Canadian company Provence Brands is developing the world’s first beer brewed from cannabis. Continue reading at theweedblog.com
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Ohio’s Medical Marijuana Program Faces More Delays: Won’t Meet Deadline
Ohio officials have confirmed that the medical cannabis program there will not meet its deadline. Continue reading at theweedblog.com
Read More »The Week(s) Ahead: California Legislature Reconvenes on August 6. Marijuana Legislation Is a High Priority.
The Week Ahead is Monterey Bud’s weekly column focusing down on the most pressing cannabis policies, issues and discussions. Every Monday, Monterey Bud brings his voice to comment on the marijuana industry and the politics of cannabis from the perspective …
Read More »Poll Finds Something A Divided America Can Agree Upon: States Should Set Marijuana Policy
Marijuana legalization, federalism and the 10th Amendment to the US Constitution. This tangled web frustrates efforts to legalize weed nationally, so state governments have taken the lead. So, should states or the federal government decide? A new poll highlights just …
Read More »Detroit Police Gang Unit Raids Black-Owned, -Operated Marijuana Warehouse and Arrest 6
When a body was spotted on May 29, 2018, floating in the Detroit River, US Border Control officers were investigating a potential crime. Arriving in front of a warehouse the size of a city block in Detroit’s West Vernor neighborhood, …
Read More »Willie Nelson’s marijuana brand will soon be available in Canada
(photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons) Canadians can enjoy Willie Nelson’s very own cannabis once it becomes legal. LivWell Enlightened Health LLC is making a deal to secure perpetual distribution rights in Canada to Nelson’s marijuana brand Willie’s Reserve, reports Bloomberg News. …
Read More »Oklahoma Marijuana Legalization Unlikely to be Ready for November Vote, Secretary of State Says
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s secretary of state says an initiative petition to allow Oklahoma voters to decide whether to legalize cannabis for recreational use is “highly unlikely” to appear on the election ballot in November. Secretary of State James …
Read More »Law Enforcement Experts Call on California to Boost Funding to Monitor Marijuana Market
More resources are needed to police California’s massive cannabis industry – for the legal as well as the illicit trade, two California law enforcement and regulatory officials have warned during a meeting of California’s marijuana overseer. Jonathan Feldman, a legislative …
Read More »Marijuana Opponents Call on Vermont to Outlaw Gifts by Businesses
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Opponents of legal cannabis want Vermont’s Attorney General to explicitly prevent businesses from gifting marijuana. Democratic Attorney General T.J. Donovan could unveil guidance the week of July 23, 2018, on what critics call a loophole in …
Read More »Colorado Reports Teen Cannabis Use Is Down, but Adults Are Toking Up
As legalization continues to do away with the stigmas of prohibition’s past, the Centennial State’s leadership in cannabis reform has also decreased local teenage pot use, assuaging the primary worry of anti-weed advocates. In the first of the two government-led …
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