Using marijuana is legal in Massachusetts — but that doesn’t mean your boss has to allow it. Business advocates say company policies about marijuana use are currently all over the map. But a bill sponsored by Sen. Jason Lewis, D-Winchester, would change that. Lewis’ bill, S.978, would forbid employers from penalizing or discriminating against an employee […]
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US authorities: Marijuana involvement imperils citizenship
Immigration authorities on Friday said that anyone with any involvement with marijuana, regardless of whether it’s legal in the state where they live, can be denied citizenship because the drug is still illegal under federal law. The announcement comes weeks after officials in Colorado, where recreational marijuana is legal, began warning residents that working for a dispensary […]
Corporate America Gears Up for ‘Weed Day’ Celebrations on April 20
Potheads have for decades celebrated their love of marijuana on April 20, but the once counter-culture celebration that was all about getting stoned now is so mainstream Corporate America is starting to embrace it. No, Hallmark doesn’t yet have a card to mark “420.” But many other businesses inside and outside the multibillion-dollar cannabis industry are using […]
Georgia Gov. Kemp signs medical marijuana bill
Some Georgia patients will soon be allowed to legally buy the marijuana they are already allowed to possess. Because of a legal quirk, patients and families have regularly broken the law to obtain low-potency medical marijuana oil. Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday signed a bill that would fix that problem, calling the new law a carefully crafted, […]
Legal Marijuana Could Be Next Big Opportunity in Health Care
While cannabis isn’t yet legal across the U.S., new technologies are already opening doors to promising new applications of marijuana—and pharmaceutical companies are gearing up for a future where these options could hit the market, says Piper Jaffray. The back story. In 2017 Canada legalized cannabis, but the road toward acceptance in the U.S. looks longer. The U.S. has taken […]
The Army Has A Message For Soldiers: Even Where Marijuana Is Legal, Don’t Use It
As more states legalize recreational marijuana, there’s at least one place where the rules haven’t changed: the military. Active service members are strictly forbidden to use marijuana, whether it’s recreational or medicinal. Standing in a rec center at Fort Carson, Col. is a doorframe-sized poster headlined, “The Costs of Marijuana.” Through charts and graphics, it […]
Aurora Cannabis Is on Pace for 780,000 Kilos a Year, With 1 Million a Real Possibility
At the moment, there’s simply no industry growing faster, or garnering more attention from Wall Street and investors, than marijuana. Following the legalization of recreational weed in Canada, and now having over 40 countries worldwide with some sort of medical cannabis legalization in place, the sky appears to be the limit for pot and marijuana […]
The poll are in: Marijuana legalization is very popular
The three major national polls in America are increasingly converging on one point: Marijuana legalization is very popular in the US. The latest finding, from the recently released General Social Survey by NORC at the University of Chicago, shows that 61 percent of people supported marijuana legalization in 2018. That’s up from 57 percent in 2016 and 31 percent […]
Nevada Is Under Pressure to Reveal How It Awards Its Marijuana Licenses
Nevada faces complaints about secrecy in awarding licenses to sell marijuana in the state’s booming legal marketplace, boiling over into lawsuits and legislation that appear poised to pry open the process. Several companies have sued the state tax department, arguing that no one knows for sure the criteria officials use to award new licenses. They […]
What will it take to win a license to grow or sell marijuana in Missouri?
Anyone wanting to grow or sell marijuana in Missouri should have hundreds of thousands in cash and be prepared to describe the minutiae of their business plans, from controlling odor from marijuana facilities to keeping the drug from entering the illegal market. That’s according to a long-awaited draft of applications for marijuana business licenses posted […]
Aurora Cannabis Marijuana Peak Production Leaps Higher
Aurora Cannabis (NYSE:ACB) is Canada’s second-largest marijuana company by revenue behind Canopy Growth (NYSE:CGC), but expansion projects could catapult it into first place someday. Aurora Cannabis went into this week with funded expansion projects targeting over 550,000 kilograms annually and exiting this week, its plans are targeting over 630,000 kilograms of peak marijuana production per year. What’s going on […]
$350,000 in cash? California marijuana taxes still make growers – and tax collectors – nervous
On tax days, it’s not hard to spot marijuana growers waiting to exhale in downtown Eureka. They haul cash in grocery bags and boxes, making their way to a state office where they can pay their taxes. One grower “holds his breath as he walks into the building,” said Terra Carver, executive director of the […]
Tennessee medical marijuana bills are dead until 2020
Tennessee lawmakers have abruptly delayed all efforts to legalize medical marijuana until next year, abandoning several bills moments before the controversial topic was expected to be debated for the first time. Sen. Steve Dickerson, a doctor who is one of the biggest advocates in the Tennessee legislature for medical marijuana, said during a Senate hearing […]
1st Massachusetts farmers moving toward approval to grow marijuana outdoors
So far, all the marijuana sold in Massachusetts’ legal market has been grown indoors. But that could change. The Cannabis Control Commission on Thursday approved the first two provisional licenses for companies that plan to grow marijuana outdoors in the Berkshires. The licenses went to Theory Wellness and BCWC, both medical marijuana companies that are […]
Guam legalizes recreational use of marijuana
The governor of Guam has signed into law recreational use of marijuana on the U.S. island territory. Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero signed the bill Thursday — a week after the Legislature narrowly passed the legislation that allows people ages 21 and older to possess up to an ounce (28 grams), the Pacific Daily News reported […]
Here’s Who Sold the Most Marijuana Last Quarter
Following the opening of Canada’s recreational adult-use marijuana market last October, top marijuana stocks could capture billions of dollars in sales as consumers shift their spending from the black market to licensed marijuana retailers. The potential to profit from pot is sparking a green rush of investment that has some marijuana growers already benefiting more […]
Illinois marijuana legalization proposal advances without public details
There are no details filed yet for a bill to legalize recreational adult-use marijuana in Illinois, but that did not stop the state Senate Executive Committee from voting on the measure Wednesday. As it stands now, Senate Bill 7 is what is referred to as a “shell bill,” or a vehicle to be amended with […]
Uruguay: The world’s marijuana pioneer
Uruguay was the first country in the world to legalise recreational cannabis. Five years after its pioneering law was passed, how’s the industry getting on? “We sold a lot of cannabis on the first day,” says Esteban Riviera, who owns a large, modern-looking pharmacy in Montevideo, Uruguay’s capital. “We sold 1,250 packages in six hours. […]
