You are here: Home / Policy & Legal / Illinois / Who’s profiting off the millions that Illinois’ marijuana business is bringing in? State officials are keeping that secret. March 3, 2020 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Marijuana entrepreneurs are starting to rake in millions of dollars a month... Read more
The Vermont House on Wednesday approved a bill that would establish a legal market for marijuana in Vermont and clear the way for dispensaries to open up shop in the state as soon as 2022. The bill mandates a 20% tax, gives a head-start on retail sales to current... Read more
Concerns about the illegal marijuana market in Massachusetts became even more heightened last year as people here in the state, and across the country, started to fall ill from vaping. For Commissioner Britte McBride of the state Cannabis Control Commission, the vaping crisis became a “fairly significant watershed moment” that reinforced the... Read more
Maine wants to “harmonize” its medical and adult-use marijuana programs, but small growers, edible makers and retailers say the state’s proposed changes would drive them out of business and leave rural, cash-strapped patients without affordable medicine. The Office of Marijuana Policy told state lawmakers Wednesday that it wants the... Read more
One year ago, marijuana stocks were about the hottest investment on Wall Street. Today, they’re considered an investment that some wouldn’t touch with a 10-foot pole. The expectation had long been that Canadian pot sales would skyrocket as soon adult-use weed received the green light in licensed dispensaries. Unfortunately,... Read more
Gov. Ned Lamont has filed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, creating a $1.25-per-gram tax on the drug, which would be available for purchase to customers 21 and older beginning at the earliest, July 1, 2022. Connecticut is behind the eight ball on legalization as Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine... Read more
The city is working on a law to ensure that at least half of the licensed recreational marijuana businesses operating in Detroit are owned by residents. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is expected to detail the proposal before an invitation-only crowd during his seventh State of the City address on Tuesday... Read more
Maine’s Office of Marijuana Policy warns that advertising for medical- or adult-use marijuana businesses should not target people under age 21. Maine’s Office of Marijuana Policy issued guidance Friday on how to advertise medical- and adult-use marijuana businesses without breaking state laws. The office issued the guidance after looking into... Read more
Last fall, we ran a 13-part series taking a hard look at each of the 2020 presidential candidates’ history and views related to marijuana. We assigned each candidate a letter grade corresponding with our analysis (for the final summary post, go here). In that popular series, grading criteria was as follows: Current stance on marijuana:…
When Gene Ray was studying biology at Fisk University in Nashville, he started to use marijuana regularly. At the time, he wasn’t thinking that if combined, his scientific expertise and interest in cannabis could make a career. While studying medicinal plant extracts in Hawaii later, it was the first... Read more