Let freedom ring via recent postings at Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform

I have not done a round-up of posts from my blogging over at Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform in a little while, and doing so today seems especially appropriate as we enjoy a last day for officially celebrating our nation’s founding in a commitment to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” So, here are some freedom ringing highlights (often at the intersection of criminal justice reform and marijuana reform) from MLP&R:

• Cannabis Freedom Alliance releases “Recommendations for Federal Regulation of Legal Cannabis”

• Marijuana liberty in America showing rapid growth as we mark Independence Day 2021

• What do Connecticut, South Dakota and Virginia all have in common today?

• Justice Thomas talks up reconsidering Raich, but has no compatriots (yet)

• “Seeds of Change: Strategies to create an equitable cannabis industry”

• Red state marijuana reforms not yet leading to GOP Senator support for federal reform

• Alabama Gov signs medical marijuana legislation just days after Mississippi Supreme Court blows up medical marijuana initiative

• “Changes in traffic crash rates after legalization of marijuana: results by crash severity”

• Connecticut on verge of becoming 18th state to fully legalize marijuana (and fifth state in 2021)

• “Marijuana Tax Revenue in States that Regulate Marijuana for Adult Use”

• Another notable accounting of marijuana tax revenues

• “Illegal drug market responses to state recreational cannabis laws”

• “Data, Damn Lies, and Cannabis Policy: Reefer Madness and the Methodological Crimes of the New Prohibitionists”