Los Angeles County voters in California approved Measure C on Tuesday, which will impose a tax structure on businesses in unincorporated areas of the county once they receive permits, Los Angeles Daily News reports. At the time of writing, nearly 60% of the votes were in favor of Measure... Read more
The Canadian cannabis company Tilray Brands announced on Tuesday that it is expanding its beverage portfolio with the acquisition of popular New York-based craft brewer, Montauk Brewing. “Tilray Brands continues to strengthen our U.S. footprint and operations through investments in and growing our portfolio of leading lifestyle CPG brands... Read more
Voters approved Question 4, also called the Marijuana Legalization Amendment, in Maryland on Nov. 8. The passage of this initiative amends the Maryland Constitution with Article XX which allows cannabis possession and consumption for adults 21 and older, starting on or after July 1, 2023. The amendment also instructs... Read more
Voters Tuesday rejected Issue 4, a measure that would have legalized adult-use cannabis, to the dismay of Arkansas cannabis advocates who worked hard to push the bill forward.  Led by Responsible Growth Arkansas, advocates promoted the approval of an amendment to the Arkansas Constitution which would have authorized the... Read more
Voters Tuesday rejected Statutory Measure 2, which would have created a new chapter of the North Dakota Century Code legalizing the production, processing, and sale of cannabis. It would have also legalized the possession and use of various forms of cannabis by anyone 21 years of age or older.... Read more
Marijuana legalization in Colorado is 10 years old. Here’s the story of how it happened.
Ten years ago this month, Colorado voters did something that had never been done before in the world: They legalized the use and sale of marijuana at the state level. Technically, voters in Washington state passed a legalization measure on the same day, Nov. 6, 2012, but Colorado can... Read more
Maryland voters deciding recreational marijuana legalization
Maryland voters are deciding whether to legalize recreational marijuana in a constitutional amendment Tuesday. Lawmakers already approved legislation this year to take steps to implement recreational marijuana with voter approval, but the General Assembly left matters of licensing and taxes for lawmakers to decide next year. The constitutional amendment... Read more
Smoking too much cannabis and it’s beginning to affect your life in negative ways? Pretty soon a drug in capsule form could be the answer, if pharmaceutical drug developers get their way. South Florida-based clinical research network Segal Trials announced it will conduct a Phase 2B study to investigate... Read more
Regulated sales of cannabis hit record levels in New Mexico during October, with licensed sales of marijuana totaling nearly $40 million for the month, according to data released last week by the state’s Cannabis Control Division (CCD). October was the fourth straight month of record-breaking weed sales in New... Read more
For These New York Farmers, Harvest Time Means High Times
In fields from Sag Harbor to Ithaca, a new crop ripened this fall: cannabis plants grown for recreational marijuana. It was a longtime cash crop in the United States, as American as apple pie. Cannabis sativa fields stretched from New England to Virginia even before the Revolutionary War, when... Read more
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