Lawmakers want investigation, hearings into ‘Wild West’ of California cannabis and farm work
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry News January 29, 2023 0
California lawmakers are calling for a sweeping investigation into corruption in the state’s cannabis industry, legislative hearings on the exploitation of farmworkers and new laws to thwart labor trafficking in response to revelations of rampant abuses and worker deaths in a multibillion-dollar market that has become increasingly unmanageable. The... Read more
Bill would give Ohio drivers caught with marijuana in their system a break on OVIs
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaOhio January 27, 2023 0
Ohioans who get caught driving with marijuana in their system could try to prove they weren’t impaired under a bill introduced in the state Senate this week. Senate Bill 26, proposed by Sen. Nathan Manning, R-North Ridgeville, would give people the chance to stave off an OVI by arguing... Read more
New York State now has 66 licensed cannabis retailers
Marijuana Industry NewsNew YorkRecreational Marijuana January 27, 2023 0
New York marijuana regulators on Wednesday approved dozens of conditional adult-use dispensary licenses in a session during which members also discussed adopting bylaws for how the board runs meetings and makes decisions. The Cannabis Control Board – which now includes newly appointed member Dr. Jennifer Gilbert Jenkins – approved 30 new Conditional Adult-Use Retail... Read more
Legalizing medical marijuana is first bill filed in NC Senate
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaNorth Carolina January 26, 2023 0
Sen. Bill Rabon, R-Brunswick, has filed the NC Compassionate Care Act (S. B. 3), a bill that legalizes medical marijuana. It was the first bill filed in North Carolina’s state Senate on Wednesday, the first day of bill filing. Sens. Michael Lee, R-New Hanover, and Paul Lowe, D-Forsyth are also... Read more
‘The state threw them to the wolves’: Health department struggles to manage massive medical marijuana program
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaMississippi January 26, 2023 0
Behind closed doors, Mississippi’s eight-person medical cannabis office is struggling against its workload. The Health Department office charged by the Legislature with running Mississippi’s new medical marijuana program is steeped in disorganization: agents rarely visit cultivation sites, application backlogs reach hundreds deep, and lags in communication with licensees often... Read more
New marijuana legalization bill gets New Hampshire hearing
Marijuana Industry NewsNew HampshireRecreational Marijuana January 26, 2023 0
The New Hampshire Legislature is once again debating recreational use of marijuana but efforts to legalize it still face significant hurdles. In the decade since the state legalized medical marijuana, the House has passed recreational marijuana bills several times only to see them get killed in the Senate. Republican... Read more
