Cresco Labs Closes Sale-and-Leaseback with Aventine Property Group for Brookville, PA Facility CHICAGO — (Business Wire) — Cresco Labs (CSE: CL) (OTCQX: CRLBF) (“Cresco” or “the Company”), a vertically integrated multistate operator and the number one U.S. wholesaler of branded cannabis products, today announced that it has completed and closed on... Read more
A majority of American voters support allowing banks to work with state-legal marijuana businesses, according to a new poll. And most people believe it will both improve public safety and promote social equity. The survey from Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), which was conducted by Morning Consult, found... Read more
A Washington, D.C. administrative court has reversed the termination of a government employee and medical cannabis patient who was fired after being suspected of intoxication on the job and subsequently tested positive for marijuana in late 2020. It also ordered the Office of Unified Communications (OUC) to reimburse the... Read more
Marijuana legalization is becoming even more popular in Minnesota, according to a new poll that was conducted by officials with the the House of Representatives at the annual State Fair. The survey, which is meant to inform lawmakers about where constituents stand on a number of policy issues, found... Read more
Sales of both medical and recreational cannabis in Colorado plummeted in June compared to the previous year, the state’s Department of Revenue reported, an alarming decline that industry officials attribute to a variety of reasons. Medical marijuana sales totaled $19,235,656 in June—down from $34,534,293 in June 2021. Recreational pot... Read more
A bipartisan group of state lawmakers and cannabis activists is calling on Missouri Governor Mike Parson to include recreational marijuana legalization in a special legislative session scheduled for later this month. The legislators and advocates also announced the launch of a campaign to oppose a voter initiative to legalize... Read more
New research once again destroys the lazy stoner stereotype, or the cannabis amotivational syndrome theory, instead showing both teen and adult cannabis consumers are “no less likely” to be motivated, nor are they less likely to show interest in rewards. ”Cannabis amotivational syndrome” is a hypothesis tossed around from... Read more
On Sept. 2, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1954 and Senate Bill 988. Assembly Bill 1954, which was introduced by Assemblymember Bill Quirk, will protect medical cannabis patients from being discriminated against by physicians and surgeons due to testing positive for THC. According to Cal NORML Director... Read more
Pennsylvania residents who have previously been busted for cannabis now have a pathway to a clean record. Gov. Tom Wolf and Lieutenant Gov. John Fetterman, both Democrats, announced last week the creation of the “PA Marijuana Pardon Project,” billed as an “effort to quickly pardon thousands of Pennsylvanians from... Read more
