Cannabis News

DENVER, CO – A decade has past since Colorado legalized marijuana and the state has collected $2.2 billion in tax revenue since then. The $2.2 billion tax revenue is based on $13.4 billion in marijuana sales in the state over the last ten years, according to 9NEWS. This tax revenue has gone to help public […]

PROVIDENCE, RI – Thirty-one different cities and towns in the state will be voting on November 8 if cannabis businesses can sell in their respective cities or towns. According to WPRI, now that marijuana is legal in the state these 31 cities and towns must vote in the upcoming election regarding allowing new cannabis licenses […]

As Cannabutter Digest reported in early October, President Joe Biden recently announced that the federal government would complete a cannabis scheduling review and a wave of mass pardons for people convicted of federal marijuana possession. For many cannabis rights advocates, the move has been seen as the first step toward federal marijuana legalization. In response to Biden’s announcement, a […]

HONOLULU, HI – Recent reports show that legalizing cannabis in Hawaii could potentially bring in over $50 million in state tax revenue. Hawaii News Now reports that the state tax department reported those figures recently but that dispensary operators claim it will be more. Currently the state has legalized medicinal marijuana, over 33,000 patients have […]

On October 26, Cannabutter Digest reported on Germany’s plans to legalize marijuana for recreational use. If the planned legislation is adopted, Germany will become one of the first countries in Europe to take this important step. Germany is the European Union’s largest country both by population and economic output, which gives it a leadership role in the […]

CLARK COUNTY, NV – After years of inconsistency with the Nevada Board of Pharmacy, Judge Joe Hardy ruled last week that they no longer have the authority to regulate cannabis or its derivatives. This ruling overrides a previous ruling that cannabis couldn’t be classified as a Schedule 1 controlled substance, 2News reports. Now it can […]

CANTON, MS – Growers are finally beginning to harvest the first of Mississippi’s medicinal marijuana plants and hope the products will be available in dispensaries by early 2023. According to WAPT, the Mississippi State Department of Health has been in the process of awarding licenses in order to move medicinal marijuana forward in the state. […]

A new poll shows that for the first time in America’s history, more people smoke marijuana or eat cannabis-infused edibles than smoke tobacco products. As reported by CNN, the Gallup poll found that roughly 16 percent of Americans said they smoked marijuana in the past week, compared with 11 percent of Americans who said they smoked […]

BERLIN, GERMANY – Germany is going to the European Commission (EU) to present their paper with their plan to legalize recreational marijuana. The EU needs to approve the plan outlined in the paper in order for Germany to draft the law, according to Reuters. In addition to legalizing recreational marijuana, Germany’s plan includes several other […]

Federal law considers cannabis a Schedule I drug. However, 19 states approved the use of marijuana for medical and recreational purposes. In November, legislators in five other states will vote on whether to approve marijuana for recreational use. This month, President Joe Biden issued an executive order to pardon federal convictions for simple marijuana possession. […]