Medical marijuana expo shows Missouri ready to meet demand
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana March 9, 2020 0
At first glance, the trade show at Union Station in St. Louis last week looked like any other home-and-garden show or perhaps a farm-equipment expo with vendors lining the exhibit hall with displays of irrigation equipment, greenhouse supplies and fertilizer products. But it wouldn’t have taken a visitor long... Read more
‘This has been a disaster’: How did Missouri screw up medical marijuana licenses?
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana March 7, 2020 0
Missouri’s process for awarding medical marijuana licenses has been disappointingly deficient, to the detriment of patients who believe cannabis can relieve their pain. Voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2018 that cleared the way for medical marijuana in the state. In 2019, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior... Read more
Ohio medical marijuana: Purchase limit changes considered after patient complaints
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaOhio March 7, 2020 0
Patients in Ohio’s medical marijuana program have long complained about the complicated way the state calculates how much marijuana they can buy in a 90-day period. That could soon change. The Ohio Board of Pharmacy is reviewing the “90-day supply” after receiving more than 50 public comments about how... Read more
VA memo reminds staffers they can be fired for marijuana use
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana March 7, 2020 0
Veterans Affairs employees can still be fired for using marijuana even in states where the drug is legal, department officials said in a new message sent out to employees this week. The memo, described as a “self-explanatory, simple reminder” by VA leadership, applies to all department staffers and was signed by VA Secretary... Read more
Utah’s first marijuana pharmacy opens in Salt Lake City
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaUtah March 4, 2020 0
March 3, 2020 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Utah’s first medical cannabis pharmacy opened Monday, giving patients a long-awaited legal option for buying marijuana treatments without venturing outside the state and sneaking the products back to their homes. “For far too long we’ve been told what we should do... Read more
Florida measure caps THC levels at 10 percent for underage medical marijuana patients
FloridaMarijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana March 2, 2020 0
House Speaker Jose Oliva said in early February that capping the THC content of medical marijuana at 10 percent was among his priorities for the 2020 legislative session, although no measure proposing to do so had surfaced in the House. One emerged Friday in the Senate in the form... Read more
Dominant source being cut from Michigan marijuana markets, possibly spurring higher prices
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaMichigan March 2, 2020 0
What has been the primary source of marijuana sold on Michigan medical dispensary and recreational store shelves is being phased out. Beginning Oct. 1, medical marijuana caregivers will no longer be allowed to sell any marijuana to licensed businesses, the Marijuana Regulatory Agency said in a bulletin issued Monday,... Read more
