Out of the estimated one million Californians eligible to have their records cleared, only a few thousand have completed the process, due to the time, effort, and legal fees involved. Several District Attorneys’ offices around the state decided to take …
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California Updates Regulations for Recreational and Medical Cannabis Industries
Late last week, state officials decided to extend these temporary rules for another six months, with a few minor changes. The three agencies designated to license and regulate the state’s cannabis industry – the Bureau of Cannabis Control, the California …
Read More »Canadian Researchers Are Using Government Grants to Make Weed-Infused Beer
If all goes as planned, we’ll be drinking green beer by next St. Patrick’s Day without the aid of any extracurricular food coloring. In Ontario, one Canadian cannabis company is bringing together weed industry expertise, university scientists, and government grants, …
Read More »Nevada Cannabis Entrepreneur Questioned Over Dealings with Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen
As part of the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, federal investigators seized documents and records from Cohen’s home, office, and hotel. In addition to his political dealings, investigators were also interested in the attorney’s involvement in …
Read More »Need to Know: High School Shooting in Texas Reignites Gun Control Debate
According to a report from National Public Radio, the suspect in Friday’s shooting, Dimitrios Pagourtzis – a 17-year-old student at Santa Fe High School – was apprehended after the rampage, and remains in custody as he awaits trial. After firing …
Read More »Mayor Bill de Blasio Tells NYPD to Stop Arresting People for Smoking in Public
Police officers in New York will finally stop arresting people for smoking weed on city streets and in public parks. Responding to statistical data that has shown a prevalence of racially-biased marijuana policing, NYPD cops will cease filing cannabis consumption …
Read More »John Boehner’s Pot Firm Is Bringing Big Weed to New Jersey
Acreage Holdings, a New York-based cannabis firm operating dispensaries as well as cultivation and processing operations in 11 states, has announced a partnership with Compassionate Care Foundation, a south Jersey medical cannabis dispensary, to break ground on a new cultivation …
Read More »Kansas Legalizes CBD Products for Adult-Use Sales
Cannabis reform is coming to Kansas, but there won’t be any dispensaries or grow houses opening up in Topeka or Wichita. Instead of a restrictive medical marijuana program or all-out legalization, Kansas has legalized non-psychoactive, hemp-derived CBD products for adult-use …
Read More »Surprise Vote in Congress Protects Medical Marijuana From Federal Interference
However state-legal canna-businesses can now breathe a temporary sigh of relief, as a new budget amendment proposed by Republican Rep. David Joyce is likely to protect them until the end of next year. As Joyce himself tweeted yesterday: Great news …
Read More »Canadian Beer Industry Pushes for Higher Pot Taxes to Stifle Competition
When it comes to smoking weed, the grass is a little greener in Canada. “While cannabis companies in the United States can’t even have bank accounts, in Canada there are publicly traded cannabis companies on the stock market. In anticipation …
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