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Veterans, businesses ask Texas lawmakers to keep hemp products legal; others call for complete ban

May 31, 2024
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Hemp Policy & Legal, News & Insights, Texas
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For Mitch Fuller, the hemp-derived products available to legally purchase in Texas are life-saving medications that can prevent veteran deaths by suicide or lethal overdoses from opioids that are prescribed by traditional doctors. For Dr. Sheela Gavvala, the same products…

California comedown: how illicit cannabis farms have left a wilderness where ‘you’re lucky to see a lizard’

The golden state legalised marijuana production in 2016, but strict curbs have led to a thriving black market. Its hub is in Siskiyou county, where the environmental damage is clear to see In the shadow of Mount Shasta in northern California,…

Watch the Skies! Nova is Coming!

May 28, 2024
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Massachusetts-based Nova Farms is a very unique, if recognizable, breed of cannabis company, a throwback from the future, if you will, legacy at heart, sustainable by choice, modern in its thinking, wholesale but also retail, rooted to the soil but…

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4 Tips for Cannabis Brands to Connect with Journalists and Generate Publicity in 2024

Publicity is essential for cannabis brands in 2024. Many marketing and advertising opportunities are not available to businesses operating in and with the cannabis industry, which means convincing journalists to talk about your brand in their content should be a…

How the largest cannabis greenhouse in Arizona helped revamp Snowflake’s rural economy

SNOWFLAKE — As the sun rises across the White Mountains, many in northern Arizona are still trying to catch a few more hours of sleep. But at Copperstate Farms, nearly 200 employees are already hard at work throughout the 40-acre…

Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US, a new study says

Millions of people in the U.S. report using marijuana daily or nearly every day, according to an analysis of national survey data, and those people now outnumber those who say they are daily or nearly-daily drinkers of alcohol. Alcohol is still…

Legalized Weed Is Landing More Seniors in the E.R.

In Canada, cannabis poisonings rose sharply among people 65 and older after the country legalized the drug, a new study found. As more places legalize marijuana, policymakers and health officials have worried about the health risks that the drug may…

Could Martha’s Vineyard run out of weed?

Two cannabis businesses on the Vineyard and Nantucket warn that strict shipping rules could crimp supply on the islands. They’re suing to change them. Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket are at the risk of running low on cannabis this summer, amid…

California’s biggest cannabis delivery company faces foreclosure

California’s largest pot delivery service is in financial trouble after it defaulted on a major loan and now faces foreclosure, according to a document filed in Delaware court earlier this month. Eaze, which was founded in San Francisco in 2014 and was…

I Bought Some Great Legal Weed – Finally!

After two years of settling for mostly mediocre weed, plus a few occasions where mediocre was elevated to good, I finally bought what I consider to be truly excellent cannabis flower at a legal dispensary in the Northeast. I had…

Building and Running a Successful Cannabis Banking Program

By: Paul Dunford, Co-Founder & VP of Knowledge at Green Check As the cannabis industry continues to grow, financial institutions are increasingly exploring opportunities to bank cannabis-related businesses (CRBs). Engaging with the industry offers opportunities for growth, but with that…

Marijuana Testing for Recruits Could End Under House’s Must-Pass Defense Policy Bill

Potential military recruits and prospective officers soon may not need to worry about drug testing if they recently used marijuana. A provision included in the draft text of a must-pass defense policy bill released this week would prohibit the military…

CT Attorney General Announces ‘Settlement’ with HighBazaar

The headline of Tuesday’s announcement by Connecticut Attorney General William Tong stated that his office had reached a ‘settlement” with HighBazaar, the longstanding and very popular Connecticut sesh that earned the ire of the powers that be. But the settlement…

BREAKING NEWS: DEA Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Move Marijuana to Schedule III

May 16, 2024
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Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana, News & Insights
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By Vince Śliwoski, Managing Partner of Harris Sliwoski Today is another historic day in the history of cannabis control and regulation. In a much anticipated announcement, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to reschedule marijuana, from Controlled…

New Hampshire Flirts With State-Run Franchises

Already a medical cannabis-legal state, New Hampshire is so unsure about legalizing cannabis for adult use that it appears willing to consider a quasi-regulatory structure that no other state has seen to employ, the state-run franchise model. A clarion call…