Sentences with phrase «legalized pot»

Then last week U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that he was cracking down on the cannabis industry by rescinding the Obama Administration Cole memorandum, which had protected cannabis - related businesses in states that had legalized pot in some form.

If the seemingly constant stream of opioid - overdose - related media reports is any indication, it certainly seems sensible to know what will be in our newly legalized pot.

In an interview earlier this month, Nixon said that communities of color hard hit by the war on drugs should get first crack at legalized pot as a «form of reparations.»

Earlier this month, the gubernatorial candidate said that communities of color hard hit by the war on drugs should get first crack at legalized pot as a «form of reparations.»

Day service in Newark on Monday, Bishop Jethro James of the Paradise Baptist Church brought the crowd to its feet when he said legalized pot would have a devastating effect on poor neighborhoods.

Among her concerns is that with neighboring states and Province of Ontario about to welcome legalized pot, many would - be tourists would spend more time and dollars outside of the state.

The Trump administration's move to crack down on legalized pot isn't stopping at least one New York medical marijuana grower — Etain Inc. — from expanding its product line.

«To spend prosecutorial resources on pot is ridiculous... I'd be in favor of legalized pot.

Alcohol Industry Bankrolls Fight Against Legal Pot in Battle of the Buzz: The fight against legalized pot is being heavily bankrolled by alcohol and pharmaceutical companies, terrified that they might lose market share...

In the eyes of federal regulators, marijuana money is drug money, and legalized pot dealers worry the feds might seize on traceable payments to shut them down.

As the legalized pot industry grows, some pot entrepreneurs have found a new niche market: pot for pets.

Legalized pot will also produce public health benefits, Forbes reports.

In short, even if he gets it legalized overnight there will be a landslide of new and recently legalized pot products the likes of which have not been seen since the repeal of prohibition and its affect on the liquor industry.

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

Colorado and Washington have now begun to offer real - world case studies of how to legalize pot — and whether to treat it as a drug, a crop or a vice.

Does anyone really think that legalizing pot is going to stop the illegal distribution of the substance overnight?

But does anyone think that a party still reeling from its inability to re-capture the White House that has seen a dramatic shift to the right in its core leadership in the past few years (Hint, maybe they can't see the forest for the extremely right - leaning trees) will be the party that wants credit, or the blame, for legalizing pot?

«Brink's has worked a remarkable transformation, and despite all the hand - wringing about the death of king cash, this stock seems to have a lot more room to run, especially as states legalize pot.»

Because alcohol consumption is more harmful to people than marijuana use, but the two are substitutes, legalizing pot will lead customers to shift to the better of the two choices.

Legalize pot and take it to church.

There are also many misconceptions about marijuana — especially now that medical marijuana is being used by many people with health conditions and many states are legalizing pot use.

Legalizing pot is the right way to go.»

Yet another courtroom battle promises to pull the White House into the legal spotlight today as crucial arguments are heard in New York in a sweeping lawsuit that is challenging the administration's marijuana policy by seeking to legalize pot under federal law.

Vermont's Legislature has approved a recreational marijuana bill, putting the state on track to become 1st to legalize pot by legislative act.

De Blasio and Gov. Cuomo have softened their stances on recreational weed in recent weeks after Cuomo primary challenger Cynthia Nixon declared she would back legalizing pot.

The New York Times reports Tuesday the «Sex and the City» star told supporters at a private fundraiser in Manhattan she would legalize pot and put a tax on it to raise revenue for New York.

Neighbor New Jersey may be close to legalizing pot.

The agreement came two years after advocates began their initial push — and one year after Cuomo stood firm against legalizing pot for medical use.

State lawmakers plan on introducing a bill that would legalize pot smoking and turn it into a cash cow.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, who was sworn in on Tuesday, has said he plans to legalize pot in the first 100 days of his administration, estimating the state will haul in about $ 300 million by taxing it.

Cuomo — who until recent years has been a staunch opponent of legalizing pot — supports Schumer's bill, said his spokesman, Rich Azzopardi.

Nixon added that legalizing pot use for non-medical reasons would end «a key front in the racist war on drugs» and generate hundreds of millions of dollars of tax revenue for the state through legal marijuana sales.

Legalizing pot, she says, would clean things up substantially, as the growing would both eliminate the strain on public lands and meet higher standards for the use and disposal of toxic substances.

Among other advantages, legalizing pot would would eliminate the strain on public lands resulting from its clandestine cultivation as well as meet higher standards for the use and disposal of toxic substances

Dear EarthTalk: I heard someone say that legalizing pot — as Californians considered doing last year — would benefit the environment.

Also, legalizing pot would move its production out into the open, literally, meaning that growers would no longer need to rack up huge energy costs to keep their illegal indoor growing operations lit up by artificial light.

While the backers of Amendment 64 promoted the idea of raising $ 40 million for schools front - and - center in the 2012 campaign to legalize pot in Colorado, they did not provide voters with context on how much of a dent that makes in school finance.

The party opposes any attempt to decriminalize or legalize pot, and openly mocks Liberal calls for legalization in regularly released attack ads.

In the U.S., 29 states and D.C. have laws that legalize pot in some form.

Not exact matches

Taylor believes pot smuggling will continue because of the profit incentive, which will end only if the drug is legalized across America.

Eight out of 10 boomers favor legalizing medical pot, but few use it.

Liu claims legalizing medical - marijuana usage and allowing adults to possess an ounce of pot for recreational would give the city $ 400 million in new revenue.

And it was the first state in the country to legalize recreational pot.

Ontario was the first province to announce a detailed plan to sell and distribute marijuana after the federal government announced it would legalize recreational pot by this summer.

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.

Using case studies from states with fully legalized marijuana, California could see the price of pot increase roughly $ 2 more per gram or $ 7 more per eighth of an ounce after the price hikes set in.

As the country prepares to legalize marijuana for adult use later this year, the rules governing recreational pot are expected to be less stringent but, like tobacco, an ad blitz is not allowed.

The Oregon and Alaska measures would legalize recreational pot use and usher in a network of retail pot shops similar to those operating in Washington state and Colorado, which in 2012 voted to become the first U.S. states to allow marijuana use for fun.

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.

With legislation to legalize recreational marijuana use in the works, producers and supplementary businesses are preparing for a new era in the pot market.