A physician in Tallahassee, Florida is staring down significant penalties from the state after allegedly failing to adequately assess patients before ordering them medical cannabis, according to local news reports. The News Service of Florida reported on Monday that the state’s Department of Health is proposing a host of... Read more
A pair of proposals in the Oregon legislature would take aim at the illicit cannabis operations that have troubled law enforcement and local governments in the southern part of the state. Both the state Senate and House have recently approved legislation that “would increase scrutiny of legal cannabis licenses... Read more
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a conditional cannabis cultivation bill Tuesday that will allow some New York hemp farmers to grow cannabis beginning this spring. According to the governor’s office, the conditional licenses will fast-track the state’s adult-use cannabis program while also helping New York farmers. State officials say leading... Read more
Kevin O’Brien Allen was caught selling $20 worth of cannabis to an undercover officer in 2012 and 2013. He was initially sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2014, but it was later extended under the state’s “habitual offender status” to life in prison without any chance of parole.... Read more
Medical marijuana companies in New Jersey have been clamoring for months for permission from regulators to sell recreational weed to adults. A year ago, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law that allowed such a regulated cannabis industry to operate in the state. The companies say they are ready and... Read more
Small weed farms are facing extinction under oppressive regulations, high taxes, and a statewide collapse in cannabis pricing It’s a raw December day in the heart of California weed country, and thousands of cannabis growers, purveyors and smokers are gathered at the 18th annual Emerald Cup Harvest Ball in... Read more
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors appointed 1st District Supervisor Rex Bohn to serve as a county representative for the California Cannabis Authority (CCA) Tuesday following 5th District Supervisor Steve Madrone’s decision to resign from the appointment. Bohn will represent Humboldt County for the CCA alongside county Treasurer-Tax Collector John Bartholomew.
On Wednesday, New York lawmakers passed a bill that authorizes temporary and conditional licenses for both the cultivation and processing of cannabis, a huge step in the state’s implementation of its new adult-use marijuana program. The bill, which now heads to the desk of Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul, marks... Read more
Cannabis policy reform could be coming to Kentucky with the filing of separate bills to legalize medical and adult-use cannabis. On Thursday, Democrats Sen. David Yates, Sen. Morgan McGarvey, and Rep. Rachel Roberts introduced identical bills in the Kentucky Senate and House of Representatives to end cannabis prohibition. Titled... Read more
