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The Kansas Attorney General stated that he would sue the city if the measure passed, arguing the city does not have legal authority to reduce cannabis penalties. [6] The Kansas Attorney General subsequently sued the city to hold the initiative. The Wichita City Council later unanimously voted to approve a similar ordinance in 2017. [7]
Even as most states move forward with some form of legal marijuana, the Kansas Legislature is gridlocked. While the state House passed a limited medical marijuana measure in 2021, the idea has ...
State Sen. Rob Olson, an Olathe Republican helping lead efforts to implement a medical program, all but ruled out recreational marijuana in Kansas any time soon. The Missouri vote wouldn’t ...
Kansas is one of 10 U.S. states where marijuana remains illegal and criminalized, including for people who rely on it to treat chronic pain and other medical conditions.
The year 2023 began with several state efforts to legalize adult-use or medical cannabis, despite an apparently stalled federal effort to do so. [1] A cannabis industry executive predicted that at least two states would enact adult-use reform in 2023, with the most likely states to legalize being Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Ohio. [2]
The future of marijuana legalization in the United States (streaming video). CNBC.: "how public sentiment surrounding marijuana has shifted in the United States and where the law may be headed from here" Adams, Dan (January 22, 2021). "Federal marijuana reform looms after Senate flip — and Massachusetts could end up a loser". The Boston Globe.
States that have legalized medical marijuana have experienced a 22.7% increase in opioid overdose deaths. Students who use marijuana and THC have poorer educational outcomes than their peers ...
Politico reported that the number of states with some form of legalization could reach 40 by year's end. [4] This remained at odds with Federal prohibition at the beginning of the year (see List of Schedule I drugs (US) ), although the House of Representatives held hearings in January on bills that could reschedule the substance or deschedule ...