Federal Law Requires a Choice: Marijuana or a Gun? November 29, 2023 AggregatedNews Federal 0 Comments For Vera Cooper, the time had come to buy a gun. In her mid-70s at the time and widowed several years earlier, she was already feeling vulnerable, living by herself. Then came the tipping point: The plumbing business that Ms.… Read More→
Indiana now surrounded on three sides by recreational marijuana November 20, 2023 AggregatedNews Indiana 0 Comments In Bloomington’s Exclusive Smoke and Vape, shoppers can find all sorts of marijuana accessories and legal alternatives. But no marijuana. Cannabis remains fully illegal in Indiana. Ohioans voted last week to make recreational marijuana legal in their state. Challenges lay… Read More→
Why Some Seniors Are Choosing Pot Over Pills November 16, 2023 AggregatedNews Medical Marijuana 0 Comments Seniors are one of the fastest-growing populations of cannabis users in the United States. While some older adults have used pot for decades, studies suggest that others are turning to the drug for the first time to help them sleep better, dampen pain… Read More→
Why cannabis enthusiasts are divided over legislation to legalise recreational marijuana in Australia November 14, 2023 AggregatedNews Australia 0 Comments By his own admission, Tom Varga gets high on his own supply. The co-founder of one of Australia's biggest medicinal cannabis farms oversees the production of 5,000 kilograms of the plant annually inside a soccer-field-sized greenhouse in regional Victoria. "Most… Read More→
Texas DPS says more than 130 medical marijuana dispensary applications received so far November 10, 2023 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments More than 130 applications have been received by the Texas Department of Public Safety from those looking to open a medical marijuana dispensary in Texas. A bill to expand Texas' medical marijuana program was passed by the state House of Representatives in April before it… Read More→
Oklahoma cracks down on marijuana grow facilities violating signage rules November 9, 2023 AggregatedNews Oklahoma 0 Comments The state’s crackdown on marijuana facilities that violate state law includes signs that don’t meet legal standards. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority has filed 165 petitions for revocation against licensed grow facilities for failure to have signage required by law, the agency… Read More→
Grassroots Support for Legalizing Marijuana Hits Record 70% November 8, 2023 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Seven in 10 Americans think marijuana use should be legal, the highest level yet after holding steady at 68% for three years. The latest results are based on a Gallup poll conducted Oct. 2-23. Aside from those in favor, 29%… Read More→
Is recreational cannabis killing Connecticut’s medical marijuana program? November 1, 2023 AggregatedNews Connecticut 0 Comments Less than a year after the recreational market opened, Connecticut’s medical cannabis program is showing signs of decay, which follows a pattern seen in other states where cannabis has been legalized for medicinal uses, medical cannabis advocates say. Since cannabis became available recreationally,… Read More→
‘People just can’t pay their bills’: Oklahoma’s wild marijuana market is about to shrivel October 31, 2023 AggregatedNews Oklahoma 0 Comments Tougher enforcement and way, way too much weed are expected to eliminate hundreds of businesses. Tokelahoma’s days are numbered. The world’s wildest weed market — which at its peak had nearly 14,000 licensed medical marijuana businesses — has been steadily… Read More→
Moving Marijuana to Schedule III Would Aid Access to Legal Care October 25, 2023 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Last week, Kevin Sabet, former drug policy adviser in the Executive Office of the President, published a letter from multiple former Drug Enforcement Administration and Office of National Drug Control Policy leaders claiming marijuana is “addictive.” This rhetoric is actually quite dangerous,… Read More→
Ohio ranks as 6th cheapest state for medical marijuana, study says October 24, 2023 AggregatedNews Ohio 0 Comments Ohio has some of the cheapest medical marijuana prices in the country, according to a new study. Leafwell, a medical marijuana card service and research group, analyzed over 130,000 menu items at medicinal marijuana dispensaries across the United States to find which… Read More→
Georgia will be first US state where pharmacies sell medical cannabis October 20, 2023 AggregatedNews Georgia 0 Comments For the past year and a half, medical cannabis company CEO Gary Long has spent a lot of his time reassuring Georgia’s small-town mayors about what will soon be coming to their local pharmacy: medical marijuana. “They think that we’re… Read More→
Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission aims to award medical marijuana licenses by the end of 2023 October 16, 2023 AggregatedNews Alabama 0 Comments The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission is aiming to award licenses to growers and distributors by the end of the year after a bumpy roll out of the state’s medical marijuana program that has included multiple lawsuits over the selection process.… Read More→
Alabama judge rules Cannabis Commission has authority to void license awards October 12, 2023 AggregatedNews Alabama 0 Comments A Montgomery Circuit Court judge ruled Wednesday that the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission has the authority to void licenses it has awarded. Judge James Anderson found that the AMCC has the inherent power to void previously awarded licenses to fulfill… Read More→
Is NY’s Medical Market Getting Left In The Dust? October 9, 2023 Pam Chmiel New York 0 Comments New York's medical market is on the verge of expanding into the adult-use market, and many are rightfully concerned that their deep corporate pockets will have an unfair competitive advantage over bootstrapping entrepreneurs with less access to capital. This article… Read More→