By Ana Martinez-OrtizCannabis (photo from Cannabis Wiki)Eight years ago, Sen. Melissa Agard (D-Madison) introduced a bill on the senate floor to legalize cannabis in Wisconsin. The bill received little support, but during a press conference at Sun...

August 14, 2021

EAU CLAIRE COUNTY (WQOW) - Possessing marijuana could cost Eau Claire County residents just a buck if caught red-handed. On Wednesday night, the City-County Board of Health is discussing support of a proposed ordinance change put forward by a c...

July 28, 2021

“The federal government’s current approach is a half-in, half-out regime that simultaneously allows and bans the local use of marijuana. This paradoxical instability distorts the basic principles of federalism and is careless. Hide the...

July 13, 2021

Wisconsin saw a significant decline in the number of hemp growers and processors operating this year. That’s according to data from the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP).Hemp growers and processors a...

June 15, 2021

CAMBRIDGE - Rob Pero was never much of an alcohol drinker.He doesn’t do well with it, so natural cannabis has always been his choice.And when Wisconsin launched a hemp production pilot program as part of the 2018 Farm Bill, Pero jumped at th...

May 21, 2021

A single mother of four and newly elected state senator may just be Wisconsin’s political champion for cannabis legalization.Wisconsin State Sen. Melissa Agard (D-Madison) represents the state’s 16th district, which covers areas of Mon...

May 8, 2021

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Activists from Wisconsin marched to the Capitol Saturday to say they want legalized pot, as included in Governor Tony Evers’s budget proposal.Gov. Evers, a Democrat, wants to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana and ha...

May 1, 2021

Cannabis growing in Leafline Labs headquarters, in Cottage Grove, Minnesota. The 42,000-square-foot indoor cultivation and production facility is used to grow marijuana for medical uses and create various pharmaceutical cannabis products. ...

May 1, 2021

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, proposed full marijuana legalization for the state in his 2021-23 biennial budget. The proposal comes nearly two years after Republican legislators shot down Evers' previous plan to legalize medical marijuan...

February 20, 2021

37 members of Congress sent a letter to President Biden on Thursday, urging him to issue a blanket pardon to those with federal nonviolent cannabis offenses. The effort was led by Congressional Cannabis Caucus co-chairs Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Earl...

February 20, 2021

MADISON, Wis. -- Despite dispensaries quickly popping up along Illinois' northern border after that state legalized recreational marijuana almost a year ago, local law enforcement officials say they have not yet seen any major impacts here in Wisc...

January 3, 2021

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) -- In the eight years since Colorado legalized marijuana, it's been an open question whether Wyoming would someday follow the lead of its southerly neighbor. Lawmakers did legalize hemp and CBD products in 2019. Both lack mariju...

November 21, 2020