Rural pharmacies in Illinois are receiving financial support from cannabis taxes earmarked for the state’s ‘rainy day fund,’ officials announced recently. Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza announced last month that nearly $1 million would be released to critical access pharmacies providing essential services to rural communities during the ongoing... Read more
Plant seizures were up in 2019, but marijuana-related arrests were down. That’s the takeaway from the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Statistical Report released this week. The DEA said it confiscated a little more than four million cannabis plants last year, which according to NORML, was up... Read more
Michigan regulators issued new rules that govern the production of recreational marijuana last week, cutting medical marijuana caregivers out of the supply chain for adult-use pot. The change was announced in an advisory bulletin from the Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA) on April 8. Since legal sales of recreational... Read more
Online sales of recreational marijuana are legal in Colorado thanks to new emergency rules established in the state in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Associated Press reports that, under the new rules, “customers can pay for marijuana online and then pick up their purchase at the store.” The... Read more
Virginia became the latest state to decriminalize marijuana, after Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam signed a sweeping criminal justice legislative package into law on Sunday. The legislation will decriminalize simple possession of pot and create a $25 civil penalty It will also seal the records of convictions and prohibit employers... Read more
Regulators in Maine announced on Friday that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic would interfere with the state’s debut of recreational cannabis sales that was planned for this spring. The move continues the delays that have plagued the launch of the adult-use cannabis industry that Maine voters approved in 2016. The... Read more
Medical marijuana patients in New Hampshire will have a bit longer to renew their cards, as the state extended its deadline in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. New Hampshire Public Radio reported that the state’s therapeutic cannabis program announced Friday that “patients who have cards that are expiring in... Read more
