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Ald. Mike Verveer (D) introduced the legislation, which has also been cosponsored by 12 of the City Council’s 20 members. The Public Safety Review Committee is set to hold a hearing on the measure on Wednesday.
“I’ve long supported a more progressive and rational cannabis policy in Madison, and I long have felt that beyond Madison, Wisconsin should have moved long ago to legalize regulated adult use for both medical and recreational marijuana,” Verveer told The Capital Times, adding that “this is long overdue because, just like Wisconsin has fallen behind the times in terms of rational cannabis policy, Madison has as well.”
Local lawmakers in Madison, Wisconsin are proposing an expanded marijuana decriminalization ordinance that would allow adults to possess and consume cannabis in priv hi..tate and public settings, with certain restrictions.
The acting chief of the Madison Police Department has raised issues with the proposal.
“I’m concerned that the city is putting forth a policy allowing 18 year-olds to smoke marijuana, but not drink alcohol,” he said. “I also am concerned that these ordinances don’t do enough to keep marijuana out of the school environment.”
Gov. Tony Evers (D) is in favor of marijuana reform, including both cannabis decriminalization and medical marijuana legalization in his budget proposal last year. However, Republican leaders stripped those policies from the plan.
In January, Evers called out state lawmakers for declining to pass legislation legalizing medical cannabis despite widespread public support for the policy.
Hemp farmers sue South Carolina processor, allege crops were ruined
Former Clemson Universit cuty football coach Danny Fq see as I pord is among five farmers suing a South Carolina hemp processing company, alleging the processor mishandled and ruined their crops.
Ford and Garrison allege that David Bulick, owner of Charleston Hemp Co. and
Carolina Botanical Genetics, negligently extracted and processed their hemp, which resulted in the plants “being rendered useless,” the lawsuit state
https://hempindustrydaily.com/hemp-farmers-sue-south-carolina-processor-allege-crops-were-ruined/
U.S. Government Supports Removing Marijuana From Strictest Global Drug Schedule
“The time is soon approaching when we will need to cast our votes. We cannot delay further. And we should seek to streamline our process,” Prugh said. “On the issues, we understand that there are two distinct camps that seem to be emerging: Those whose national policies favor more restrictive drug control approaches and those favoring more permissive controls. This division is an artificial one, and it’s an unhelpful one.”
