Photo via O’Dea Four years after being legalized, medical cannabis is finally available for registered patients in Maryland today. Ten dispensaries in the state have at last been cleared to open their doors and serve more than 8,000 patients who …
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Cannabis Prohibition in New York Has Everything Working Against It – News
Photo via 400tmax Cannabis prohibition in New York State could have a fast approaching expiration date — if legislators take into account all the factors working against it. According to a recent poll, 62 percent of New York voters think cannabis …
Read More »Hawaii Police Will Reevaluate Policy to Confiscate Guns from Medical Marijuana Patients – News
Lead photo via Flickr user Michael Saechang The Honolulu Police Department sent a series of letters to the island’s medical marijuana card holders, demanding the surrender of all registered firearms. The policy has not gone as smoothly as intended, and …
Read More »Minnesota Expands Medical Marijuana Program, But Providers Are Struggling to Meet Demand – News
The Minnesota Department of Health has added to the list of qualifying conditions for which medical marijuana can be recommended, expanding one of the strictest MMJ programs in the country. As of next July, patients suffering from autism spectrum disorders …
Read More »Jeff Sessions’ Long, Strange Obsession With Cannabis: A Timeline – News
Photo via Flickr user Gage Skidmore During a news briefing about America’s deadly opioid epidemic yesterday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions once again levied threats against the country’s state-approved cannabis industry, returning to the downright false narrative that the anti-weed top …
Read More »Washington State Finally Considers Allowing Recreational Home-Grows – News
Recreational cannabis has been legal in Washington state since 2012, but while adult recreational users are free to purchase weed from retail stores, they are prohibited from growing their own. That may be about to change now that the Washington …
Read More »Legislators Push Congress to Extend Amendment Protecting State-Legal Medical Cannabis – News
Although Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made a number of threats to crack down on states that have legalized cannabis, his hands have been tied by an amendment to a federal budget bill, known as the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment, that prevents …
Read More »Jamaican Cannabis Farmers Are Afraid That Legalization is Leaving Them Behind – News
Cannabis farm in Westmoreland, Jamaica; photo via Cannabis Pictures Although most people consider Jamaica and ganja to be virtually synonymous, the island’s government has actually been slow to embrace a legal cannabis industry. That is finally changing, as the country …
Read More »Need To Know: What is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Why Should You Care? – News
Lead photo via Flickr user Gage Skidmore Here at MERRY JANE we’re convinced that the world revolves around cannabis. From politics to culture, civil rights to economics, you can find keef dusted across every facet of modern life. But in …
Read More »Indiana Governor Demands That Stores Remove Any CBD Products Containing THC – News
Lead image via iStock Photo Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has ordered that all stores in his state remove or sell any CBD products containing any level of THC within the next 60 days. Excise police will “perform normal, periodic regulatory …
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