Bill to allow marijuana sales in peril after breakdown on Virginia arena deal March 8, 2024 AggregatedNews Virginia 0 Comments Hopes that Gov. Glenn Youngkin might sign a bill legalizing retail sales of marijuana in Virginia faded fast this week as Democrats blocked one of the governor’s top priorities: the plan to bring a professional sports arena to Northern Virginia.… Read More→
Thousands In Hawaii With Arrest Records For Marijuana Possession Could Have Them Expunged March 6, 2024 AggregatedNews Hawaii 0 Comments Over 36,000 people in Hawaii arrested for possessing less than 3 grams of marijuana before that offense was decriminalized in 2019 could have all or part of their criminal records expunged at no cost if legislation to amend the state’s… Read More→
Illegal pot shops across New York City are hurting legitimate marijuana dispensaries, Gov. Kathy Hochul says March 4, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments Gov. Kathy Hochul says the abundance of illegal marijuana dispensaries in New York is hurting legitimate businesses, and she's asking social media companies to help her crack down on illegal pot shops. The space where Bar Veloce is now on Ninth Avenue may… Read More→
Michigan local governments getting $87 million from marijuana sales March 1, 2024 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments Michigan municipalities with recreational marijuana businesses are getting more than $87 million in payouts this week from taxes on marijuana purchases as sales continue to grow. According to the Michigan Department of Treasury, 71 counties and 198 cities, townships and… Read More→
Bay Area cannabis shops are closing as pot sales slump March 1, 2024 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments California’s legal cannabis market continues to descend into financial turmoil, according to the latest annual tax figures released this week. The total market is shrinking in size, according to state-released data, and additional tax information obtained by SFGATE shows hundreds of pot… Read More→
Michigan wants to study marijuana’s health benefits. It’s not easy. March 1, 2024 AggregatedNews Cannabis & Hemp Research, Michigan 0 Comments When Michigan voters approved recreational marijuana six years ago, the measure included an innovative mandate: using cannabis tax revenue to pay for research into the health benefits of the drug for military veterans. State officials later committed $40 million. Not a… Read More→
Virginia House, Senate agree on bill creating legal marijuana market February 29, 2024 AggregatedNews Virginia 0 Comments Democrats who control the Virginia House of Delegates and state Senate agreed Wednesday on a framework establishing a legal market for recreational marijuana, teeing up the issue for Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), who has not signaled whether he will sign,… Read More→
Nevada’s first regulated cannabis consumption lounge opens in Las Vegas February 27, 2024 AggregatedNews Nevada 0 Comments In the seconds before the first state-regulated cannabis consumption lounge would open at Thrive Cannabis Marketplace near the Strip, Clark County Commission Tick Segerblom prepared for the occasion. Segerblom, a lawmaker who has long advocated for the advancement of legal… Read More→
Oregon marijuana sales fall again, prices stagnant February 26, 2024 AggregatedNews Oregon 0 Comments Oregon’s struggling cannabis industry endured another difficult year in 2023, and there’s no indication conditions will ease in the foreseeable future. Prices remain severely depressed, under $4 a gram for 11 consecutive months. Sales fell by nearly 4% last year.… Read More→
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→
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→
Germany set to legalise cannabis, but it’s complicated February 23, 2024 AggregatedNews Germany 0 Comments The German parliament is about to vote on a new law to allow the recreational use of cannabis. If MPs vote yes, over 18s in Germany will be allowed to possess substantial amounts of cannabis, but strict rules will make… Read More→
Veterans groups join calls for Biden administration to reschedule marijuana February 22, 2024 AggregatedNews Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana 0 Comments Some of the nation’s largest veterans groups are pushing the Biden administration to “expeditiously” ease federal restrictions on marijuana, joining a growing number of calls to reschedule the drug six months after the Department of Health and Human Services recommended doing… Read More→
NH House to vote Thursday on marijuana legalization February 20, 2024 AggregatedNews New Hampshire 0 Comments A big test of this year’s attempt to legalize marijuana in New Hampshire is set for Thursday when the state House of Representatives takes up a bipartisan bill that would allow adults to buy cannabis at 15 retail stores. In 2017,… Read More→
Legal Weed in New York Was Going to Be a Revolution. What Happened? February 19, 2024 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments A few years ago, Howell Miller was in prison in New York State, walking laps around the track with a fellow-inmate he’d befriended, who happened to be a former U.S. congressman. Prior to the prison stint, Miller, a cheerful guy… Read More→