San Francisco, Calif. Considers Creating Cannabis Department for Adult-Use Rollout
Mon / Mar 20th
San Francisco, California is considering legislation to create a Cannabis Department to help the city handle the implementation of the… Read More
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New York State College’s Hemp Society Industrial Hemp Proposal Waitlisted
Mon / Mar 20th
A proposal to grow hemp by the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s Hemp Society… Read More
New Hampshire Lawmakers Consider Adding Connective Tissue Disorder to MMJ List
Mon / Mar 20th
New Hampshire advocates are lobbying state lawmakers to pass a bill adding Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a painful connective tissue disorder, to the… Read More
Bill Imposing 6% MMJ Sales Tax in Conn. Strongly Opposed at Hearing
Mon / Mar 20th
Connecticut lawmakers are considering adding a 6 percent sales tax to medical cannabis products, but the plan didn’t gain much… Read More
Georgia Senate Passes Bill to Expand MMJ Qualifying Conditions
Fri / Mar 17th
Georgia’s Senate has passed a bill that would expand the qualifying conditions for medical cannabis use, while keeping the maximum… Read More
Chronic Pain Patients Can Apply for MMJ in NY Starting Next Week
Fri / Mar 17th
Chronic pain patients in New York will be able to seek a physician’s recommendation for medical cannabis beginning Mar. 22… Read More
Ark. Senate Passes Six Bills Related to Voter-Approved MMJ Statute
Fri / Mar 17th
The Arkansas Senate has passed six bills relating to medical cannabis, including one that codifies the creation of the Medical… Read More
Oxford University Launches Cannabinoid Biomedicine Research Program
Fri / Mar 17th
Oxford University is teaming with Kingsley Capital Partners on a multi-million dollar medical cannabis research program to develop new therapies… Read More
Adult-Use Measure Introduced in West Va.
Thu / Mar 16th
Democratic West Virginia House Delegate Sean Hornbuckle has introduced a bill to legalize cannabis use for adults 21 and older… Read More
Montana Lawmakers Considering 6% MMJ Sales Tax
Thu / Mar 16th
Lawmakers in Montana are considering adding a 6 percent tax on medical cannabis sales which would be diverted to the… Read More
San Diego Supervisors Ban Cannabis Businesses in Unincorporated Areas
Thu / Mar 16th
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has passed a ban on cannabis farms and dispensaries in unincorporated areas, which… Read More
Israel Grants Preliminary MMJ Cultivation Licenses to 37 Farmers
Thu / Mar 16th
Israel’s Health Ministry has issued 37 preliminary permits to farmers to build facilities to cultivate medicinal cannabis, according to a… Read More
AG Jeff Sessions Indicates No Plan to Scrap Cole Memo
Wed / Mar 15th
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions told reporters on Wednesday that he may maintain cannabis industry guidelines set in place by… Read More
Cannabis Decriminalization Bills Filed in Fla.
Wed / Mar 15th
Bills have been filed in both houses of Florida’s legislature that would decriminalize up to 1 ounce of cannabis and… Read More
Federal Cannabis Sentences Declined Sharply Under Obama Administration
Wed / Mar 15th
During the last five years of the Obama Administration, sentences for federal cannabis crimes plummeted, according to statistics from the… Read More
Class-Action Lawsuits Filed in Canada Over Tainted Products from Licensed Producers
Wed / Mar 15th
A third class-action lawsuit has been filed in Canada over tainted medical cannabis sold by Mettrum Ltd., the Globe and… Read More
MedBox Officers Charged with Fraud by SEC
Wed / Mar 15th
Cannabis vending machine company MedBox have been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission for misleading investors by creating a… Read More
Ethical Imperatives in Cannabis Advertising: How the Right Branding Can Change the World
Tue / Mar 14th
People tend to have a lot of mixed feelings when it comes to advertising. They think of Mad Men –… Read More
Colo. House Passes Bill Limiting Home Grows
Tue / Mar 14th
Colorado’s House of Representatives has passed a bill that would impose a 16-plant limit on residential grows – part of… Read More
Small Pa. Cities Hopeful MMJ Industry Can Help Economic Woes
Tue / Mar 14th
A group of private investors, including Pittsburgh Steelers legend Franco Harris, have applied to operate a medical cannabis cultivation facility… Read More
Virginia Gov. Expected to Sign Cannabis Reform Bills
Tue / Mar 14th
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is expected to sign three cannabis-related bills that would allow pharmacies to produce and sell cannabis… Read More
Bill Limiting MMJ Smoking Fails Again in Ark. Senate
Tue / Mar 14th
The Arkansas Senate has again rejected a medical cannabis smoking ban after the measure was initially defeated by the body… Read More
North Carolina Greenlights Industrial Hemp Program
Mon / Mar 13th
Farmers in North Carolina can now apply to grow industrial hemp as part of a pilot program in the state,… Read More
New Mexico Gov. Vetoes Industrial Hemp Bill
Mon / Mar 13th
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez vetoed Senate Bill 6 on Saturday, which would have authorized the state to adopt a… Read More