Sentences with phrase «already legalized»

There are so many questions surrounding marijuana these days, as several states have already legalized the drug for recreational use and most of the others have legalized it for medicinal purposes.

In the U.S., 44 states have already legalized purchase and use of CBD products for both humans and animals.

Marijuana use will undoubtedly grow in the near future because 16 states have already legalized it for medical use, and many more are considering legislation that would make it legal.

Some states have already legalized marijuana for recreational use.

Other countries have already legalized.

and I'm confident that more mainstream faiths in the U.S. will join that list as DOMA is repealed and more states join the list of those that have already legalized gay marriage.

Also on Thursday, Quinnipiac University released a new poll showing that 71 % of American voters — including 55 % of Republican voters — say they oppose the government enforcing federal laws banning marijuana in states that have already legalized the drug for either medical or recreational purposes.

Seventy - three percent of Americans oppose federal enforcement of laws targeting weed in states that have already legalized it, the poll found.

Kelly said that procedures won't be too different under the new law because the state, like more than two dozen others, had already legalized medical marijuana.

She also criticized the lack of «political courage coming out of Albany» for not having already legalizing marijuana in New York.

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So far, the American experience suggests the first ones into the legalized recreational market will be those already operating in the medical market.

Even before election - day amendments in both states legalized recreational use in November, they already had thriving medical markets.

Colorado's journey toward legalized pot has already revealed tantalizing potential for the food industry.

On Monday and Tuesday of this week, Attorney General Sessions said that marijuana sale and use is still against federal law and said he does not think that cannabis is something that should be legalized, despite the fact that more than half of all states have some form of a regulated market already in place and the majority of Americans agree that marijuana prohibition should end.

Recent polls suggested roughly 60 % support for the ballot to legalize recreational cannabis in California, which legalized medical marijuana two decades ago and already sees an estimated $ 2.7 billion from legal medical pot sales.

California will soon join states like Colorado, Oregon, and Nevada that have already expanded into adult - use marijuana markets (in total, seven states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana).

Four states, plus Washington, D.C., have recently legalized recreational pot, and Colorado and Washington are already raking in millions of dollars in tax revenue from their legal markets.

Medical marijuana has already been legalized in 29 states, while recreational marijuana is now legal in eight, including California as of the start of this year.

Already there is talk of pressure to legalize abortion on demand and euthanasia — always described as voluntary euthanasia, of course.

Indeed, if homosexual marriage were legalized in the name of equality, why would equality not be applied where «parenting» is concerned — a term that is taking the place of fatherhood and motherhood, as we have already pointed out?

Jeff Sessions» ideological bluster has already turned into a directive for heightened federal enforcement, targeted at businesses and users in states that have legalized it.

In Maryland and Washington, voters were supporting laws already on the books to legalize same - sex marriage.

The governor already has formal endorsements in hand from several longtime backers, including 1199SEIU, which represents health care workers and supported Cuomo's push to increase the minimum wage; the National Organization for Women; the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union; and the Human Rights Campaign, which worked with Cuomo in pushing to legalize same - sex marriage.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- The chairman of the Assembly committee with authority over gambling predicts New York will legalize and regulate daily fantasy sports, noting many residents already play it online.

We already do lots and lots of research on drugs that are not available to the public, but somehow we need to legalize marihuana to do that same research on it?

New Jersey may legalize marijuana, Massachusetts already has,» says Cuomo.

The governor is already on record in support of legalizing ridesharing but we have several hurdles to clear before it is allowed.

In Canada, six provinces and one territory already allow gay couples to marry, and in December 2004 the Canadian Supreme Court authorized the government to legalize gay marriage nationwide.

With neighboring states queueing up legislation to legalize the green, it seems it's just a matter of time before New Yorkers can get stoned without worrying about Johnny Law — we're already doing it en masse anyway.

New York already has legalized gambling.

While it's still up in the air if sports gambling will be legalized in New York State, some are already looking at how this could impact collegiate sports.

Assemblyman Gary Pretlow, who chairs the Committee on Racing and Wagering, predicts New York will legalize and regulate daily fantasy sports, noting many residents already play it online.

Despite the ongoing lobbying campaign to legalize ride - hailing, Yuhnke says, the service is already available in the Buffalo area.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid the groundwork Thursday for legalizing marijuana in New York, saying neighboring states already have, or are about to, so «for all intents and purposes it is...

Although legislation has already been introduced in the GOP - controlled Senate to legalize daily fantasy sports games, the Senate's leadership has yet to take a formal position on it, said Scott Reif, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Lady Gaga on stage on Long Island this weekend, actors Kevin Bacon, Julianne Moore and Kyra Sedgwick on video and Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Albany are headliners in New York's growing push to legalize gay marriage, a fight that may already be won thanks to shifting voter sentiment and a concerted, disciplined campaign.

Senate Republicans were under particular pressure from conservatives, who were already upset with the Legislature for legalizing same - sex marriage last year and for approving a tax overhaul in December that created a new tax bracket for the state's highest - income earners.

The researchers suggest that legalizing the fishing of pink sea urchin as a bycatch to the prawn fishery could allow prawn fishers to sell the urchins they already catch, rather than throwing them back.

While Ike wants nothing to do with gambling and hopes a bill legalizing it does not get passed, Ben is already planning how to maximize the action at the Miramar and get a sizable chunk for himself.

2014 brought similar attempts to legalize a situation that has already been legalized in many states despite the federal ban.

IF hemp were legalized, since hemp is SUPERIOR to other available natural resources, a few petrochemical monopolies would no longer be feasible... including monsanto's GMO cotton business that consumes HALF of the petrochemical pesticides sprayed in the USA, Hearst's deforestation business would no longer profit from destroying our forests, and we would no longer need Rockefeller's fossil fuels - because we can replace coal (electricity) with hemp pyrolysis, and we can replace gasoline with vegetable oil methanol, and dupont's toxic plastic business would be replaced with non-toxic, biodegradable, stronger, lighter, hemp plastics like they're already using to make Mercedes car parts.

Already, we have collected over 1,400 signatures from Canadians who agree with our first objective: to ensure that the government's plan for legalizing marijuana includes free and automatic pardons for all prior convictions for personal possession of marijuana.

Belarus has already taken steps in that direction legalizing cryptocurrencies, regulating ICOs, and exempting miners from taxation.

In Japan, some of the largest electronics manufacturers, budget hotel chains, airlines, and retailers have already started to accept bitcoin as a payment method since early 2017, almost immediately after the Japanese government legalized bitcoin and regulated its cryptocurrency exchange market.