Marijuana legalization ‘not likely’ in New York budget, Cuomo says
Marijuana Industry NewsNew YorkRecreational Marijuana April 1, 2020 0
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday the state is not likely to authorize marijuana for adult use as part of its budget process, dealing a blow to advocates who have spent years pushing for full legalization of the drug. Cuomo, a Democrat, had proposed legalizing recreational marijuana as... Read more
Cannabis users, shops suffer high anxiety after Massachusetts shuts down recreational sales
Marijuana Industry NewsMassachusettsRecreational Marijuana April 1, 2020 0
Shannon Venezia hasn’t had a seizure in four and a half years — a fact that she attributes to her decision to treat her epilepsy with cannabis instead of the prescriptions her doctor wrote, which she says would give her mood swings. After recreational cannabis became available in Massachusetts in... Read more
FDA tells ex-NFL player to stop ‘misleading’ claims on CBD cure for coronavirus
Industrial Hemp NewsMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & PoliticsNevada April 1, 2020 0
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning the company of former NFL player Kyle Turley to stop claiming that CBD is an effective treatment for coronavirus. In a letter dated Tuesday, the FDA ordered Turley’s company, Las Vegas-based NeuroXPF, to stop “misleadingly representing your products as safe and... Read more
SF marijuana dispensaries see big shift to edibles amid coronavirus
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry News March 31, 2020 0
When San Francisco’s shelter-in-place order was announced on March 16, many city residents ran to the grocery store to stock up on things like canned goods and toilet paper. Other residents went straight to their local dispensary. “The day of shelter in place was the busiest day we’ve ever... Read more
Halt of Mass. recreational marijuana sales is followed by layoffs, concerns about future of emerging industry
Marijuana Industry NewsMassachusettsRecreational Marijuana March 30, 2020 0
Earlier this month, a letter was reportedly distributed to employees of Cultivate Holdings, a medical and recreational marijuana dispensary in Leicester. The letter dated, which was March 18 and was obtained by MassLive, noted that the outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, was rapidly evolving. The... Read more
Vermont medical marijuana dispensaries stay open, but some limit hours
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaVermont March 30, 2020 0
Just hours after Gov. Phil Scott issued a “stay at home” directive Wednesday shutting down all but “essential” businesses, a panel of lawmakers discussed whether medical marijuana dispensaries in Vermont would be permitted to stay open. Sen. Dick Sears, D-Bennington and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he’s... Read more
