Colombia’s president says lawmakers who voted to shelve a marijuana legalization bill this week are only helping to perpetuate illegal drug trafficking and the violence associated with the unregulated trade. While the cannabis legislation advanced through the Chamber of Representatives and a Senate committee, the full Senate blocked it... Read more
A series of amendments to state law prohibit employers from discriminating against job applicants based on past or off-the-clock pot use, and the list of jobs now includes police officers. Per a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last October, law enforcement officials in California are updating employment policies... Read more
A company focused on developing novel treatments for mental health this week announced that it has submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking the approval of MDMA-assisted therapy. The application, which was submitted by MAPS Public Benefit Corporation (MAPS PBC) after more than three decades... Read more
The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission (AMMC) recently announced the benefits that the state’s medical cannabis program, with millions of dollars in cannabis tax funds helping to provide lunches for kids at school. While the state has collected $115 million from cannabis taxes, $87 million went toward free or low-cost... Read more
Ohio lawmakers will not be amending the state’s voter-approved marijuana law this year despite a Republican-led push to expedite changes. The Senate has passed a bill to make changes, and a House committee has held a series of hearings on a different proposal, but the legislature will not be... Read more
Teen marijuana use has not increased “even as state legalization has proliferated across the country,” a federal health official said on Wednesday in announcing the latest data from an annual survey that again showed prohibitionist concerns about youth cannabis access have “not played out.” The 2022 Monitoring the Future... Read more
Sales of cannabis in Arizona have exceeded $1 billion this year, according to data from the state Department of Revenue. Total marijuana sales eclipsed the billion-dollar mark in September, marking the third straight year the state’s weed sales have reached the seven-digit milestone. So far this year, Arizona’s sales... Read more
Nova Scotia-based Canadian cannabis advocate Chris Enns has been targeted by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) audit, which claims that Enns didn’t report $2.5 million in taxes from illegal cannabis-related income. These numbers come from decade-old data between 2012-2014. According to CBC.ca, Enns is described as being at “the... Read more
