When President Joe Biden visited his Wisconsin campaign headquarters last week, Chris Syrrakos caught the president’s attention. The CBD business owner—who had just recently been cleared in a cannabis-related case—was holding a sign in support of the president’s position that “no one should be in jail for using or... Read more
Another House committee in Hawaii has advanced a bill that would legalize and regulate adult-use marijuana in the state, making one amendment concerning labor peace agreement for cannabis businesses before signing off on the legislation. The House Consumer Protection and Commerce Committee voted 7–3 on Tuesday to advance the... Read more
Elon Musk says that he benefits from the use of ketamine –– and investors should be pleased that he takes it –– but when he posts late at night on the social media platform he owns, he insists that he is rarely under the influence. The Tesla CEO made all... Read more
Proposed rules to regulate hemp in Tennessee could put a limit on the total amount of all forms of THC allowed in products, potentially closing what some see as a legal loophole that has led to the marketing of hemp flower high in THCA. When smoked, THCA converts to... Read more
The landlocked country of Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland), located in southern Africa, recently made a move to legalize medical cannabis. According to a report from VOA Zimbabwe, King Mswati III and the Eswatini government have introduced medical cannabis legislation hoping that it will help curb illegal sales and... Read more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a new memo clarifying the rules for reporting large cash payments between marijuana businesses, which the agency says should not automatically be considered “suspicious” just because of the federally prohibited nature of the industry. In the memo, IRS says it is responding... Read more
A new report sent to Congress by the White House’s drug office spotlights concerns of law enforcement agencies around that country that claim marijuana legalization has not diminished the market for unlicensed cannabis products from illicit sellers. The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy’s (ONDCP) budget submission... Read more
New federally funded research into the impacts of marijuana legalization on youth use found no association between legal adult-use cannabis sales and the prevalence of consumption among middle-school students. To test whether legal sales led to an uptick in youth use, authors compared middle-school use rates in Nevada and... Read more
While recreational cannabis may still be illegal in the North African country of Morocco, the nation is kicking off a new era of legal cannabis cultivation and export. As the third month of 2024 comes to a close, the country has shared data about its first legal harvest season... Read more
