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Reefer Report Card Vol. 30 tracks a week where legalization stalled while rollback efforts gained ground. Ballot initiatives threatened regulated markets, federal reform stayed stalled, and patients were left navigating uncertainty. Demand remained strong, but oversight weakened. Another week where cannabis survived while governance quietly failed.
Reefer Report Card Vol. 29 tracks a week where cannabis demand held steady while governance cracked. Ballot initiatives threatened regulated markets, federal reform stalled behind messaging, and patients absorbed the fallout. Legal weed stayed popular. Oversight became optional. Another week where legalization survived but accountability did not.
Ballot initiatives in Massachusetts, Maine, and Arizona aim to dismantle regulated adult-use cannabis markets while keeping possession legal. The strategy avoids prohibition language while stripping away oversight, legal supply, and market stability. If successful, these efforts could establish a precedent that makes voter-approved cannabis legalization reversible nationwide.
Idaho clings to prohibition while veterans beg for relief. Kind Idaho fights to decriminalize a plant that heals, while lawmaker Bruce Skaug pushes laws that jail the sick and silence voters. This is not policy, it is punishment. The question is simple: Does Idaho fear weed more than truth?
Arkansas’ Supreme Court struck down a ballot initiative to expand medical marijuana, ruling that the measure was misleading to voters. With the election just weeks away, advocates are left reeling
