Bipartisan support for Medical Cannabis and Hemp legislation likely to spur growth In Virginia’s 2019 General Assembly (GA) Session, five of six proposed cannabis-related bills passed and will soon reach the desk of the Governor, ushering in some significant changes to the Commonwealth’s medical cannabis program. Among them, allowing full therapeutic-strength medical cannabis preparations, and […]
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Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America
Part of a year-long series, longtime cannabis law reform advocate and historian Allen St. Pierre examines monthly for Cannabis Business Executive the last fifty years of cannabis prohibition and the public advocacy efforts in America to bring about the ongoing and inescapable socio-political changes underway first at the state, and soon, federal level regarding cannabis policy. […]
Elixinol Welcomes Hemp Industry Advocate Joy Beckerman As Regulatory Officer & Industry Liaison
PRESS RELEASE Beckerman will represent Elixinol’s position in hemp industry’s dynamic U.S. regulatory and advocacy environment DENVER — (January 3, 2019) — Elixinol, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elixinol Global (EXL)(ASX: EXL; OTC: ELLXF), announces Joy Beckerman’s appointment to Elixinol’s team starting January 1, 2019. In Beckerman’s role as Regulatory Officer and Industry Liaison, she will […]
Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America
By Allen St.Pierre Part 10 of a year-long series, longtime cannabis law reform advocate and historian Allen St. Pierre examines monthly for Cannabis Business Executive the last fifty years of cannabis prohibition and the public advocacy efforts in America to bring about the ongoing and inescapable socio-political changes underway first at the state, and soon, federal […]
Why Advocacy Needs to be a Part of Your Communications Strategy
Heading into the November Midterms, it’s a perfect time to reflect on the myriad ways in which lawmakers and regulators affect our ability to do business in the legal cannabis sector—and how reaching those audiences needs to be an important part of any cannabis company’s overall communications strategy. So for my latest Cannabis Business Executive […]
As Marijuana Dispensaries Open Their Doors, Florida Registers 5,400 New Users Per Week
Call it the New Marijuana Math: 91,000 Floridians are buying 56 pounds of pot a week under the orders of 1,400 doctors. A year and a half after an amendment to the state constitution legalized medical marijuana, the fledgling industry is finally starting to show some muscle. “On the one hand, we should have been […]
Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America Part 5 (1984-1988)
Part of a year-long series, longtime cannabis law reform advocate and historian Allen St. Pierre examines monthly for Cannabis Business Executive the last fifty years of cannabis prohibition and the public advocacy efforts in America to bring about the ongoing and inescapable socio-political changes underway first at the state, and soon, federal level regarding cannabis policy. […]
Smith’s Act of Contrition and the Battle to be “The Voice of the Cannabis Industry”
Over the last few weeks, there have been a number of announcements and articles that are connected to the behind the scenes posturing taking place to determine the “Voice of the Cannabis Industry”. Two weeks ago, we all read about the deal struck between Trump and Cory Gardner of Colorado and CBE even posted an […]
Michigan approves marijuana legalization vote for November
LANSING — The battle to free the weed officially started Thursday when the State Board of Canvassers ruled that a group pushing a proposal to legalize marijuana for recreational use got enough signatures to qualify for the Nov. 6 ballot. The 4-0 decision by the board was met with cheers by advocates for the proposal. […]
Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America
Part of a year-long series, longtime cannabis law reform advocate and historian Allen St. Pierre examines monthly for Cannabis Business Executive the last fifty years of cannabis prohibition and the public advocacy efforts in America to bring about the ongoing and inescapable socio-political changes underway first at the state, and soon, federal level regarding cannabis policy. […]
Is the end of Prohibition in sight or are we dealing with good old fashioned horse-trading?
Last week ended with a bang when the Washington Post and other news outlets reported on a deal made between Senator Cory Gardner (R) of Colorado and the great deal-maker himself, our esteemed President Donald Trump. The agreement reached was lacking details but basically indicated that Gardner and Trump had agreed to find a path […]
Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America
Part Three (1976-1980) Marijuana Law Reform Advocates/The Carter Years Part of a year-long series, longtime cannabis law reform advocate and historian Allen St. Pierre examines monthly for Cannabis Business Executive the last fifty years of cannabis prohibition and the public advocacy efforts in America to bring about the ongoing and inescapable sociopolitical changes underway first at […]
Hudak: “That legislation is dead. Period”
By David Hodes Are we getting there? Let’s review. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) reports twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for qualified patients, while eight states now regulate the production and sale of marijuana to all adults. An estimated 63 million Americans reside in jurisdictions […]
Rocket Launched! Becoming Who We Are
By Christine Edmond WHOA. What happened in 2016?! How did an entire year go back without writing a blog post (here or on the travel blog), or even many entries in my journal—including songs, prayers, random thoughts, and poems. I suppose a lot has happened in the last 12+ months…. Actually, my entire life changed. …Again. […]
NORML Releases Gubernatorial Report Card: Learn Where Your Governor Stands On Marijuana Policy
With the 2016 election only days away, NORML is pleased today to release of our first ever Gubernatorial Scorecard. Inspired by NORML’s Congressional Scorecard, this extensive database assigns a letter grade ‘A’ through ‘F’ to every state governor based upon his or her comments and voting records specific to matters of marijuana policy. Public opinion in support […]
Public’s Attitude Shifts Dramatically In Favor Of Marijuana Legalization
Washington, DC: Nearly six in ten Americans now believe that marijuana use ought to be legal and only about one in three favor continuing to criminalize the plant, according to nationwide survey data published by the Pew Research Center. Fifty-seven percent of respondents say, “The use of marijuana should be made legal” – the highest […]
Allen St. Pierre Resigns from NORML
CBE Press learned today that Allen St.Pierre, who has championed the cause of ending Cannabis Prohibition in the United States while helping any and all that have run afoul of its ugly ramifications, resigned as Executive Director of NORML after leading the organization with his partner and NORML founder Keith Stroup for the last 24 […]
Drug Testing Post Pot Prohibition
Drug testing, one of the major components of the government’s war on some drugs, like the unpopular policy itself, may be waning as cannabis commerce replaces prohibition. According to the American Management Association, drug testing in the workplace hit a peak in the late 1990s*. Back then the federal government, under Presidents Reagan and Bush 1.0, […]
