Washington, D.C. — The Marijuana Policy Project (“MPP”), the nation’s leading cannabis organization, announced that Adam J. Smith will join the organization as Executive Director. Smith, a 30-year veteran of the drug policy reform movement, brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of advocacy successes that will further MPP's mission of ending cannabis prohibition and advancing sensible regulations nationwide.
Austin, TX — On Saturday, Governor Greg Abbott (R) signed a medical cannabis expansion bill (HB 46) into law, making Texas the 40th state to legalize cannabis for medical use.
Harrisburg, P.A. — In its first four years of legal sales, Pennsylvania can anticipate $1-1.4 billion in adult-use cannabis tax revenue, according to a report released by the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP).
Washington, D.C. — States have generated a combined total of more than $24.7 billion in tax revenue from legal adult-use cannabis sales since the first adult-use cannabis markets launched in Colorado and Washington in 2014, according to a new report published by the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP).