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Introduced in the Senate as S. 4226 by Cory Booker on May 1, 2024. The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (S.4226 in the 118th Congress) is a proposed bill in the United States Congress to recognize legalization of cannabis by the states. The authors are Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senator Cory Booker, and Senator Ron Wyden.
Indiana's legislative leaders, with whom the power to change the state's marijuana laws lie, are talking about this change at the federal level, even if they didn't assign the topic to an interim ...
Illegal. 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]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) proposed the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act that would, in addition to legalizing cannabis, implement a federal excise tax on marijuana starting at 10 percent and rising to 25 percent by the fifth year, which would be in addition to the state and local taxes and additional taxes and ...
Ohio voters' decision to legalize recreational marijuana has once again surfaced the topic in Indiana, and it could be an issue in Hoosiers' election of a new governor in 2024.. Legalization is ...
The crowd cheers as Indiana Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jennifer McCormick speaks during a town hall at UA Local 136 in Evansville, Ind., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024.
In the United States, increased restrictions and labeling of cannabis (legal term marijuana or marihuana) as a poison began in many states from 1906 onward, and outright prohibitions began in the 1920s. By the mid-1930s cannabis was regulated as a drug in every state, including 35 states that adopted the Uniform State Narcotic Drug Act. [ 1 ]
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to pass legislation to legalize cannabis at the federal level, but some industry experts are skeptical that it will actually get through the Senate.