Iowa lawmakers passed a bill this week to tweak the state’s medical marijuana program, and now the measure now awaits the governor’s signature. State senators passed the measure late Wednesday, according to local television station KCCI. In March, the Iowa House of Representatives passed the reform measure by a... Read more
New Jersey’s medical cannabis program remains in its infancy due to a very slow start, but the state, with a population of 8.9 million, has recently added additional licenses and has improved its program dramatically under the leadership of Governor Phil Murphy. In this review, we take a look at... Read more
As protests and civil unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police continue in cities across the country, cannabis dispensaries from coast to coast have been the target of looters and organized thieves. As of Monday morning, at least 30 dispensaries had... Read more
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has been granted temporary authority to conduct covert surveillance and collect intelligence on demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, according to an agency memo obtained by reporters for Buzzfeed News. The permission to monitor the activities of... Read more
An attorney in Myrtle Beach wants to write a law that would decriminalize cannabis in the city of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Jonny McCoy is the man who served as attorney for Julian Betton, a man who was shot nine times by police during a drug raid in Myrtle... Read more
Researchers studying the loss of ego commonly experienced while tripping on psychedelics such as magic mushrooms have discovered that a key neurotransmitter may be linked to the phenomenon. A report on the research by scientists at Maastricht University in the Netherlands was published last month in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.... Read more
A new dispensary is set to open in Witset, a First Nation located near British Columbia, and those running it plan to operate under the guidance of Witset First Nation, not the federal, Canadian government. “The Witset First Nation has an inherent and constitutionally protected right to self-government over... Read more
This fall will mark four years since California voters signed off on a measure legalizing recreational marijuana, but the state’s illicit weed market continues to dwarf the regulated one. Regulators are aiming to change that, with the California Bureau of Cannabis Control reportedly asking state legislators to approve a... Read more
Connecticut lawmakers voted on Tuesday to add chronic pain to the list of serious medical conditions that qualify an adult patient to use medical marijuana. The unanimous vote by the General Assembly’s Regulation Review Committee, which also adds the connective tissue disorders known as the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes to list,... Read more
This past January, Hawaii Senators Rosalyn Baker (D) and Brian Taniguchi (D) introduced Senate Bill 2543, a bill that would grant employment protection to employees who use cannabis. Although the bill was introduced months ago, it is still making its way through the legislature. According to the wording of... Read more
