A former mayor of a city in Massachusetts was charged with extorting prospective cannabis business owners, among other charges, and sentenced to numerous years in prison. Jasiel F. Correia II, former mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, first took on the role at 23 years of age in 2016. During... Read more
An activist group in Oklahoma said this week that it has put the finishing touches on a pair of ballot proposals that would legalize recreational pot in the state and overhaul its medical marijuana program.  Oklahomans for Responsible Cannabis Action, or “ORCA,” said on Tuesday that it had produced... Read more
Politicians and associates in New York on both sides of the aisle are implicated in alleged involvement of misappropriated money to benefit the launch of a pot business. Two Rudy Giuliani associates—Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman—told a Russian millionaire in 2018 they offered a $125,000 straw donation to then-Governor... Read more
Body and Mind Commences Michigan Vertical Market Expansion
Ryan Allway September 21st, 2021 LAS VEGAS and VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – Body and Mind Inc. (CSE: BAMM) (OTCQB: BMMJ) (the “Company” or “BaM”), a multi-state operator focused on limited license markets, is pleased to report plans to enter the Michigan market with fully funded dispensary, cultivation and production facilities. BaM, through wholly owned subsidiaries,... Read more
A political action committee in Florida is spearheading a petition drive to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana in the state, after two previous legalization efforts this year were stymied by the courts.  Sensible Florida PAC announced on Friday that it was kicking off “a new petition drive for a... Read more
New Jersey Has Started To Expunge A Large Amount Cannabis Convictions In 2021
Marijuana license winners in Illinois now compete in ‘Shark Tank’-like scramble to get startup cash
Europe’s Proposed New ‘Safe’ Levels Of THC In Hemp & CBD Products Are ‘Unacceptable’ and ‘Unnecessarily’ Low NEWLY-proposed ‘safety’ levels of THC in European hemp and CBD food products have been condemned as ‘unacceptable, unnecessarily low, and not supported by scientific evidence’. In 2015, the European Food Safety Authority... Read more
More than 90 percent of Maine towns still don’t allow recreational marijuana sales
More than 90 percent of Maine towns and cities still don’t allow recreational marijuana stores, even as sales in the industry have steadily grown since they started nearly a year ago. While Brewer and Orono are both on track to allow recreational cannabis stores sometime soon, they’ll join only three other... Read more
N.J.’s weed commission will miss deadline to start accepting new business applications
The state Cannabis Regulatory Commission will not begin accepting new applications for business licenses by this weekend, thereby missing a statutory deadline intended to keep development of the legal weed marketplace on track. But the commission at its meeting Tuesday evening did approve a new licensing platform to help... Read more
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