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Launched. 2011; 13 years ago. ( 2011) Marijuana Business Daily (formerly known as MMJ Business Daily, also known as MJBizDaily) is a Colorado-based business news outlet for professionals in the recreational and medical cannabis industry in the United States. The publication was founded in 2011 by Marijuana Business Media, a division of Anne ...
On May 1, 2024, the Associated Press reported on plans by the Drug Enforcement Administration to move marijuana to the less-restrictive Schedule III. The medical use of cannabis is legal with a medical recommendation in 38 states, four out of five permanently inhabited U.S. territories, and the federal District of Columbia (D.C.).
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]
At least five states — Arkansas, Arizona, Connecticut, Missouri and Rhode Island — have used some form of lottery system to award cannabis business licenses, according to the MJBiz Factbook.
The legal history of cannabis in the United States began with state-level prohibition in the early 20th century, with the first major federal limitations occurring in 1937. Starting with Oregon in 1973, individual states began to liberalize cannabis laws through decriminalization. In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical ...
In 2022, an estimated 17.7 million people reported using marijuana daily or near-daily compared to 14.7 million daily or near-daily drinkers, according an analysis of national survey data. In 1992 ...
Division of Cannabis Control. Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority [29] Oregon Liquor Control Commission. Rhode Island Office of Cannabis Regulation [30] Virginia Cannabis Control Authority [31] Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.
Cannabis. Cannabis in Missouri is legal for recreational use. A ballot initiative to legalize recreational use, Amendment 3, passed by a 53–47 margin on November 8, 2022. Possession for adults 21 and over became legal on December 8, 2022, with the first licensed sales occurring on February 3, 2023.