The Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) platform committee on Monday rejected an amendment calling on the party to support marijuana legalization as an official 2020 policy plank. Several delegates testified in favor of the proposal, arguing that legalization and ending the war on drugs will help resolve racial inequities and... Read more
The Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) platform committee on Monday rejected an amendment calling on the party to support marijuana legalization as an official 2020 policy plank. Several delegates testified in favor of the proposal, arguing that legalization and ending the war on drugs will help resolve racial inequities and... Read more
The Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) platform committee on Monday rejected an amendment calling on the party to support marijuana legalization as an official 2020 policy plank. Several delegates testified in favor of the proposal, arguing that legalization and ending the war on drugs will help resolve racial inequities and... Read more
A 45-year-old Canadian man got busted at the border last week hauling millions of dollars worth of marijuana. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection nabbed the suspect last Wednesday on Peace Bridge, a crossing that connects Buffalo, New York to Fort Erie, Ontario. The man was driving a commercial... Read more
A limited number of medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado Springs would be able to obtain licenses to sell adult-use cannabis under a ballot measure proposed by City Councilwoman Jill Gaebler. If the proposal appears on the ballot in November and is approved by voters, 24 businesses currently dispensing cannabis... Read more
If celebrity-branded cannabis is your jam, you’re in luck, because Run The Jewels just announced a new cannabis line to share with their fans. The well-known hip-hop collective is a favorite of both indie fans and more mainstream listeners, and they just released their fourth record, RTJ4, as well... Read more
(This is an abridged version of a story that appears in the July issue of Marijuana Business Magazine.) In a recession, there are bound to be business casualties—particularly in a high-risk, nascent industry such as hemp. Hemp companies have experienced a perfect storm of obstacles since legalization in late... Read more
Leadership of the House of Representatives is moving toward holding a floor vote on a comprehensive federal cannabis legalization bill in September, multiple sources familiar with the developing plan tell Marijuana Moment. The Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act—introduced by Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) last year—has... Read more
Psychedelics activists have released a proposed measure to allow Oakland, California residents to use a variety of entheogenic substances in plant medicine healing ceremonies. Decriminalize Nature (DN), the group behind the ordinance, submitted it last week to Councilmember Noel Gallo (D), who previously sponsored the organization’s now-enacted measure to... Read more
