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Ohio Republican Governor Mike DeWine said this week that he will seek changes to Issue 2, the state’s recreational marijuana initiative that voters passed on Tuesday. The governor called on the legislature to amend the approved ballot measure, which legalizes recreational pot for adults aged 21 and older and establishes a regulatory framework for the legal production and sale of adult-use

Clarence Cocroft is the owner of a legal medical marijuana business in Olive Branch, Mississippi. However, while his business is perfectly legal, the state is hell-bent on making it practically impossible for him to actually stay afloat. How? By making it a felony for Cocroft to advertise his business. Mississippians overwhelmingly voted to legalize medical marijuana in 2020, yet the state has

Ohio voters passed a ballot initiative to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana on Tuesday by a 57-43 margin. When the measure takes effect next month, Ohio will join the ranks of two dozen other states, as well as Washington, D.C., that have legalized marijuana for recreational usage. As a result, a clear majority of the nation's population will now live in jurisdictions where weed is

Ohio voters' decision Tuesday to legalize recreational marijuana paves the way for its availability in three of the four states neighboring Indiana. Still, Hoosiers are not likely to see strides on marijuana legalization. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb historically has said he would not take action on legalization while marijuana remains illegal at the federal level. In the Statehouse, legalization