Nebraskans For Medical Marijuana hope to find out by mid-August if enough of the more than 182,000 signatures they submitted July 2 are valid to qualify for a ballot initiative this November. The campaign submitted well over the roughly 121,000 signatures required to put the constitutional amendment legalizing medical... Read more
California-based Success Centers launched roughly 40 years ago to assist youth released from detention centers with life skills and employment. Now, the organization has expanded to the cannabis industry, where it helps connect employers with qualified job seekers in the Bay Area with a focus on social equity. Success... Read more
Facing a shortage of funding and unforeseen circumstances stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, two groups that hoped to place adult-use cannabis legalization initiatives on Arkansas’ 2020 ballot have refocused their efforts on the 2022 election. Arkansans for Cannabis Reform and Arkansas True Grass had to gather nearly 90,000 signatures... Read more
The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) is asking the public to help the agency determine what it should do about the more than 619,000 vaporizer products – representing millions in potential revenue for retailers and manufacturers – that were quarantined between Sept. 25 and Dec. 12, 2019. Beginning last... Read more
A class-action lawsuit over packaging mislabeling filed in a Calgary court is taking aim at some of the Canadian cannabis market’s biggest names. Tilray, Aurora Cannabis, Aleafia Health, Hexo Corp., Cronos Group, Organigram Holdings, MediPharm Labs Corp. and their various subsidiaries and brands are all named as defendants in... Read more
Front Range Biosciences, a Colorado-based agricultural biotech company, has partnered with Rylie’s Sunshine, a Delaware-based CBD tincture company operated by 14-year-old activist Rylie Maedler and her mother, Janie, for the latest in a series of hemp field trials to determine which hemp varieties perform best in certain regions of... Read more
July 10, also known as 710 or Oil Day, is the cannabis industry’s second annual “holiday.” Although not as popular or as well celebrated as 4/20, July 10 has picked up steam in recent years thanks to the rising popularity of concentrated cannabis products. Sales data from various markets... Read more
The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) is asking the public to help the agency determine what it should do about the more than 619,000 vaporizer products – representing millions in potential revenue for retailers and manufacturers – that were quarantined between Sept. 25 and Dec. 12, 2019. Beginning last... Read more
In an effort to ameliorate Pennsylvania’s economic contractions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, State Sen. Sharif Street (D) issued a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf on July 9, urging for the consideration of adult-use cannabis legalization during this year’s budget negotiations. Co-signed by 14 Democratic senators, the letter advocated... Read more
A class-action lawsuit over packaging mislabeling filed in a Calgary court is taking aim at some of the Canadian cannabis market’s biggest names. Tilray, Aurora Cannabis, Aleafia Health, Hexo Corp., Cronos Group, Organigram Holdings, MediPharm Labs Corp. and their various subsidiaries and brands are all named as defendants in... Read more
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