Category: Outlaw Report
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Biden Admin Insists Public Housing Residents Can’t Use Cannabis, Even For Medical Purposes
Cannabis users still aren’t welcome in public housing, according to the Biden administration. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) says it will keep denying federally-assisted public housing to those who use weed, whether or not they reside in a state that has legalized the plant. Earlier this year, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton,…
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Podcast: Mendelson’s About-Face On A Gray Market Crackdown
For the inaugural episode of our podcast’s third season, host Scott Cecil is joined by The Outlaw Report’s editor-in-chief to unpack how a last-minute legislative proposal to crack down on D.C.’s unpermitted cannabis shops quickly crashed and burned. It started last month when D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson quietly announced an emergency bill that would have…
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Maryland Lawmakers Discuss MSOs, Minority Ownership Challenges At House Legalization Hearing
As Maryland looks to at last join its neighbors in legalizing recreational cannabis and supercharge a medical industry that has generated more than half-a-billion dollars this year, concerns loom about how Black entrepreneurs can get in on the green rush before it’s too late. At the fourth meeting of the Maryland House Cannabis Legalization Workgroup…
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After I-81, How Legal Are Shrooms Now In D.C.? A Local Attorney Explains.
District voters took a big leap forward on the drug-liberalization front last year with the overwhelming passage of Initiative 81. The ballot initiative directed D.C. Police to cut back on the enforcement of laws that criminalize the planting, growing, distributing and buying of plant-based psychedelics, and for prosecutors to cease charging residents for such activities.…
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We’ve Revamped Our Website!
Dear readers, As you may have noticed, The Outlaw Report has gotten a bit of a makeover. Today, we’re proud to announce the launch of a fully redesigned website with a sleeker look, streamlined navigation and an updated set of tools and features. We hope you’ll take a moment to browse around, and that you’ll…
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D.C. Council Lifts Restrictions on Medical Cannabis Industry, Backs Off Gray Market Crackdown
The D.C. Council on Tuesday unanimously approved an emergency bill that aims to bolster the District’s medical cannabis program by easing restrictions on its patients. The measure, proposed last week by Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, extends the validity of patient registrations, creates two-year medical cannabis cards, doubles the amount of cannabis patients can legally carry…
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Facing Public Backlash, Mendelson Backtracks On Gray Market Crackdown
After an immediate public backlash from advocates and business owners, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson on Monday scrapped part of an emergency bill that would have tightened the screws on unpermitted weed shops and delivery services. The updated version of the bill, which the council will consider on Tuesday, no longer penalizes gray market cannabis…
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Can Maryland Expunge All Possession Charges After Legalizing Cannabis? It’s Complicated, Officials Say.
As advocates and legislators gear up for Maryland’s most serious legalization push yet, officials are giving some overdue focus to the other side of the coin: what to do about decades’ worth of prior cannabis possession charges and convictions? “It is an incredibly large number of cases that have been identified that go all the…
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D.C. Council Chairman Proposes Emergency Bill To Crack Down On Unlicensed Cannabis Shops
The D.C. Council will consider an emergency measure next week that would give local authorities more power to crack down on the dozens of businesses that sell cannabis without a medical permit in the District — also known as the gray market. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson on Thursday requested to add the emergency bill to…
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Ask A Stoner: Is It Bad To Smoke Weed And Drink Alcohol?
I’d be willing to bet that some of you stoners out there have knocked back a few cold ones while passing around a joint (pre-COVID, hopefully). Listen, you can do whatever you want. I’m not your dad. But as the resident stoner here at The Outlaw Report, I think it’s worth considering how cannabis and…
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New Poll Shows Marylanders Still Strongly Support Cannabis Legalization
Three-fifths of Marylanders support legalizing recreational cannabis use while one-third are opposed, according to the latest polling out of Goucher College. The results, shared on Tuesday, represent a slight dip from seven months ago, when 67% of surveyed adults said they supported allowing recreational use, in line with policies across 18 states and the District…
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Hopkins Scores $4 Million From NIH To Study Psilocybin As Tool To Quit Smoking
With top medical research institutions now giving regular and serious consideration to the medical utility of psychedelics, the federal government is finally putting some money behind the movement. Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Medicine announced Monday that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will provide nearly $4 million to help researchers study how psilocybin, known more colloquially…