Committee Blog: First The Vaping Crisis, Now COVID-19 – A Cannabis Physician’s Perspective
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsMichigan April 29, 2020 0
by Cynthia Shelby-Lane, MDMember of NCIA’s Scientific Advisory Committee The vaping crisis was first reported in June 2019. In October 2019, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) coined a new medical term describing the cases of severe pulmonary disease that have occurred among e-cigarette and vape... Read more
Committee Blog: Interstate Commerce – Breaking the Laws of Economics
Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsOregon April 29, 2020 0
By Gabe Cross and Gary SeelhorstMembers of NCIA’s State Regulations Committee Legal cannabis, for all of its promise, has failed – in some markets spectacularly – to live up to its economic potential. But while each self-contained state market faces its own combination of political and regulatory challenges, the... Read more
Coronavirus in Oklahoma: Marijuana dispensaries roll without a rescue
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaOklahoma April 29, 2020 0
No federal help is on the way for medical marijuana businesses, so the fledgling industry in Oklahoma is finding its own way through the coronavirus pandemic and economic crisis. “We’ve had to look at taking cost-cutting measures and increasing our solvency on our own,” said Corbin Wyatt, CEO of... Read more
In win for local control, Michigan Supreme Court sides with township in marijuana case
Marijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaMichigan April 29, 2020 0
The state Supreme Court said that a municipality can enforce zoning laws for medical-marijuana growers. The court reversed a Kent County judge’s ruling, upheld by the state Court of Appeals, that Michigan’s medical marijuana law pre-empted local laws. It was a legal victory for local control when it comes... Read more
Recreational pot supporters in Florida fire back on new law
FloridaMarijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana April 29, 2020 0
With a hearing next week in the Florida Supreme Court, backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow people to use recreational marijuana are disputing arguments by the state Senate that a new law should help block the ballot initiative. Attorneys for the political committee Make It Legal... Read more
