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California Cannabis: Los Angeles Moves to Reform Phase 3 Cannabis Licensing

California Medical Marijuana Recreational Marijuana Uncategorized April 23, 2019

This past weekend was the hallowed 4/20 holiday for those who celebrate and participate. Prior to 4/20, the City of L.A. made some progressive moves towards bolstering consumer protection in the City concerting illegal cannabis (see this pretty great interactive map for your legal cannabis providers in City borders) and rounding out (legally speaking) the…

Marijuana is legal in Massachusetts, but your boss doesn’t have to allow it — yet

Marijuana Industry News Massachusetts Recreational Marijuana April 22, 2019 0

Using marijuana is legal in Massachusetts — but that doesn’t mean your boss has to allow it. Business advocates say company policies about marijuana use are currently all over the map. But a bill sponsored by Sen. Jason Lewis, D-Winchester, would change that. Lewis’ bill, S.978, would forbid employers from... Read more

Oklahoma expanding into commercial hemp production, setting transport rules

Industrial Hemp News Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics Oklahoma April 22, 2019 0

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s freshly inked signature on legislation moves hemp from a pilot project to full commercial production plan under the 2018 Farm Bill. Stitt signed the bill on Thursday, with bipartisan support from state lawmakers. Rules should be in place in time to allow commercial production in... Read more

Sanitas Peak to invest $3M in hemp producer Colorado Cultivars

Colorado Hemp Industrial Hemp News Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics April 19, 2019 0

Sanitas Peak, a Boulder, Colorado-based investment group, said it has placed a $3 million debt facility with Colorado Cultivars, a producer of industrial hemp. Proceeds from the loan primarily will be used to develop production and processing facilities at the company’s main farm in Eaton, Colorado. More details can... Read more

Medical marijuana licenses granted for eight more Florida operators

Florida Marijuana Industry News Medical Marijuana April 18, 2019 0

Florida is adding eight more medical marijuana operators to the 14 businesses currently selling cannabis throughout the state. The new additions to Florida’s rapidly growing medical-marijuana industry — projected to generate more than $2.5 billion in annual revenue within five years — come from a pool of applicants that... Read more

Oregon Cannabis and Liquor: Why is OLCC Harder on Marijuana Licensees?

Oregon Recreational Marijuana Uncategorized April 18, 2019

Why is the OLCC throwing the book at me? This is a question we hear a lot these days from our Oregon cannabis clients in reference to the OLCC’s recent more aggressive approach to enforcement. As we’ve explained, the OLCC has tightened the reins on marijuana applications and rule violations. This has made the prospects…

Mass. marijuana industry is mostly corporate and white. Inside one Boston battle to change that

Marijuana Industry News Massachusetts April 15, 2019 0

Second in a series As dozens of black residents packed the Mildred Avenue Community Center one night in January, it looked like an ordinary — if conspicuously well-attended — neighborhood forum. Except there was nothing ordinary about it. In attendance were three businessmen, each vying for the right to... Read more

Kansas governor expands hemp production

Industrial Hemp News Kansas Marijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics April 15, 2019 0

Kansas is taking steps toward allowing more farmers to grow hemp for commercial use under a measure Gov. Laura Kelly signed into law Monday. The law takes effect later this month and replaces a state program for researching hemp with a program that allows commercial production. Lawmakers authorized the... Read more

North Dakotans likely to vote again on marijuana

Marijuana Industry News Medical Marijuana North Dakota Recreational Marijuana April 15, 2019 0

It’s likely North Dakota voters will get an opportunity to vote on some form of marijuana legalization in the November 2020 election. The shape of any ballot measure will be decided over the next few months. David Owen, chairman of Legalize ND, which spearheaded the 2018 failed measure, held... Read more

Legalizing adult recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania faces uphill battle

Marijuana Industry News Pennsylvania Recreational Marijuana April 15, 2019 0

Pennsylvania is facing an uphill legislative struggle to legalize adult recreational marijuana use despite what appears to be growing public support for bringing cannabis out of the shadows. Some Republicans in a party that controls the state’s House and Senate are calling for a timeout on the initiative, including... Read more

California Cannabis: Los Angeles Moves to Reform Phase 3 Cannabis Licensing

Marijuana is legal in Massachusetts, but your boss doesn’t have to allow it — yet

Oklahoma expanding into commercial hemp production, setting transport rules

Sanitas Peak to invest $3M in hemp producer Colorado Cultivars

Medical marijuana licenses granted for eight more Florida operators

Oregon Cannabis and Liquor: Why is OLCC Harder on Marijuana Licensees?

Mass. marijuana industry is mostly corporate and white. Inside one Boston battle to change that

Kansas governor expands hemp production

North Dakotans likely to vote again on marijuana

Legalizing adult recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania faces uphill battle

Bad News for Hemp THC Beverages in California

California Awards Over $40 Million In Marijuana Tax-Funded Community Reinvestment Grants To Nonprofits And Health Agencies

Adding CBD Or THC To Food Or Drinks Is Illegal, Massachusetts Officials Say In New Memo

South Dakota Voters Will Decide On Marijuana Legalization At The Ballot This November, State Officials Announce

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