Medical marijuana panel backs rule changes in Arkansas
ArkansasMarijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana October 11, 2021 0
The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission has advanced rule changes that would allow the state to issue its two remaining dispensary licenses, possibly in January. Spokesman Scott Hardin said the rule changes advanced Thursday would allow the commission to issue licenses to companies that initially applied in 2017 and had... Read more
Portland marijuana production blunder resulted in jumbo THC dose for customers expecting none; 3 went to the ER, 1 hospitalized
CBDMarijuana Industry NewsOregon October 10, 2021 0
People who took mislabeled wellness drops last month ended up ingesting several times a typical dose of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, according to Oregon regulators. The people who took the Select-brand drops hadn’t anticipated getting high at all. They thought they were using CBD, which has a... Read more
Newsom vetoes bill that would have allowed cannabis advertising on freeway billboards
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry News October 9, 2021 0
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation Friday that would have allowed cannabis products to be advertised on freeway billboards in most of California, a bill that sought to negate a court order in November that had banned the signs. The bill would have permitted marijuana ads on billboards along interstate... Read more
It’s official: California legalizes CBD (but not delta-8 THC)
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry News October 9, 2021 0
Hemp CBD—but not delta-8 THC—is legal for retail sale in California, pending specific regulations to come from the Department of Public Health in a few months. Blockbuster hemp ingredient CBD is now officially legal in California in dietary supplements, foods, beverages and cosmetics, as Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB... Read more
Paperwork is holding up California’s marijuana industry. Will $100 million fix it?
CaliforniaMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News October 8, 2021 0
As thousands of provisional marijuana license holders in California struggle to secure a full annual license, the state is kicking in $100 million to help cities and counties to address the backlog. California voters in 2016 voted to legalize the sale of adult-use cannabis, opening the door for a... Read more
Petition to allow cannabis for recreational adult use filed in Oklahoma
Marijuana Industry NewsOklahomaRecreational Marijuana October 8, 2021 0
A cannabis advocacy group has filed two ballot initiatives seeking to amend the Oklahoma Constitution to legalize cannabis use for anyone at least 21 years old and replace the state medical marijuana industry’s current oversight agency. “A lot of this is stuff that has been advocated for by a lot of folks... Read more
Police escort ‘big marijuana’ lobbyist from contentious hearing on Michigan caregiver law
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaMichigan October 8, 2021 0
Police protected lobbyist Stephen Linder as he left the Capitol building in Lansing Tuesday. A digital billboard outside parodied the longtime Republican lobbyist as the character Dr. Evil from the “Austin Powers” movies with a message to “vote no on Linder’s monopoly bills.” Linder, director of the Michigan Cannabis... Read more
