Marijuana legalization in South Dakota could see daylight in 2020. The state passed measures to legalize both recreational and medical marijuana. Luckily, both of the measures collected the required signatures before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The only issue was if the pandemic didn’t retreat by November, it would be hard for people to vote on the measures. Now that lockdown restrictions have been easing, voting should be possible.
When Mitt Romney was running for president in 2012, he traveled to Colorado, where a reporter questioned him about the state’s impending legalization of recreational marijuana.
“Ask me about something important,” he shot back, before calling on the next journalist.
State officials today moved to grant unconditional pardons to thousands of Nevadans with low-level marijuana convictions.
In the desert, Republicans and Democrats have found something to agree upon: A majority in both parties plan to vote to make marijuana legal in the upcoming Arizona election if they get the chance.
State lawmakers are scheduled to vote Thursday on one of two proposals to decriminalize weed and curb arrests that disproportionately impact Black people.
The marijuana legalization topic didn’t lose traction in the US despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Many states had to drop their campaigns due to lockdowns, which made gathering signatures difficult. Other states continued their efforts and looked for different strategies.
The biggest contributing factor to this opportunity is the impact that shelter-in-place orders have had on both ad supply and consumer behavior.
For cannabis marketers, generating mass awareness is far more difficult than it is for marketers in traditional consumer goods.
Cannabis marketers must navigate scores of disparate regulations that limit where, how, and who they can target with their message. This creates a serious challenge for brands that aim to move the needle on awareness or ad recall.
The CEO of a Canadian cannabis company is expecting that the United States is headed for cannabis legalization in the next two years.
David Klein, the head of Canopy Growth, told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday that as states continue to gradually permit medical and recreational use of marijuana, Congress will have no choice but to act.
