Virginia Becomes First Southern State to Approve Cannabis Legalization
Mon / Mar 1st
Virginia is set to become the first Southern state to legalize after lawmakers advanced legislation to undo cannabis prohibition starting in 2024.
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.
Mon / Mar 1st
Virginia is set to become the first Southern state to legalize after lawmakers advanced legislation to undo cannabis prohibition starting in 2024.
Mon / Mar 1st
A new report found that sales of cannabis products marketed for sleep have skyrocketed 635% since the start of the pandemic.
Mon / Mar 1st
Rowan University in New Jersey launched a cannabis institute to assist lawmakers, healthcare professionals, businesses, and more on cannabis and cannabis policy.
Fri / Feb 26th PODCAST
Elliot Lewis is the owner and founder of Catalyst Cannabis Co., a competitive chain of cannabis retailers in Southern California.
Fri / Feb 26th
Washington state’s Supreme Court essentially decriminalized drug possession yesterday after declaring the state’s felony drug possession law to be unconstitutional.
Fri / Feb 26th
IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig said during a recent House subcommittee hearing that the agency would prefer if cannabis industry tax payments were not paid in cash.
Fri / Feb 26th
Lawmakers in Morocco are set to legalize the production and use of medical cannabis products as soon as next week.
Fri / Feb 26th
A Missouri lawmaker has proposed expanding the state’s Right to Try law to include psychedelic substances such as psilocybin, MDMA, LSD, mescaline, ibogaine, and DMT.
Thu / Feb 25th
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal has instructed prosecutors to dismiss any pending cannabis-related charges that would no longer be illegal under the state’s new legalization law.
Thu / Feb 25th
In a bipartisan move, Virginia lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly in favor of allowing flower products in the state’s medical cannabis program.
Thu / Feb 25th
Maryland’s House Judiciary Committee yesterday considered legislation that would legalize adult-use cannabis, establish sweeping social equity provisions for the industry, and release prisoners currently serving time for cannabis crimes.
Wed / Feb 24th
Eaze’s former CEO Jim Patterson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Two co-conspirators in the case are scheduled for a federal trial on March 1.
Wed / Feb 24th
Public schools in Peoria County, Illinois are getting just over $858,000 in cannabis-derived tax revenue from the state.
Wed / Feb 24th
A preliminary CBG study found that the cannabinoid showed effectiveness at impairing the progression of glioblastoma, which is considered the most aggressive of primary brain tumors.
Tue / Feb 23rd
In new amendments to his adult-use cannabis proposal, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling for a $100 million Cannabis Social Equity Fund and for establishing cannabis delivery in the state.
Tue / Feb 23rd
Cannabis company Parallel has entered into an acquisition agreement with Ceres Acquisition Corp that would see the combined company go public.
Tue / Feb 23rd
Tennessee lawmakers are considering legislation for a new medical cannabis commission that would analyze appropriate steps for enacting cannabis reforms in the state.
Mon / Feb 22nd
Montana state Rep. Bill Mercer (R) has proposed delaying the state’s voter-approved cannabis legalization initiative until 2023, saying the voters’ decision, “doesn’t make any sense.”
Mon / Feb 22nd
CBD Industries LLC — which was formally registered as cbdMD and still trades under that name — is suing Majik Medicine for infringement. Notably, Majik Medicine holds a trademark from 2017 for the “CBD MD” moniker, which cbdMD argues was erroneously awarded.
Mon / Feb 22nd
Former NBA player and coach Isiah Thomas has invested $3 million into One World Pharma, a licensed hemp and cannabis ingredient producer in Colombia.
Fri / Feb 19th
The U.S. Tax Court ruled that California-based San Jose Wellness, a subsidiary of Harborside, is liable for $4.2 million in taxes under federal law.
Fri / Feb 19th
New Jersey regulators can resume their review of medical cannabis license applications under a recent appellate court ruling. The licensing process has been delayed for more than a year due to lawsuits.
Fri / Feb 19th
For the first time ever, a proposal for legalizing adult-use cannabis has passed through a legislative committee in Minnesota.
Thu / Feb 18th
The Budz Lounge in Wagoner, Oklahoma opened its doors as a warming station and shelter for the town’s homeless population, who had nowhere else to turn amid a dangerous winter storm.
Website & branding by the Ganjapreneur in-house agency:
Uplifted cannabis industry branding & marketing.