The employees of a Pennsylvania medical marijuana company have signed a labor contract with their employer, making them the first cannabis workers in the state to unionize. The three-year agreement between employees and management of Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Solutions was recently ratified, making about 30 production and laboratory operations... Read more
New Mexico Issues Health Warning and Order Mandating That Licensees Include A Warning Label On All Cannabis Derived Vape Products
Last Thursday, Kathyleen M. Kunkel, Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Health, issued the following order to Medical Marijuana licensees. Public Health Order the Cabinet Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Health October 3, 2019 Warning Labels for Cannabis-Derived Vaping Products Containing Tetrabydrocannabinol (THC)  WHEREAS, as... Read more
The East Coast’s first outdoor, commercial cannabis harvest is underway
October 8, 2019 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Out in the East Coast’s first commercial marijuana field last week, hundreds of “frosted” marijuana flowers glistened, the fall light dancing off the lucrative cannabis oils. The gamble had paid off. Nearly an acre of carefully tended marijuana plants had delivered... Read more
First vaping-related death reported in Mass.
Massachusetts health officials on Monday revealed that a woman in her 60s from Hampshire County was the state’s first known vaping-related death, the latest victim in a nationwide outbreak of potentially fatal lung ailments apparently caused by the smoking products. An initial report indicated the woman vaped nicotine, according... Read more
MedMen Announces Termination of Merger Agreement With PharmaCann and Management Changes MedMen and PharmaCann terminate business combination agreement In conjunction with the termination, MedMen will be compensated with retail and cultivation assets in Illinois and Virginia Termination opens up MedMen’s balance sheet to deepen presence in core retail markets... Read more
Officials in Maine are projecting that cannabis will be on sale in stores by March 2020. A crucial piece of the state’s law has taken effect, which has enabled the Maine Office of Marijuana Policy to finalize the rules governing the sale of cannabis. The Associated Press reported that... Read more
A new hemp factory has opened that will specialize in producing a sustainably sourced wood substitute. HempWood, operated by a company called Fibonacci LLC, is the brainchild of owner Greg Wilson and his experience working with Chinese bamboo technology. His process purports to mimic the growth algorithm of oak... Read more
Vaping in Oregon: The Flavored Products Ban is Just the Beginning

On Friday, Oregon Governor Kate Brown issued Executive Order No. 19-09 (the “Order”), which directs the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) and the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to “take immediate action to address the vaping public health crisis.” In one sense, the Order is narrower than many people feared and expected: specifically, it bans only…

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Maine on track for legal marijuana in 2020
Maine marijuana enthusiasts will probably be able to purchase their preferred products in retail stores by March 2020 after years of waiting. Voters approved legal adult-use marijuana at the polls in November 2016, and the road to legal sales has been long and bumpy. But a key act passed... Read more
Engineers and physicians at the University of California, Davis have developed a breath test to detect possible opioid use. Here’s how it works: subjects of the test breathe normally into a specialized collection device, generating droplets in the breaths that condense and are then stored in a freezer until... Read more
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