Give Small Business a Fighting Chance Against Mega Marijuana (Op-Ed)
Marijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News September 30, 2023 0
“Unless Congress acts, the Biden administration’s plan to merely reschedule marijuana is likely to supercharge the rise of national cannabis conglomerates while strangling local community-scale businesses.” By Bruce Barcott and Shaleen Title The SAFE(R) Banking Act vote and the Biden administration’s review of the federal status of marijuana have... Read more
New Jersey Officials To Put $5.5 Million In Cannabis Revenue Toward Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program
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New Jersey officials have announced the availability of $5.5 million in marijuana revenue to support a hospital-based violence intervention grants program. Grants will be awarded beginning next year, Gov. Phil Murphy (D) and Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin (D) said in a press release. Launched in 2020, the New... Read more
Former Marijuana Testing Lab Owners Say Montana Is Ignoring Rules On Testing Products For Potency And Safety
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“None of these numbers are lining up. None of the labs are adding up. We have no idea where the extra volume is coming from.” By Darrell Ehrlick, Daily Montanan One of Montana’s few in-state laboratories that had participated in the rollout of the recreational and medical marijuana programs... Read more
Here’s How The Marijuana Banking Bill Was Amended During This Week’s Senate Committee Markup
FeaturedMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News September 30, 2023 0
A cannabis banking bill was revised in several different ways under an amendment adopted by the Senate Banking Committee during Wednesday’s markup, according to text that has not yet been officially posted by the panel but which was obtained by Marijuana Moment. As the debate started, the committee first... Read more
American Nurses Association Officially Recognizes Cannabis As A Formal Specialty Practice Area
FeaturedMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News September 29, 2023 0
A professional organization representing more than 5 million nurses in the U.S. has announced its formal recognition of cannabis as a nursing specialty practice area. The American Nurses Association (ANA) said in a press release about the change on Wednesday that cannabis nurses play an important role in providing... Read more
Petition To Repeal South Dakota’s Medical Marijuana Law Contains Error And Must Be Thrown Out, Opponents Say
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Backers of a 2024 ballot measure to legalize adult-use cannabis in South Dakota are calling on state officials to scuttle a separate initiative effort that would repeal the state’s existing medical marijuana law. South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws, which is working to qualify a recreational marijuana proposal for... Read more
Bill To Legalize Marijuana In Germany Advances After State Representatives Fail To Block It
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Opponents of a proposed bill to legalize marijuana in Germany did not muster enough support to block the measure in legislative body representing states, meaning it will now continue through the process. Germany’s legislature is composed of two main bodies: the Bundestag, which is comprised of democratically elected lawmakers,... Read more
Schumer Touts Bipartisan ‘Momentum’ Behind Marijuana Banking Bill That He Plans To Bring To The Floor ‘Soon’ With More ‘Criminal Justice Provisions’
FeaturedMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News September 28, 2023 0
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) says the bipartisan committee vote to advance a marijuana banking bill on Wednesday “underscores how much momentum we have right now” as he plans to bring the legislation to the floor “soon” and attach “very significant criminal justice provisions.” In a floor speech... Read more
Federal Officials Talk Psychedelics Research Challenges At Workshop Hosted By Top Health Agency
FeaturedMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News September 28, 2023 0
At a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) workshop about psychedelic medicine earlier this month, the director of mental health for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) said she thinks research into psychedelic-assisted therapy needs to more closely resemble real world scenarios. Requiring subjects to have specific... Read more
Washington State Could OK Use Of Fingerprint Scans And Facial Recognition To Buy Marijuana And Alcohol
Marijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News September 28, 2023 0
“I think with the biometrics, it’s just a matter of time before it’s coming in,” By TJ Martinell, The Center Square The Washington State legislature may consider legislation giving the State Liquor and Cannabis Board further rulemaking authority regarding the use of biometric age verification by private entities selling... Read more
