NORML’s 50-Year Fight to Deschedule Cannabis September 7, 2023 Tom Hymes Descheduling or Rescheduling Marijuana, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments As much as NORML has been in the cannabis spotlight as the preeminent organization fighting to normalize a plant that has helped so many of us so profoundly, a whispered consensus could likely be found that its day has come… Read More→
Recreational marijuana may be on Florida ballot; here’s why leading pot advocate isn’t happy June 7, 2023 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments A leader in the Florida cannabis community fears a proposed recreational marijuana initiative may be doomed because it offers little change for consumers, but provides a bigger market for the medical marijuana giant backing the proposal. The Adult Personal Use… Read More→
Louisiana marijuana laws in the midst of evolution: Here’s what changed starting Aug. 1 August 4, 2022 AggregatedNews Louisiana 0 Comments Louisiana is in the midst of a marijuana evolution that began accelerating with the first dispensing of legal medical cannabis to patients in 2019. It has continued with expansions to the medical program and new reforms to the state's criminal laws. The Legislature… Read More→
Critics Challenge Study That Found Little Evidence to Support Use of Cannabis June 10, 2022 AggregatedNews Science and Technology 0 Comments Medical marijuana advocates are challenging the findings of a new study that found little clinical evidence to support the use of cannabis in treating chronic pain. “The findings appear out of step with the real-world experience of millions of patients… Read More→
Recreational marijuana still isn’t legal in Virginia and medical patients face access challenges April 5, 2022 AggregatedNews Virginia 0 Comments While recreational marijuana is technically legal in Virginia, the path to purchasing it in stores is still a long way off. In February, Republicans in the House of Delegates killed legislation that would have allowed limited retail sales later this year. The… Read More→
Descheduling Cannabis Will Not Relegate Its Sale Exclusively to Pharmacies; It Will Empower States to Regulate Cannabis as They Seem Fit March 5, 2021 Paul Armentano News & Insights, Op-Ed 0 Comments By Paul Armentano A recently featured article in CBE, entitled “Implications of the MORE Act and Possible Federal Legalization of Cannabis,” opines that removing the cannabis plant from the federal Controlled Substances Act – as initially proposed by the Marijuana… Read More→
Virginia’s Cannabis Industry: A 2019 Legislative Session Rundown March 22, 2019 Rebecca Gwilt Hemp Policy & Legal, Virginia 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America January 9, 2019 Allen St. Pierre Policy & Legal 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Elixinol Welcomes Hemp Industry Advocate Joy Beckerman As Regulatory Officer & Industry Liaison January 3, 2019 Press Release Hemp Industry News, Industry People, Press Releases 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America October 25, 2018 Allen St. Pierre Policy & Legal 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Why Advocacy Needs to be a Part of Your Communications Strategy September 24, 2018 Shawna Seldon McGregor Marketing, Opinions, Organizations & Associations 0 Comments 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… Read More→
As Marijuana Dispensaries Open Their Doors, Florida Registers 5,400 New Users Per Week June 1, 2018 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Fifty Years: How Marijuana Became Re-Legalized In America Part 5 (1984-1988) May 15, 2018 Allen St. Pierre Policy & Legal 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Smith’s Act of Contrition and the Battle to be “The Voice of the Cannabis Industry” May 1, 2018 Rob Meagher News & Insights, Op-Ed 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Michigan approves marijuana legalization vote for November April 26, 2018 AggregatedNews Michigan 0 Comments 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.… Read More→