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Will New York or Illinois be Next to Legalize Recreational Marijuana?
A recent poll in New York shows strong public support for legal pot, while Illinois has crushing budget pressures that make cannabis taxes very appealing, according to Entrepreneur.
While medical marijuana is legal in New York, the state has been slower to adapt legalization of recreational marijuana that’s already happened in Alaska, California, Colorado, Oregon, Nevada, Massachusetts and Washington.
New York might be about to catch up, if a new poll is any indication. And in Illinois, a budget crisis is driving some lawmakers to push for legal marijuana to help pay the state’s massive debt. They even brought in a celebrity this week to make their case.
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Fed Shutdown Could Allow Sessions To Launch Marijuana Crackdown
Funding for the federal government is set to run out on Friday, unless Congress enacts a bill extending current spending levels before the midnight deadline.
Also set to expire is a current rider that prevents the Department of Justice from interfering with state medical cannabis laws, according to Forbes.
If lawmakers fail to enact an extension, the marijuana protections would disappear but, because drug enforcement agents are considered "excepted" from furloughs, the Justice Department would be newly empowered to enforce federal cannabis prohibition wherever it wants, regardless of state laws.
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Illinois Lawmaker’s Plan To Combat Opioid Abuse With Cannabis | Peoria Public Radio
Senator Don Harmon, a Democrat from Oak Park, says medical marijuana could help individuals using and/or abusing opioids. He’s behind a plan to give that option. “We’re trying to make sure that any condition where an opioid could be prescribed, the doctor can certify that and the patient can plan ahead so that they have an alternative. What we really want to do is make sure that people aren’t using opioids for a month, two months or three months and reach this point where they are addicted to it and end up going backwards.”
Source: Illinois Lawmaker’s Plan To Combat Opioid Abuse With Cannabis | Peoria Public Radio
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Thanksgiving Cannabis Conversations
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Boston Mayor Walsh on Taxes
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