Hawaii Senate Kills ‘De Facto’ Weed Legalization April 25, 2024 AggregatedNews Hawaii 0 Comments A bill to increase the amount of marijuana a person can possess before facing stiff criminal penalties failed 15-9 in the Hawaii Senate on Monday. It was the second defeat of a measure at the Legislature this session to allow… Read More→
Kentucky’s Medical Cannabis Program Undergoes Dramatic Transformation: Navigating HB 829 and the Emergency Licensing Regulations April 24, 2024 Hannah King Kentucky 0 Comments By Hannah King and Arin Aragona Plans for Kentucky’s medical cannabis program took a significant turn last week with the passage of House Bill 829 and the implementation of emergency regulations related to licensing. They create limited licenses, a lottery… Read More→
Cannabis in Court: When Federal Courts Will Hear Commercial Disputes Related to the Cannabis Business April 24, 2024 Stephen Ascher Federal 0 Comments By Steven Ascher and Anna M.Windemuth The unique status of the cannabis business — legal in a majority of states, but still illegal under federal law — creates a thorny problem for litigants: Federal courts sometimes refuse to hear cannabis-related… Read More→
Patchwork Regulation of CBD Products Continues Despite Rise in Demand April 24, 2024 Courtney Hunter Hemp Policy & Legal, Policy & Legal 0 Comments By Courtney A. Hunter and Jessalyn H. Zeigler Demand for cannabidiol (CBD) products continues to climb, and the market has risen to the occasion. There is now a robust array of foods, oils, lotions, capsules and cosmetics containing CBD for… Read More→
How Private Equity Trumped Social Equity in State Cannabis Deal April 24, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments Confidential documents obtained by THE CITY reveal how Chicago Atlantic Group became one of the biggest beneficiaries of the state’s legalization program. Last June, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that a much anticipated deal had finally been reached to fund a… Read More→
Tech glitch on 4/20 caused Missouri cannabis businesses to lose sales April 24, 2024 AggregatedNews Missouri 0 Comments April 20 is a day recognized globally for celebrating cannabis culture, but it’s also like the cannabis industry’s Black Friday. Dispensaries offer deals designed to inspire people to flood their stores to stock up. However on Saturday, dispensaries across the state… Read More→
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift April 23, 2024 AggregatedNews Japan 0 Comments Japan’s cannabis market expanded sixfold over four years to ¥24 billion ($154 million) in 2023, a trend that is expected to accelerate with the amendment in December of cannabis laws, market research firm Euromonitor International said in a recent report.… Read More→
Two years after first legal cannabis sales, New Jerseyans still seek home cultivation April 22, 2024 AggregatedNews New Jersey 0 Comments For the last two years, people have been able to stroll into New Jersey dispensaries to buy weed. But growing your own cannabis plant remains a third-degree felony. Despite a growing number of nearby states legalizing the growing of marijuana plants at home, bills… Read More→
A Holiday for Weed Fans, Complete With Sponsors April 22, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments In the culture of cannabis, April 20 is a holiday when those who partake light up in enjoyment and in protest of prohibition. Although the origins of “4/20” are debated — according to popular lore, a group of California high… Read More→
Budget deal ends marijuana potency tax and targets illegal shops in New York April 19, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments The state budget that’s expected to be adopted in the coming days calls for repealing the potency tax on marijuana products as well as new regulations intended to give local municipalities, including New York City, the ability to more easily inspect and… Read More→
Amended CT Bill Creates New Hemp Categories April 19, 2024 Tom Hymes Connecticut, News & Insights 0 Comments Significant adjustments have been made to Connecticut House Bill No. 5150, the omnibus cannabis/hemp legislation that is waiting to be taken up by the full House. An amended version of the bill (LCO_3982) was filed this week that, among other… Read More→
California Gives Up on the Illegal Cannabis Market: More of the Same April 19, 2024 AggregatedNews Black Market, California 0 Comments By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski Last week, California’s Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) released illegal market enforcement data for quarter 1 of 2024. It’s become a new tradition of mine to compare this quarterly data and see whether the state… Read More→
Pot Industry High on Florida’s Marijuana Legalization Referendum April 18, 2024 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments Voters will now get to decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana in a state that has a well-established medical pot marketplace. When the Florida Supreme Court earlier this month approved a November referendum on legalizing marijuana in the Sunshine State, it set off celebrations around the… Read More→
Black market marijuana tied to Chinese criminal networks infiltrates Maine April 17, 2024 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments Maine is the newest frontier for the illicit marijuana trade, with potentially hundreds of suspected unlicensed grow houses operating in the state, a CBS News investigation has found. It's part of a larger phenomenon nationwide. Thousands of illegal marijuana farms… Read More→
Iowa’s medical marijuana program is 10 years old. How does it compare with other states? April 16, 2024 AggregatedNews Iowa 0 Comments Ten years ago this month, Iowa policymakers made it legal to use cannabis for certain medical treatment, marking the start of what would eventually become Iowa's existing medical cannabidiol program. In April 2014, state lawmakers approved legislation to allow certain… Read More→