Okla. High Court Marijuana Ruling Provides Preemption Guide
Marijuana Industry NewsOklahoma July 23, 2020 0
Adult-use marijuana may be coming to Oklahoma sooner rather than later — barring any unforeseen events, legalization of marijuana for adult use will be on the state’s ballot this year. On June 23, in the case of In re: State Question No. 807, Oklahoma Supreme Court rejected arguments that the proposed... Read more
Foes of marijuana legalization file lawsuit to stop ballot measure in Arizona
ArizonaMarijuana Industry News July 22, 2020 0
Opponents of an initiative that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Arizona have filed a lawsuit to keep the issue off the ballot in November. The lawsuit, by Arizonans for Health and Public Safety, argues that the initiative’s backers did not accurately describe the measure in a... Read more
California weighs steep new fines to combat illegal cannabis sellers
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry News July 21, 2020 0
Those who provide assistance to illegal pot sellers would face civil fines of up to $30,000 per day under legislation approved unanimously by the state Assembly that is now pending in the Senate. A final vote on the proposal is expected sometime after lawmakers return to Sacramento this month.... Read more
Ohio medical marijuana sales are climbing slowly month over month
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaOhio July 21, 2020 0
With patient rolls slowly ticking up and state regulators revamping calculations for the 90-day supply purchase limits in April, average weekly sales of medical marijuana in Ohio are trending up. The Ohio marijuana industry is still operating short of its potential, though. While 51 of 57 provisionally licensed dispensaries... Read more
Rhode Island licenses first medical-marijuana testing lab; will seek to ensure pot’s safety, potency
MaineMarijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana July 21, 2020 0
The state has licensed its first testing lab to better regulate and improve the safety of medical-marijuana products sold at the state’s three dispensaries and grown as well by state-licensed cultivators. Green Peaks Analytical, of Warwick, will be the first licensed third-party business to sample and test those products... Read more
Cannabis farmers in a poor California town want to go legit, but the raids keep coming
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry News July 20, 2020 0
Bell’s “bachelor pad” features a guest-bedroom-turned-nursery with a reflective grow-tent. There are racks of marijuana plants in the next room. This farmer, who served 21 years in the U.S. Marines and 21 years in the U.S. Postal Service, is one of many unlicensed marijuana cultivators in the unincorporated township... Read more
Activists take to the streets to call for marijuana legalization in New Jersey
Marijuana Industry NewsNew JerseyRecreational Marijuana July 18, 2020 0
Breonna Taylor was a 36-year-old Black emergency medical worker who was killed in March while police in Louisville, Kentucky carried out a no-knock warrant as part of a narcotics investigation. “Breonna Taylor died as a result of the war on drugs,” said Josh Alb as he shouted to demonstrators on the... Read more
