DEA Suggests Doctor Seeking Psilocybin For Terminally Ill Patients Has Financial Interest, So It Won’t Waive Records Fee
FeaturedMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News September 28, 2022 0
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is suggesting that a doctor seeking psilocybin for terminally ill patients under federal “Right to Try” (RTT) laws has a financial interest that renders him ineligible to get a fee waiver for records requested by his attorney. Sunil Aggarwal, a Washington State-based palliative care... Read more
Recreational Marijuana Amendment Sparks Support in Rural Missouri
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaRecreational Marijuana September 28, 2022 0
In 2019 Brooke Foster learned her son was changing his undergraduate major and abandoning his pre-medicine track. His new plan: cannabis. Foster, who owned and operated her family’s chain of local grocery stores in rural, northern Missouri, was shocked. She knew little about medical marijuana and, as many do,... Read more
Marijuana’s last taboo: Parents who get stoned
Marijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana September 28, 2022 0
When Suzy found out she was pregnant with her first child, she stopped smoking pot immediately. She had used cannabis recreationally, on weekends, since her early 20s, but didn’t want to do anything that might harm the baby. After giving birth, Suzy fell into postpartum depression. She loved her... Read more
Why the Best Extracted Products Begin with High Quality Cannabis
Marijuana Industry News September 28, 2022 0
Sponsored Content In today’s hyper competitive cannabis markets, a license holder’s ability to routinely duplicate positive results in the garden, and in the infused and extracted products that come out of the lab, can determine profitability. This difficult task is exacerbated by the fact that Cannabis sativa is a... Read more
German Adult-Use Legalization Hearings and EU Countries Collab on Cannabis: What Can We Expect Next?
Marijuana Industry News September 28, 2022 0
By Niklas Kouparanis Current international law, which restricts the cultivation, supply and possession of cannabis only for medical and scientific purposes, has failed to achieve its set goals. Recently, three European Union (EU) countries–Malta, Luxembourg and Germany–have come together to draft a common statement on why the EU needs... Read more
Cannabis Industry is Reducing Legal Costs by Using Alternative Dispute Resolutions: 9 Considerations
Marijuana Industry News September 28, 2022 0
The cannabis industry is still considered to be in its youth despite having made great strides toward social and legal acceptance in recent years. It is still plagued by many issues that other, more established industries no longer have to navigate. Cannabis mediator Joseph George warns that “companies and... Read more
USHBA Appoints President and Vice President
Marijuana Industry News September 28, 2022
Cookies is crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Courtesy of Akanda Corp. With an exclusive licensing agreement now on the books, Cookies genetics will be grown, harvested and sold as medical cannabis products by Akanda Corp., a cultivation and manufacturing firm based in Portugal. Summing up the news, Akanda CEO Tej... Read more
Hempcrete Insulation Receives Certification in US Residential Building Codes
Marijuana Industry News September 28, 2022
Last week, the hemp building industry scored a victory when the International Code Council (ICC) approved hemp-lime (hempcrete) insulation in the model U.S. residential building code at a public hearing in Louisville, Ky. The U.S. Hemp Building Association (USHBA) submitted Proposal RB316-22 in January to receive certification for hemp-lime... Read more
Civil RICO Lawsuits: Should The State-Legal Cannabis Industry Be Concerned?
Marijuana Industry News September 28, 2022
In July 2022, plaintiffs purporting to represent every medical marijuana patient in Arkansas filed a lawsuit against a cannabis testing company, a group of cannabis cultivation facilities, and John Does who are “the law firms, accountants and financial entities who have assisted Defendants,” according to the suit. The complaint... Read more
Poll Shows Majority of DC Voters Oppose Council’s Decision to Shut Down Cannabis Gifting Shops
Marijuana Industry News September 28, 2022
In July 2022, plaintiffs purporting to represent every medical marijuana patient in Arkansas filed a lawsuit against a cannabis testing company, a group of cannabis cultivation facilities, and John Does who are “the law firms, accountants and financial entities who have assisted Defendants,” according to the suit. The complaint... Read more
