North Dakota Cannabis

North Dakota voters rejected Initiative Measure 5 legalizing recreational cannabis on Tuesday, with those opposed garnering 53.% of the vote, according to AP. The third time was not the charm for voters in North Dakota to legalize marijuana. Two years ago, a similar measure was also rejected at the...

North Dakota advocates have launched an ad campaign for Measure 5, a ballot initiative proposing the legalization of adult-use cannabis, aiming to capture millions in tax revenue and support local economic growth.  With Election Day a week away, the ad, led by the New Economic Frontier...

Less than two months before the Nov. 5 election, when cannabis adult-use will be voted in North Dakota, two Catholic bishops from the State are urging voters to reject Measure 5. Bishops David Kagan of Bismarck and John Folda of Fargo issued a joint statement to parishioners on Sept. 10, warning...

North Dakota voters will have the opportunity to decide on the legalization of adult-use marijuana in the upcoming November elections. This development follows the certification by Secretary of State Michael Howe, confirming that organizers had gathered the necessary valid signatures to place the...

Members of the New Economic Frontier, which is behind the push to legalize marijuana in North Dakota, delivered boxes filled with 22,444 signatures to the State Capitol on Monday. That's just days after the campaign confirmed it has gathered enough signatures to place the initiative on the November...

New Economic Frontier, which is behind the push to legalize marijuana in North Dakota, said on Tuesday that the campaign had gathered enough signatures to place the initiative on the November ballot, reported Marijuana Moment. The deadline to submit the signatures to the state is Monday, July 8. "...

The signature gathering for a 2024 ballot measure petition to legalize recreational cannabis in North Dakota has been underway for over two months. However, a new poll shared some bad news: most voters don’t want legal weed. More precisely, 57% of those asked said they oppose the recreational...

Over a week after a group of North Dakotans filed a 2024 ballot measure petition to legalize recreational cannabis, the state's top election official gave the green light for signature gathering to begin, reported ABC News. The New Economic Frontier, a cannabis advocacy committee behind the push,...

A group of 27 North Dakotans filed a 2024 ballot measure petition Tuesday to legalize adult-use cannabis.  What happened: A cannabis advocacy committee, New Economic Frontier, is sponsoring the measure that would allow adults 21 and older to legally use and purchase marijuana for recreational...

As the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference returns to Miami (April 11-12) bringing together top CEOs, investors, leaders, advocates, and politicians, let's review the latest regulatory changes in the space. Governor To Decide Fate Of North Dakota Bill Allowing Hospice Patients To Access...

North Dakotans won't be consuming medical cannabis edibles anytime soon. The two bills seeking to legalize the medical marijuana product category failed to advance through the state legislature. On Tuesday, members of GOP-led North Dakota House of Representatives killed House...

Retailers Will Ask For ID When Selling Cannabis In Thailand Cannabis was decriminalized in Thailand in 2022, making it the first country in Southeast Asia to do so. Since then, the country's government has been issuing ad hoc regulations as a way to set up a regulatory framework for the sector...

North Dakota marijuana activists managed to gather enough signatures to submit a petition for placing recreational cannabis legalization on the ballot scheduled for November. The group had a task of submitting 15,582 valid signatures, or 2% of the state’s population,...

Virginia Says Yes To Smokable Cannabis Flower Sales Lawmakers in Virginia voted for the legislation that enables the sale of smokable cannabis flower. (h/t Marijuana Business Daily) This should help advance the sales in the market, as flower sales usually stand for 50% of market sales. Considering...

The 2018 midterm elections left the U.S. with a Republican Senate, a Democratic House and three states with legalized cannabis. Michigan voted to legalize recreational marijuana, becoming the first state in the Midwest to do so, while Missouri and Utah passed ballot measures to allow the use of...