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“Is Wyoming ready to legalize marijuana?” Olsen said, later adding: “From my perspective it is only a matter of time before one of a few things happen.”
The UW survey found that 54% of Wyoming residents support allowing adults in Wyoming to legally possess marijuana for personal use. The study also found that 85% of Wyoming residents support medical use. 75% support decriminalizing marijuana.
Olsen also pointed recent Gallup polling released in Nov. 2020 which found that 68% of Americans overall support legalization of marijuana.
With support for legalization increasing, Olsen said that “many believe that legalization by ballot initiative in Wyoming [will be] viable as early as 2022.”
Wyoming drives at requiring rear-facing car seats for kids under two; hiking fines By Brendan LaChance on March 1, 2021
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CASPER, Wyo. Existing Wyoming law requires children under 9 years of age to be “properly secured in a child safety restraint system in a seat of the vehicle other than the front seat” but does not require young children to be restrained in a rear-facing car seat.
Rep. Kevin O’Hearn (Natrona County) said during the Wyoming House of Representatives Monday, March 1 floor session that House Bill 23 would require children under two years of age be secured in a rear-facing child safety restraint system.
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Rumblings of possible marijuana legalization felt as Wyoming House talk veteran mental health, PTSD By Brendan LaChance on February 3, 2021
A marijuana legalization supporter at rally outside the Wyoming Capitol. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City File)
CASPER, Wyo. The marijuana legalization debate is being felt in various corners of the Wyoming Legislature during their 2021 General Session.
House Bill 82, sponsored by six legislators, has been received for introduction in the Wyoming House of Representatives. The bill would task the Wyoming Department of Health with conducting a report that would “identify medical conditions that are, according to medical evidence, likely to benefit from treatment with medical marijuana.”