Just over two years after commercial cannabis sales became legal in California, the state has collected more than $1 billion in taxes from commercial marijuana activity. Last week, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) announced that as of February 18, 2020, cannabis tax revenues have totaled... Read more
A bill to legalize medical marijuana in Tennessee cleared a major hurdle on Wednesday, passing out of a state Senate committee. But that step forward may be accompanied by a step backwards, as the panel tacked on an amendment to the legislation that would almost certainly lead to a... Read more
New Jersey workers can’t be fired for failing a drug test as a result of using medical marijuana, the state’s highest court ruled on Tuesday. In a decision that backed an appellate court’s earlier ruling, the New Jersey Supreme Court said that patients approved under the state’s medical marijuana... Read more
The effort to get a constitutional amendment legalizing recreational marijuana for adults on Ohio’s ballot this year hit a snag on Tuesday, with the state’s Republican attorney general rejecting the summary language proposed by the group backing the measure. Dave Yost, who became AG last year, wrote to advocates... Read more
Harvest Announces New Funding, Corporate Updates, Management and Board Changes Private Placement Funding, Progress on ICG Merger, Resignation of Executive Chairman Jason Vedadi and Planned Board Appointments PHOENIX, March 11, 2020 /CNW/ — Harvest Health & Recreation Inc. (CSE: HARV) (“Harvest”), a vertically integrated cannabis company with one of the largest and deepest footprints in the... Read more
Exclusive Interview with Medicine Man Technologies CEO and Chairman Justin Dye Medicine Man Technologies (OTC: MDCL) is in the process of acquiring 11 different companies in Colorado, a process that will position it as the state’s largest vertically integrated operator. Justin Dye, appointed CEO and Chairman in December 2019, spoke... Read more
State lawmakers stripped the secrecy and extraction provisions from a marijuana bill Monday that would have allowed adult-use businesses to shield some license information from public scrutiny and driven up the price of infused foods, salves and tinctures. The Office of Marijuana Policy got the committee vote it needed to advance... Read more
Mississippi voters may have not one, but two medical marijuana proposals to decide on come November. Members of the state’s House of Representatives passed a resolution on Tuesday to place another measure on this year’s ballot as an alternative to Initiative 65, which qualified for the ballot in January.... Read more
by Debby Goldsberry, Magnolia WellnessNCIA State Regulations Committee – Social Consumption Subcommittee Co-chair It was January 28, 2020: It’s a full house at the Berkeley City Council meeting, with comprehensive changes to the city’s marijuana regulations on tonight’s agenda. The biggest issue, with supporters of both sides attending, is... Read more
Indiana State Sen. Karen Tallian remembers the moment that sparked her interest in marijuana legislation. About a decade ago, Tallian represented a teenager right out of high school who was charged with marijuana possession when a party was busted by the police. The teen took a plea deal, complied... Read more
