Rhode Island just made history by approving a legal cannabis bill. The proposed legislation passed 29-9 earlier this week. The bill is sponsored by Michael McCaffrey, Democrat and the Senate Majority Leader and Health & Human Services Chairman Joshua Miller, another Democrat. It was introduced back in March, and... Read more
The implementation of a seed-to-sale tracking system for medical marijuana products in Oklahoma has been delayed by a lawsuit that seeks to transfer the costs of the program to the state. In April, the rollout of the program was postponed until the end of June by a Okmulgee County... Read more
Analogies between the patterns and paths that cannabis legalization is taking—between Canada and Europe, and more recently, the U.S. and Europe—are certainly in the room this year. Especially as different European states begin to at least engage if not normalize parts of the cannabis discussion—from medical and CBD to... Read more
EVIDENCE, a new cannabis brand operating and running in the abandoned building of a private prison, just launched with the help of Damian Marley, Nabil Elderkin, Berner and other celebs and industry movers and shakers. The result is a cannabis company unlike any other. EVIDENCE took off just in... Read more
The regulatory body currently overseeing Ohio’s medical marijuana program has now instituted new rules governing the use of Delta-8 THC, the popular, yet controversial, compound that has been known to yield similar effects to regular weed. The rules, via the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program, are intended to provide... Read more
After years of flirting with marijuana legalization, the state of Connecticut is finally ready to make it official. Today, the state’s governor Ned Lamont signed legislation that legalized recreational pot use for adults aged 21 and older. The new law will officially take effect on July 1. However, retail... Read more
New York legalized marijuana this year but the NYPD continued to make pot-related arrests, according to fresh data released this month. The figures show that police in America’s largest city made 163 marijuana arrests in the first quarter of 2021 across the five boroughs, with the overwhelming majority involving... Read more
