The very first fair-trade coffee was an effort to import a Guatemalan coffee into Europe as Indio Solidarity Coffee. Since the founding of organizations such as the European Fair Trade Association (1987), the production and consumption of fair trade coffee has grown as some local and national coffee chains started to offer fair trade alternatives.
Unfortunately, the state of Nebraska is yet to approve any medical marijuana laws. A medical marijuana initiative to amend the stateâs constitution to legalize marijuana for patients with debilitating medical conditions failed to acquire the necessary signatures to make the November 2016 ballot.
On July 29, 2016, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a law decriminalizing possession of marijuana, making the state the 21st and third largest in the nation to do so. Under the new law, possession of 10 grams of marijuana or less is now punishable by fines of $100 to $200, instead of jail time.