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Marijuana company sued for not making customers high enough

October 26, 2022
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A California cannabis company is being sued by two local consumers for allegedly lying about the potency of its products. Jasper Centeno of Long Beach and Blake Wilson of Fresno filed a lawsuit in state court last week accusing DreamFields Brands of…

Study: Minnesota missing out on millions in tax revenue by not taxing THC products

September 15, 2022
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Minnesota is missing out on up to $46 million in revenue by not having a special tax on legal THC products, according to a University of Minnesota Duluth study. Looking at states that have legalized recreational marijuana, the university's Bureau…

Florida Department of Health puts restrictions on medical marijuana, some patients worry about future usage

September 8, 2022
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The Florida Department of Health recently issued an emergency ruling on medical marijuana to limit amounts and dosage. Some patients worry about what this could mean for future usage. “I started having what they refer to as grand mal cluster seizures…

NEW Proposition 65 Cannabis Regulations

September 5, 2022
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By Hilary Bricken, Principal at Harris Bricken Proposition 65 cannabis regulations are no joke, and they continue to change. For better or worse, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (a/k/a Prop. 65) has long plagued California…

Marijuana Patients Say Florida’s New Dose Limits Stifle Treatment

September 1, 2022
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Nearly six years after the legalization of medical marijuana in Florida, the state has imposed strict dosage limits for cannabis patients. As of August 29, a new Florida Department of Health rule caps patients' dosage across all major categories of…

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Cannabis Beverage Makers Have Alcohol Market in Their Sights

Alcohol has long been the dominant social lubricant — but the growing cannabis industry wants to offer a replacement. The market for beverages made with THC, marijuana’s psychoactive ingredient, is growing. Smaller players are looking to do more than just get people high…

Marijuana, hemp laws have changed in Louisiana. Here’s what that means for patients, consumers

Medical marijuana has been legal in Louisiana since 2019, but the laws have been tweaked and expanded since then, including this summer following the Legislative Session, while hemp laws were also adjusted. Louisiana's medical marijuana law has allowed doctors to recommend — the…

Marijuana is still illegal to sell in Virginia, but that’s not stopping retailers (including a senator)

February 3, 2022
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The Lucky Charms cereal bars for sale at Sen. Louise Lucas’ cannabis shop in Portsmouth feature a stoned cartoon leprechaun and a warning that it “contains cannabis, a Schedule 1 controlled substance.” The label, it turns out, is only partially…

NFL Awards $1 Million to Study Impact of Cannabis and CBD on Pain Management

The National Football League today announced the award of $1 million in research funding to two teams of medical researchers at the University of California San Diego and University of Regina. The studies will investigate the effects of cannabinoids on…

Marijuana giant Curaleaf settles 10 lawsuits over wellness drops tainted with THC

One of nation’s largest marijuana companies has settled 10 lawsuits over wellness drops it sold in Oregon that were contaminated with a jumbo dose of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. Massachusetts-based Curaleaf has acknowledged that employees at a Portland facility…

Medical marijuana laws in Colorado will be more strict starting Jan. 1. Here’s how.

November 12, 2021
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Colorado will impose stricter rules for the purchase of medical marijuana starting Jan. 1 following several months of deliberation over how to execute a new state law meant largely to limit young people’s access to and abuse of high-potency THC…

Mississippi Gov. Reeves delays medical marijuana special session over details of legislative proposal

Gov. Tate Reeves said he intends to call a special session to take up legalizing medical marijuana as soon as some final details are worked out between him and legislative leaders. “I am confident we will have a special session…

Portland marijuana production blunder resulted in jumbo THC dose for customers expecting none; 3 went to the ER, 1 hospitalized

People who took mislabeled wellness drops last month ended up ingesting several times a typical dose of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, according to Oregon regulators. The people who took the Select-brand drops hadn’t anticipated getting high at all.…

Cannabis Investors Should Know the Difference Between Marijuana and Hemp

July 19, 2021
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Canada, France and China are the leading manufacturers of industrial cannabis in the U.S. today. Yet our nation has seen a dramatic increase in hemp farming across the entire continent. Research and Markets estimates that the global industrial hemp market…

Colorado marijuana regulation bill sails through the legislature

More than seven years after recreational marijuana shops opened in Colorado, the state legislature is sending a unified message of concern about what high-potency products might do to young people. Lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to HB21-1317, the most sweeping…