#legalization

#legalization

Illinois had a three-year head start on legalizing recreational marijuana, but in many ways, Missouri has surpassed it after just one month.The two states came to legalization very differently, which makes the laws in each state very different - and means Missouri is cutting into the Illinois market.

Dubai has scrapped a 30% tax on alcohol and will no longer charge tourists or expats for permits to buy alcoholic drinks as the emirate tries to attract more foreign workers and visitors in the face of growing regional competition.Two major retailers in the city, located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), said they had slashed their prices to reflect the tax cut.

Up a steep flight of stairs in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood, a hazy cloud hung over the crowd that had gathered over the weekend, at an event space accented by a cartoon mural of Fat Albert holding a gallon bag of fake weed.It was the awards party for the New York Growers Cup, a new grass-roots competition highlighting local craft growers who have been working for years  in the shadows and now in a legal gray area  to perfect their particular strains of marijuana.

A pivotal Supreme Court case currently being considered in India could lead to the legalization of same-sex marriage in the nation.The plaintiffs, four gay couples, are taking on a government that has been hostile to the idea of marriage equality in the past.Leaked documents acquired by Reuters show that the administration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been trying to convince the court to decide not to allow LGBTQ+ couples the right to marry.

Voters in Oklahoma will reject a ballot measure that would have legalized recreational marijuana in the state for adults ages 21 and older, CNN projects.The ballot measure at stake in Tuesday's special election was one of several such measures on cannabis use that has been considered by voters in recent months.

Politics "It's clear communities, families, retirement security and the economy will be stronger once we legalize cannabis in New Hampshire."CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The New Hampshire Legislature is once again debating recreational use of marijuana but efforts to legalize it still face significant hurdles.

A just-published UC San Diego study says that senior citizen visits to the emergency room for cannabis-related reasons in California have increased by more than 1800% since 2003.There has been a funny footnote to California's 2016 legalization of recreational marijuana use (which did not actually take effect until January 1, 2018): the fastest-growing cannabis use demographic has been senior citizens.

Earlier this month, researchers published a study in the journal that was prime fodder for misleading headlines.The study sought to investigate the effect of marijuana smoke on the lungs.The researchers say they found more lung damage in the marijuana smokers' group than in the tobacco smokers' group.

With smoke shops popping up in neighborhoods across the city, at least one local panel is formally calling on the state legislature to create clearer language in the current legislation for unlicensed commercial and retail sale of marijuana and other cannabis products.Adult use and retail sale of recreational marijuana was legalized in March 2021, and, on Monday, the state's Cannabis Control Board approved its first batch of 36 dispensary licenses in the state.

In California's agricultural industry, the most productive in the nation (PDF) with about $50 billion in annual revenue, almost 85% of crop workers were born in Mexico.Roughly half don't have legal authorization to work, according to estimates by the U.S. Department of Labor.As migration flows from Mexico slowed down in the mid-2000s, the age distribution of California agricultural workers shifted, with farmworkers age 55 to 64 increasing by 64% over the last decade, the UC Merced analysis found.

Do as we say, not as we profit from.The NFL, which has embraced a major revenue stream from partnerships with multiple sports books that legally offer sports betting in most states, prevents NFL personnel from wagering on any sports.Jets receiver Miles Austin apparently bet on sports other than football.