A #Republican-controlled #Pennsylvania #Senate committee on held what was billed as the first of a series of hearings on the potential legalization of #recreational #marijuana use for #adults. During the two-hour #Law and #Justice Committee hearing in #Harrisburg, lawmakers and panelists #wrestled with questions about whether legalization would stamp out the #black #market, make marijuana safer from deadly contaminants, or do anything to prevent users from dipping joints in e

#PuertoRico has taken an important step on the road to #economic recovery, with the approval by a federal judge of “the largest municipal #debt restructuring in #US history.” As the island looks for a fresh start, it should adopt a forward-thinking legal framework that allows it to harness the vast economic opportunities presented by #cannabis. In 2015, Puerto Rico declared “it could not afford to #pay its more than $70 #billion public #debt load it had accumulated through de