Labor unions flex their muscle in fight with California cannabis industry
CaliforniaMarijuana Industry News February 27, 2020 0
The call to cut off the California Cannabis Industry Assn.’s access to decision makers marks a major blow to the state’s most influential marijuana lobbying group and comes at a precarious time for its more than 500 member companies, which operate in a legal industry struggling to compete with... Read more
Vermont House backs legal market for marijuana sales
Marijuana Industry NewsRecreational MarijuanaVermont February 27, 2020 0
The Vermont House on Wednesday approved a bill that would establish a legal market for marijuana in Vermont and clear the way for dispensaries to open up shop in the state as soon as 2022. The bill mandates a 20% tax, gives a head-start on retail sales to current... Read more
Texas state crime labs won’t test suspected marijuana in low-level cases
HempMarijuana Industry NewsTexas February 27, 2020 0
The Texas Department of Public Safety is almost ready to roll out its long-awaited lab test to tell if cannabis is newly legal hemp or illegal marijuana. But DPS Director Steve McCraw notified Texas law enforcement agencies this month of a crucial caveat: The state labs won’t do testing in misdemeanor... Read more
Should illegal marijuana sellers be taxed in Massachusetts? CCC, state legislators eyeing a task force that would look toward taxation over criminal penalties
Marijuana Industry NewsMassachusettsRecreational Marijuana February 27, 2020 0
Concerns about the illegal marijuana market in Massachusetts became even more heightened last year as people here in the state, and across the country, started to fall ill from vaping. For Commissioner Britte McBride of the state Cannabis Control Commission, the vaping crisis became a “fairly significant watershed moment” that reinforced the... Read more
Maine’s plan to ‘harmonize’ marijuana programs would wreak havoc, critics say
MaineMarijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaRecreational Marijuana February 27, 2020 0
Maine wants to “harmonize” its medical and adult-use marijuana programs, but small growers, edible makers and retailers say the state’s proposed changes would drive them out of business and leave rural, cash-strapped patients without affordable medicine. The Office of Marijuana Policy told state lawmakers Wednesday that it wants the... Read more
Legalized recreational marijuana poses opportunities and threats to various CT business interests
ConnecticutMarijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana February 26, 2020 0
Gov. Ned Lamont has filed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, creating a $1.25-per-gram tax on the drug, which would be available for purchase to customers 21 and older beginning at the earliest, July 1, 2022. Connecticut is behind the eight ball on legalization as Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine... Read more
