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Jersey City, NJ – Today, Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), and it’s affiliate, NJ Responsible Approaches to Marijuana (NJ-RAMP), will be testifying about the impact of marijuana legalization in front of the New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus. You can watch it live here!   WHO:  New Jersey Responsible Approaches to Marijuana Policy (NJ-RAMP) Coalition Members, including Kevin […]

Auto Club and SAM Believe A Collective Pause Needs To Be Taken Before Maryland Considers Legalizing Recreational Marijuana  TOWSON, MD (February 20, 2018) — Mid-Atlantic and Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) are opposing a marijuana legalization bill being heard today at 1:00 p.m. in the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee in Annapolis that would impact traffic safety on […]

NEW ILLINOIS MASON-DIXON POLL SHOWS  LARGE MAJORITY OPPOSES LEGALIZING RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA  Poll finds only 23% support the legalization of recreational marijuana; 69% want other options such as maintaining current decriminalization law CHICAGO – The majority of voters in Illinois oppose legalizing recreational marijuana, according to a recent poll conducted by Mason-Dixon and paid for by SAM Action, a non-profit organization sponsoring Healthy & […]

Report by prominent marijuana policy group finds costs would outweigh any tax revenue under legalization HARTFORD, CT – Today, Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), in conjunction with the Connecticut chapter of SAM (CT-SAM), released a comprehensive report on the projected costs of legalization in Connecticut — finding that legalization would cost the state $216 million, far outweighing even […]

NEW FDU POLL SHOWS MAJORITY OF NEW JERSEYANS OPPOSE LEGALIZING RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA “Anyone who expected legalization to happen quickly and easily might reconsider given these findings,” said Krista Jenkins to the Star-Ledger, professor of political science and director of the FDU Poll. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 1, 2018   CONTACT:  Jeanette Hoffman 908-418-0859   TRENTON – The […]

Statement by SAM on Vermont Governor Signing Possession Legislation (January 22, 2018 – Alexandria, VA) “Today, Governor Phil Scott signed H.511 into law, permitting adults over 21 to possess and cultivate marijuana beginning in July of this year. Unlike some reports, this bill will not legalize marijuana sales. While SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana) always […]

Half of Americans support alternatives to full marijuana legalization: poll Half of Americans now support alternatives to full legalization of recreational marijuana use, according to a new poll following the Justice Department’s decision to change the federal law enforcement policy on the drug. (Josh Delk, The Hill) Half of Americans now support alternatives to full legalization of […]

Contact: SAM Press Office/Luke Niforatos            FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   press@learnaboutsam.org; 303-335-7584                                January 17, 2018   New National Poll Shows Support for Marijuana Legalization Dips Below 50% When Voters Are Given Other Policy Choices Mason-Dixon poll on marijuana finds support […]

(The Hill) Attorney General Jeff Sessions will roll back an Obama-era policy that gave states leeway to allow marijuana for recreational purposes. The Justice Department on Thursday afternoon released a memoannouncing that the so-called Cole memo — which ordered U.S. attorneys in states where marijuana has been legalized to deprioritize prosecution of marijuana-related cases — would be […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rescinded an Obama-era policy that paved the way for legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country, creating new confusion about enforcement and use just three days after a new legalization law went into effect in California. President Donald Trump’s top law enforcement official announced the […]

Contact: SAM Press Office/Luke Niforatos          FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  press@learnaboutsam.org; 303-335-7584           January 4, 2018 DOJ WILL RESCIND COLE MEMO, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMUNITIES APPLAUD MOVE DOJ Decision Will Dry Up Money To Marijuana Industry   (January 4, 2018 – Alexandria, VA) – The Department of Justice will announce today […]

Contact: SAM Press Office/Luke Niforatos                                               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  press@learnaboutsam.org; 303-335-7584                                               […]