LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan has released an official symbol to label medical marijuana products that are sold in the state and is detailing required labeling for such products. The symbol is an upside-down green triangle with an image of …
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Massachusetts Commission Weighs ‘Cannabis Cafes’
By Bob Salsberg BOSTON (AP) — Could Massachusetts become the first U.S. state where adults can gather and use legal recreational marijuana at so-called “cannabis cafes?” The Cannabis Control Commission, the five-member panel set up to regulate the state’s marijuana …
Read More »Philly DA Dismissing Criminal Marijuana Cases ‘En Masse’
As prosecutors across the nation grapple with discrepancies in state and federal cannabis law, one district attorney in Philadelphia is taking a stand and tackling the real issues affecting his citizens. Philly DA Larry Krasner, who took office in January, …
Read More »Ohio Says Error Inadvertently Excluded Marijuana Grower
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Human error led to a company’s inadvertent exclusion from the proposed list of the dozen big growers in Ohio’s new medical marijuana program, the state Department of Commerce said Thursday. The agency uncovered …
Read More »Canada Experiencing Delays in Recreational Marijuana Rollout
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadians will have to wait until at least early August or later to legally purchase recreational marijuana. As recently as last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government was insisting it was on track for legalization in …
Read More »Guam: One Step Closer to Regulated Medical Marijuana Program
Years after the U.S. territory legalized medicinal cannabis, Guam’s Gov. Eddie Calvo signed legislation on Tuesday approving some long-overdue rules and regulations for the island’s medical marijuana program. Legalized in 2014 by Guam’s citizens, the program has languished in …
Read More »Sen. Gardner ‘Encouraged’ By Conversations About Marijuana Industry
By Sadie Gurman Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Colorado’s Republican U.S. senator said Thursday he will stop blocking nominees for some Justice Department jobs, saying he is encouraged by recent conversations with federal officials about the treatment of the state’s marijuana …
Read More »Utah House Passes Two Cannabis Bills for Terminally Ill, Advocates Skeptical
On Tuesday, the Utah House of Representatives approved — by a small margin — a bill that would see the Department of Agriculture provide oversight on commercial cultivation of medical marijuana. In Utah, the minimum number of affirmative votes a …
Read More »Cannabis Advocates Want Judge to Declare Marijuana Safe Under US Law
By Karen Matthews Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Army veteran Jose Belen says the horrors of the Iraq War left him with post-traumatic stress disorder, and the drug that helped him cope best with the symptoms was one his Veterans …
Read More »Six Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Open By Weekend
Pennsylvania’s pro-medical marijuana governor Tom Wolfe (D) announced Tuesday that the state’s 17,000+ registered patients will be allowed to purchase their medicine at six dispensaries throughout the Keystone State by Saturday. Cresco Yeltrah, the state’s first cultivator/dispensary to open its …
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