OAKLAND, CA and TORONTO, Oct. 28, 2019 /CNW/ – PRESS RELEASE – Harborside Inc., a California-focused, vertically integrated cannabis enterprise, has announced Peter Bilodeau as interim CEO, replacing Andrew Berman. The company is also announcing the expansion of its senior management team with the promotion of Greg Sutton as... Read more
Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) unveiled a plan on Thursday that promotes a series of harm reduction policies, including decriminalizing drug possession, to tackle addiction and prevent overdoses. He also discussed aspects of the proposal with reform advocates at an event in Iowa. The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate said... Read more
Finland’s government will soon consider decriminalizing the possession and cultivation of marijuana for personal use after advocates garnered more than the required 50,000 petition signatures to trigger a review by Parliament. The proposals stipulates that possession of 25 grams or less of cannabis, and the cultivation of up to... Read more
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is pledging to use executive action to deschedule marijuana within the first 100 days of his administration if he is elected president. In a cannabis reform plan released on Thursday at 4:20 PM EST, the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate said removing cannabis from the Controlled... Read more
Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro proposed a criminal justice plan pledging that if he is elected president he will legalize marijuana, expunge prior cannabis convictions and invest in communities disproportionately impacted by prohibition. The “First Chance Plan,” released on Wednesday, is designed to take a preventative... Read more
Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro proposed a criminal justice plan pledging that if he is elected president he will legalize marijuana, expunge prior cannabis convictions and invest in communities disproportionately impacted by prohibition. The “First Chance Plan,” released on Wednesday, is designed to take a preventative... Read more
A former GOP congressman with a long track record of opposing marijuana legalization efforts is now cashing in on the legal cannabis industry. FSD Pharma, a Canadian company that is a licensed producer of “pharmaceutical grade cannabis” through its subsidiary FV Pharma and researches cannabinoid-based therapies, announced on Friday... Read more
Around Washington state, cannabis shops are being required to hang signs warning customers of “severe lung injuries” and “deaths” associated with vaping. Kevin Heiderich, a co-owner of one such shop, House of Cannabis in Tacoma, Wash., believes the government response to vaping illnesses should focus on the black market.... Read more
“We don’t know what we don’t know,” U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said during his testimony at Wednesday’s Senate hearing titled “Marijuana and America’s Health: Questions and Issues for Policy Makers.” This was a curious statement coming from someone who, during the same session, continued to reference research data... Read more
