Lawmakers in Tennessee’s House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would legalize the use of medicinal cannabis in the state. The measure, House Bill 637, would allow patients with one or more qualifying medical conditions to use medical marijuana and establish a regulatory framework for the production and... Read more
Slow Going For Efforts To Diversify The Massachusetts Marijuana Industry
One big complaint about Massachusetts’ legal marijuana industry: Who is getting all those profits? Efforts to change have been slow moving. Opening today, in Boston, is the first marijuana business in the state to apply through what’s called the social equity program. It was designed to give a leg... Read more
Illinois recreational marijuana sales totaled $35M in February, a decline from January
You are here: Home / Policy & Legal / Illinois / Illinois recreational marijuana sales totaled $35M in February, a decline from January March 5, 2020 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Recreational marijuana customers spent almost $35 million at Illinois dispensaries in February, a decline from the previous month,... Read more
New petitions seek to decriminalize marijuana, legalize recreational use in Oklahoma
Two initiative petitions filed Wednesday seek to legalize recreational marijuana and decriminalize the drug in Oklahoma. The petitions also seek to enshrine in Oklahoma’s constitution many of the medical marijuana protections Oklahoma voters approved when they passed State Question 788 in 2018. The petitions, filed by eight Oklahomans who... Read more
Boston’s first recreational marijuana dispensary will open Monday
Nearly 40 months since Massachusetts voted to legalize marijuana, Boston is getting its first recreational pot shop. Pure Oasis, an adult-use marijuana dispensary located in the Grove Hall neighborhood of Dorchester, announced that it plans to open Monday at 11 a.m., after the state’s Cannabis Control Commission issued the... Read more
A bill filed in the Louisiana legislature would empower local governments in the state to hold elections on marijuana laws. The legislation, filed by Democratic state Rep. Cedric Glover, would “authorize local governing authorities of the state to call an election for the purpose of authorizing the sale, possession,... Read more
$74.2 million. That is how much Illinois’ nascent recreational marijuana market has brought in during the first two months of operations, a figure that shows steady demand so far.  In January, the first month weed was sold legally for recreational use, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation... Read more
Utah’s cannabis czar is leaving his job
March 5, 2020 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Days after Utah fully launched its medical marijuana program, the state’s cannabis czar says he’s exiting his role. Andrew Rigby, Utah’s hemp and medical cannabis program director at the department of agriculture and food, confirmed that he’s leaving his state job... Read more
Ohio medical marijuana: Purchase limit changes considered after patient complaints
Patients in Ohio’s medical marijuana program have long complained about the complicated way the state calculates how much marijuana they can buy in a 90-day period. That could soon change. The Ohio Board of Pharmacy is reviewing the “90-day supply” after receiving more than 50 public comments about how... Read more
Colorado Flags Old THC Vapes That Could Contain Banned Substance
Seven brands of marijuana vaping products in Colorado could contain MCT oil, a recently banned additive to THC vaping liquid, according to a health advisory from the state Marijuana Enforcement Division. Officially banned by the MED along with the more-notorious vitamin E acetate and polyethylene glycol (PEG) at the start of... Read more
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