Tennessee Proposal Would Decriminalize Cannabis
Tue / Jan 14th
A cannabis decriminalization bill has been introduced in Tennessee; the proposal would also allow counties to individually legalize adult-use cannabis.
TG joined Ganjapreneur in 2014 as a news writer and began hosting the Ganjapreneur podcast in 2016. He is based in upstate New York, where he also teaches media studies at a local university.
Tue / Jan 14th
A cannabis decriminalization bill has been introduced in Tennessee; the proposal would also allow counties to individually legalize adult-use cannabis.
Tue / Jan 14th
A Florida group collecting signatures for an adult-use legalization ballot initiative has called off its 2020 push; meanwhile, however, an adult-use legalization bill was filed in the legislature.
Tue / Jan 14th
Different polls in New Mexico found opposite results when weighing the state’s enthusiasm for cannabis legalization. Lawmakers are meeting to discuss potential reforms next week.
Mon / Jan 13th
Cannabis business insurance from the American Association of Insurance Services has been expanded into Nevada, which is the third state to approve the insurance program alongside Colorado and California.
Mon / Jan 13th
Cannabis seizures by the U.S. Border Patrol have increased by 75% since Canada’s adult-use legalization of cannabis took effect in 2018.
Mon / Jan 13th
The Global Hemp Innovation Center operated by Oregon State University will receive $2.5 million from the federal government earmarked as part of a larger federal funding bill.
Fri / Jan 10th
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo renewed his pledge to legalize cannabis during his 2020 State of the State address this week.
Fri / Jan 10th
Weedmaps has unlisted 2,700 unlicensed cannabis dispensaries since January 1; the company had received a cease-and-desist letter from California regulators last year.
Fri / Jan 10th
Cresco Labs in Chicago has opened the application period for the company’s community business incubator program called SEED, or Social Equity & Education Development.
Thu / Jan 9th
California officials have updated the parameters of Proposition 65 to include cannabis smoke and THC as reproductive toxins that will require warning labels on all packaging.
Thu / Jan 9th
The Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act cleared a second Democratically-controlled committee after the House Small Business Committee voted 24-10 in bipartisan favor of advancing the bill.
Thu / Jan 9th
South Dakota’s Secretary of State’s office has validated a ballot initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis for the 2020 November election season.
Wed / Jan 8th
A man who was jailed in Texas on federal drug charges has been freed after nearly a month; he was freed when lab tests finally confirmed his 3,350-pound hemp shipment contained less than 0.3 percent THC.
Wed / Jan 8th
One week after the launch of legal cannabis sales in the state, Illinois dispensaries are already low on products, forcing some to close and/or stop serving adult-use customers.
Wed / Jan 8th
High Times Holdings has shifted leadership with the new year, replacing President Kraig Fox with Stormy Simon, former president of Overstock.com and one of the company’s independent directors.
Tue / Jan 7th
Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway airports have established so-called cannabis amnesty boxes for travelers who want to dispose of any adult-use products before heading through a security checkpoint.
Tue / Jan 7th
Aurora Cannabis has listed its Exeter, Ontario-based greenhouse for sale at an asking price of C$17 million, a potential sign of financial stress for the Canadian firm.
Tue / Jan 7th
The Brown County, Illinois Sheriff’s Office has reportedly made the state’s first cannabis arrest since the January 1 legalization launch date.
Mon / Jan 6th
Since hemp legalization took effect in the state last June, cannabis prosecutions in Texas have plummetted by 66%.
Mon / Jan 6th
A cannabis storage device by Keep Labs won an award at this year’s CES but trade show organizers blocked the company from using the word “cannabis” in any of its exhibition materials; the company ultimately declined to exhibit its product.
Mon / Jan 6th
An EU court has ruled against the Cannabis Store Amsterdam’s attempts to register a trademark because it is “contrary to public policy,” according to the court.
Fri / Jan 3rd
Federal regulators have unveiled a new policy that will enforce an FDA ban on fruit and mint flavors in e-cigarettes.
Fri / Jan 3rd
THCP, a cannabinoid recently discovered by Italian researchers, appears to have an affinity for CB1 receptors that is “more than thirty-fold higher” than that of THC.
Fri / Jan 3rd
During the first day of legal sales in Illinois, dispensaries in the state generated nearly $3.2 million from cannabis.
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