, and regulate recreational use of marijuana. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Advocates have long planned an initiative petition to legalize the recreational use of the drug for adults, and political analysts have expected that measure to pass in the next presidential election year. (bostonglobe.com)
  • California is by far the most populous state to legalize marijuana. (reason.com)
  • Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson, poised to sign a bill making New Mexico the 12th state to legalize medical marijuana, said Thursday he realizes his action could become an issue in the presidential race. (nbcnews.com)
  • No state has yet legalized marijuana via its legislature, though several states , including Maine, could join Colorado and Washington in legalizing marijuana next, especially on the 2014 ballot. (reason.com)
  • We the undersigned are petitioning the members of these local governing bodies to pass ordinances to legalize the use of Side by Sides, UTV's, and similar vehicles, commonly known as 'Rangers', 'RZRs', 'Rhinos', 'Gators', 4 wheeled ATV's, Etc., on all non-interstate roads within the state of Georgia. (change.org)
  • But, he said, "I just don't understand how we can be in this headlong rush to legalize when we're dealing with the opioid crisis in the state. (bostonglobe.com)
  • The conservative magazine published an editorial on Monday applauding Colorado for becoming the first state to make the "prudent choice" of legalizing recreational marijuana, "thus dispensing with the charade of medical restrictions and recognizing the fact that, while some people smoke marijuana to counter the effects of chemotherapy, most people smoke marijuana to get high. (yahoo.com)
  • Pot stores in the state of Washington, which also voted to legalize recreational marijuana, are expected to open later this year. (yahoo.com)
  • Earlier this year, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said that it was not a matter of if, but rather when the state would legalize sports gaming . (wkyc.com)
  • ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) -- The Minnesota House on Thursday passed a bill that would legalize sports gambling at state casinos and online, a move that would make Minnesota on the same page as its neighboring states which already offer it. (cbsnews.com)
  • On my first day in office, through executive order, we will legalize marijuana in every state in this country,' Sanders told supporters at a Feb. 1 rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (scrippsnews.com)
  • On a big news day around the country, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed a bill that legalizes online gambling, making it official that his state will soon become the fourth in the country to have licensed and regulated internet poker sites. (cardschat.com)
  • The whole effort to push state lawmakers to legalize the sport was greenlit by Grizzlies owner Mike Heisley, who offered financial support. (ufc.com)
  • In January 2014, Colorado became the first state in the United States to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes, marking the beginning of what will likely become the end of marijuana prohibition. (medscape.com)
  • Especially, the adoption of the law on childcare at the 6th session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly legalized as a policy of the greatest importance of the state to provide all children with much more improved fostering conditions and to supply them with dairy products and other nutritional food at the state's expense. (who.int)
  • Instead, addiction experts who participated in the survey were very much in favor of psychedelics being legalized for therapeutic use, but only in a controlled setting. (medscape.com)
  • The objective was to discover factors associated with opinions in favor of (or against) legalizing marihuana in a sample of university lecturers and students. (bvsalud.org)
  • Legalize It is the debut studio album by Jamaican singer-songwriter and former Wailer Peter Tosh, released in June 1976. (wikipedia.org)
  • A bill to legalize adult prostitution in Vermont was recently introduced by female lawmakers in the state's legislature. (breitbart.com)
  • That's what Emily Kaltenbach of the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) said Monday after New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, signed legislation that not only legalizes adult use of recreational marijuana but also includes key social justice provisions long sought by proponents of legalization. (commondreams.org)
  • Colorado clamped down on any sort of public pot bar, though activists in Denver are working an initiative to legalize them. (hightimes.com)
  • A majority of the states that have legalized medical marijuana are in the West, and Atkeson suggested his position could play well in the region. (nbcnews.com)
  • I-502 legalizes the possession of up to an ounce of marijuana by adults 21 and over, but does not allow for personal cultivation, except by or for medical marijuana patients. (stopthedrugwar.org)
  • The same could not be said of medical professionals, he said, arguing that removing the threat of punishment if they assisted in abortions would "normalise" the procedure and legalise it in all but name. (timesofmalta.com)
  • As Poland legalizes medical marijuana, however, prospective patients may find the country in short supply of medicine. (hightimes.com)
  • Despite import-only restrictions, the law legalizing medical marijuana in Poland is relatively expansive. (hightimes.com)
  • In 2009, the Justice Department issued a federal medical marijuana policy memo to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and US Attorneys instructing prosecutors not to target medicinal marijuana patients and their providers for federal prosecution in states where medicinal marijuana has been legalized. (medscape.com)
  • It's legal, it's going to start happening in a lot of other states … and, I think, from our point of view, it's probably a conversation we need to have," Baker told WGBH, reiterating that the Massachusetts bill would only legalize betting on professional sports. (boston.com)
  • Lovers of the dubious sport of cockfighting, outlawed here 90 years ago, have come out of the closet with a bill in the Legislative Assembly to legalize the activity. (ticotimes.net)
  • I think it's time we got on with it and legalized marijuana," said Senator William N. Brownsberger, a Belmont Democrat, committee chairman, former prosecutor, and one of more than a dozen cosponsors of the bill. (bostonglobe.com)
  • The bill would legalize marijuana federally, remove it from the Controlled Substance Act, and expunge non-violent convictions. (wonkette.com)
  • The Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 176, which will legalize sports gambling. (wkyc.com)
  • On Wednesday, the Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 176, which would legalize sports betting in Ohio. (wkyc.com)
  • While Ohio has previously introduced legislation to legalize sports gambling since the national ban was struck down in 2018, Senate Bill 176 marks the Buckeye State's best chance to join bordering states Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Indiana in offering sports betting. (wkyc.com)
  • He's introduced a bill legalizing bracket pools and fantasy leagues with a prize cap of $100. (heraldnet.com)
  • Psychedelics have been decriminalized and/or legalized in several jurisdictions. (medscape.com)
  • Legalizing marijuana has become a big selling point for some of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. (scrippsnews.com)
  • Since the Supreme Court decision last year, seven additional states, including neighboring Rhode Island , have legalized sports gambling - joining Nevada, where wagering on both professional and college sports has been allowed since 1949. (boston.com)
  • Pennsylvania joins New Jersey, Delaware, and Nevada as the only states in the US with legalized online gambling. (cardschat.com)
  • Gov. Charlie Baker announced Thursday that he plans to file legislation to legalize bets on professional sports in Massachusetts, following the Supreme Court decision last May striking down a federal sports gambling ban. (boston.com)
  • Now marijuana legalization exists in four states and there are at least twice that many ready to legalize in the next couple of elections. (hightimes.com)
  • Senator John F. Keenan, Democrat of Quincy, said he is opposed to the legalization of marijuana for recreational use and it would be a good idea for Massachusetts to wait for more long-term data from states that have legalized the drug - Colorado, Washington, Alaska, and Oregon. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Governor Charlie Baker, Attorney General Maura Healey, and Mayor Martin J. Walsh of Boston all oppose legalizing marijuana for recreational use. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Additionally, a survey by NBC News/The Wall Street Journal shows that the majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana. (medscape.com)
  • Additionally, a recent survey by NBC News/The Wall Street Journal shows that the majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana. (medscape.com)
  • It's now conceivable that marijuana could be legalized throughout more of the country, so we sought answers about who would profit from the end of its prohibition from William Martin, director of the Drug Policy Program at Rice University's Baker Institute to learn more. (zdnet.com)
  • While the majority of the United States think that the use of marijuana should be legal , another country is considering legalizing other components of the marijuana trade beyond consumption. (webpronews.com)
  • Uruguay is poised to become the first country to fully legalize the trade involving growing, producing, selling, and consuming the drug. (webpronews.com)
  • If legalized, the pot revenue would go to Americans. (bartleby.com)
  • The growing campaign for legalizing marijuana has what would appear to be an unlikely supporter: the National Review. (yahoo.com)
  • The scale effect of legalizing prostitution, i.e. expansion of the market, outweighs the substitution effect, where legal sex workers are favored over illegal workers. (breitbart.com)
  • But, perhaps, Pennsylvania's decision to legalize online poker will cause a domino effect, with additional states soon hopping on the bandwagon. (cardschat.com)
  • Legislators in Maine have been trying to legalize marijuana statewide. (reason.com)
  • Imagine if the Supreme Court, in handing down their recent ruling legalizing gay marriage, had said that it was OK for two men or two women to marry, but they are forbidden from displaying affection for one another in any public place, as defined above. (hightimes.com)
  • Sen. Bernie Sanders has pledged to sign an executive order to legalize marijuana on his first day in office. (scrippsnews.com)
  • For you doctors who are against legalizing a drug that you know could help your patients die comfortably and in a dignified way, you should rethink your career choice. (mapinc.org)
  • Read on for three reasons legalizing marijuana makes sense, as well as three reasons keeping it as a Schedule I drug is the best course of action. (foxbusiness.com)
  • In a 2005 report, endorsed by hundreds of his fellow economists, Harvard professor Jeffrey Miron calculated that legalizing marijuana would bring in at least $6.7 billion in tax revenue, assuming it is taxed like alcohol and tobacco. (zdnet.com)
  • On average, countries with legalized prostitution report a greater incidence of human trafficking inflows. (breitbart.com)
  • Legalizing marijuana also opens up a new source of revenue for the states, and perhaps even the federal government. (foxbusiness.com)
  • Part of the aim, Hemingway freely admits, is to create support for legalizing marijuana. (audubon.org)
  • cannabisnews.com: Time To Legalize Marijuana Time To Legalize Marijuana Posted by CN Staff on March 25, 2008 at 20:06:17 PT By Bob Kerr Source: Providence Journal USA -- Marijuana can get silly. (cannabisnews.com)
  • As a Canadian I applaud the movement of Pennsylvania to move forward with legalizing digital games that involve money. (cardschat.com)
  • Countries with legalized prostitution are associated with higher human trafficking inflows than countries where prostitution is prohibited. (breitbart.com)
  • It was concluded that, in Brazil, there is a lack of research on the topic of legalizing marihuana, especially concerning the views of lecturers and students in higher education. (bvsalud.org)
  • What makes Legalize It brilliant, though, is the conviction with which Tosh delivers these beliefs. (popmatters.com)
  • The main results show that the majority were female, with a mean age of 25 years, single, Catholic and approximately 75% were against legalizing marihuana. (bvsalud.org)
  • La raison la plus fréquemment citée en faveur de la légalisation de l'euthanasie était le soulagement de la souffrance des patients, à condition qu'un comité de médecins soit d'accord pour proposer cette décision. (who.int)
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