South Dakota Senate votes to back stricter version of ban on sale of ‘diet weed’ February 26, 2024 AggregatedNews North Dakota 0 Comments The state Senate has voted to pass the original, stricter version of a ban on the widely available, hemp-derived “diet weed” products that induce highs similar to marijuana. House Bill 1125 had originally targeted a wide swath of products. The gummies,… Read More→
New York Fined Unlicensed Weed Shops More Than $25 Million — and Collected Almost None of That February 24, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments The state has levied more than $25 million in fines against unlicensed smoke shops for selling cannabis products since last year, but so far only a minuscule percent of those fines have been collected by both the state Tax Department… Read More→
Grown in Oklahoma, Smoked in New York: Illicit Marijuana’s Legal Roots February 24, 2024 AggregatedNews Black Market, New York, Oklahoma 0 Comments In the dead of night last April, state drug agents in Oklahoma intercepted an 18-wheeler rumbling east toward the Arkansas border smuggling 7,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in security camera boxes. The weed was from licensed farms in Oklahoma, according… Read More→
New Idaho bill would create $420 mandatory minimum fine for marijuana possession February 22, 2024 AggregatedNews Idaho 0 Comments Anyone convicted of possessing small amounts of marijuana in Idaho would receive a mandatory minimum fine of $420 if a new bill introduced in the Idaho Legislature becomes law. House Bill 606 is Rep. Bruce Skaug’s second attempt to pass a… Read More→
House Republicans Investigating Spread Of Chinese-Backed Marijuana Farms In United States January 15, 2024 AggregatedNews China, Federal 0 Comments Top House Republicans are requesting a briefing from the Department of Homeland Security and the Drug Enforcement Agency on the spread of illegal Chinese-backed marijuana farms across the United States. The letter from House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green, Rep.… Read More→
Montana to crack down on synthetic marijuana products July 12, 2023 AggregatedNews Montana 1 Comment Montana will soon crack down on synthetic marijuana and intoxicating hemp products that have proliferated through regulatory loopholes despite concerns they pose a health risk to children. The Cannabis Control Division, the marijuana regulatory arm of the Montana Department of… Read More→
Oklahoma’s medical marijuana agency ‘ready to really get going’ June 22, 2023 AggregatedNews Oklahoma 0 Comments Lawyers for the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority took a seat at one of two tables before a judge as the morning sun splashed through the hexagon-shape windows of a first-floor makeshift courtroom inside the state agency’s building near the state… Read More→
Oregon to crack down on illegal pot growers by holding landowners responsible June 9, 2023 AggregatedNews Oregon 0 Comments Oregon has long been known as a mecca for high-quality marijuana, but that reputation has come with a downside: illegal growers who offer huge amounts of cash to lease or buy land and then leave behind pollution, garbage and a drained water… Read More→
NY poised to crack down on illegal marijuana shops. Here’s how it’ll work May 31, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments Cannabis regulators in New York are poised to begin enforcing new state laws aimed at shuttering hundreds of unlicensed shops selling black-market marijuana that undermines the state's fledgling legal cannabis industry. The state Office of Cannabis Management on Tuesday voted… Read More→
N.Y. expanding its crackdown on illegal pot shops after inability under existing laws May 2, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments State lawmakers are set to expand the government’s ability to shut down an estimated thousands of illegal pot shops in New York. The move by the state’s Democratic supermajorities comes after the state’s Office of Cannabis Management was able to… Read More→
A timeline of Mayor Eric Adams’ shift from embracing to cracking down on illicit cannabis in New York City April 10, 2023 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments New York City’s cannabis industry has changed rapidly since early last year, and so has its mayors’ stance toward the plant and its prevalence throughout the five boroughs. An analysis of New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ public statements since June of… Read More→
Awash in illegal marijuana, Oregon looks at toughening laws December 9, 2022 AggregatedNews Oregon 0 Comments In 2014, Oregon voters approved a ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana after being told it would eliminate problems caused by “uncontrolled manufacture” of the drug. Illegal production of marijuana has instead exploded. Oregon lawmakers, who have heard complaints from police, legal growers and others, are… Read More→
State troopers seize half a million pounds of illegal marijuana in southern Oregon November 21, 2021 AggregatedNews Oregon 0 Comments Troopers with the Oregon State Police seized roughly 500,000 pounds of processed marijuana in the latest large-scale bust in southern Oregon, which has seen a number of high-profile raids on illegal marijuana farms recently. Troopers served a warrant on a… Read More→
Navajo Nation moves to shut down hemp farms amid claims of marijuana growing September 25, 2020 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Leaders on the Navajo Nation have cracked down on one of its members who they say has used immigrant labor to transform 400 acres of crop land into hemp farms in the reservation's northeastern corner. The crops — illegal under Navajo law — have pitted residents… Read More→
Business Is Booming For Georgia’s Marijuana Trade April 9, 2020 AggregatedNews Georgia 0 Comments As businesses, bars and restaurants across Georgia close their doors during the coronavirus pandemic, one product continues to thrive: marijuana. A dealer who works inside the Perimeter said they sold last month nearly three times as much marijuana as normal.… Read More→