Court Rules Against Cannabis Company in Bid to Prevent IRS Audit
Wed / May 10th
The bid by an Aurora, Colorado licensed cannabis company to prevent the IRS from investigating whether it violated federal drug… Read More
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Cayman Islands Hospital Begins Dispensing MMJ
Wed / May 10th
A Cayman Islands hospital has begun dispensing medical cannabis oils nearly six months after Gov. Helen Kilpatrick signed the medical… Read More
Nevada Tax Department Approves Early Start, Licensing to Begin July 1
Tue / May 9th
The Nevada Tax Commission has approved the Early Start provisions for an adult-use cannabis regime that will allow the state… Read More
New York Health Department Publishes MMJ Physician List
Tue / May 9th
New York’s Department of Health has, for the first time, made public a list of medical cannabis providers in the… Read More
Study: Cannabis Could Help Reverse Brain Aging
Tue / May 9th
Researchers at Germany’s University of Bonn, along with colleagues from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, report that low… Read More
Florida Legislature Fails to Pass MMJ Expansion Bill, Moves to Health Department
Tue / May 9th
After a failure by Florida’s legislature to compromise on legislation that would enact the state’s voter-approved medical cannabis amendment, the… Read More
Vermont Senate Passes Compromise Cannabis Bill, House Extends Session
Mon / May 8th
Vermont’s legislature could take up cannabis legalization before this session ends after all, as the Senate passed a compromise bill… Read More
Australia and New Zealand Approve Hemp Food Sales
Mon / May 8th
The Australian and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation has approved the sale of hemp as food but also… Read More
Cannabis Industry Lobbying in Maine Tops $140,000 in 4 Months
Mon / May 8th
Cannabis industry clients in Maine spent more than $140,000 in lobbying fees between Dec. 1 and Mar. 31 in their… Read More
Insurance Company Refuses to Cover Cannabis Candy Manufacturer Linked to Colorado Murder
Mon / May 8th
The insurance company for a Colorado cannabis candy company has filed a lawsuit against their client claiming they have no… Read More
Marino Withdraws Name from ‘Drug Czar’ Consideration
Fri / May 5th
Pennsylvania Rep. Tom Marino has withdrawn his name from consideration to lead the Office of Drug Control Policy “due to… Read More
Vermont House Passes MMJ Expansion Bill, Moves to Gov.
Fri / May 5th
Vermont’s House has passed a measure that doubles the number of medical cannabis dispensaries allowed in the state and expands… Read More
Report: Wholesale Cannabis Prices Rise in First Quarter of ‘17
Fri / May 5th
Wholesale cannabis prices are on the rise in the first quarter of the year, reaching $1,613 per pound, after dropping… Read More
AusCann Granted MMJ Cultivation License for Western Australia
Fri / May 5th
Australia’s Office of Drug Control has granted a medical cannabis cultivation license to AusCann – believed to be the first… Read More
NFL Union Official Announces Plan for ‘Therapeutic Approach’ to Positive Cannabis Tests
Thu / May 4th
In an interview with ESPN Outside the Lines, National Football League Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith said the union… Read More
Vermont Legislature Approves Competing Cannabis Legalization Measures
Thu / May 4th
Both houses of Vermont’s legislature have passed competing cannabis legalization bills but no further advances are expected as the measures… Read More
Nevada Tax Dept. Proposes Early Start Regulations for Rec. Program
Thu / May 4th
Nevada’s director of the Department of Taxation told lawmakers on Wednesday night that the agency has drafted temporary regulations to… Read More
Audit of Maryland MMJ Commission Finds Regulators Overpaid for Application Evaluations
Thu / May 4th
Maryland’s Department of Legislative Audits criticized the state’s Medical Cannabis Commission for using Towson University’s Regional Economic Studies Institute to… Read More
Federal Bill Would Remove CBD from ‘Marihuana’ Definition
Wed / May 3rd
A bill to exclude cannabidiol and “cannabidiol-rich plants” from the definition of “marihuana” under the federal Controlled Substances Act has… Read More
Australia Receives First MMJ Imports from Canada
Wed / May 3rd
The first medical cannabis products to be imported into Australia under the recently enacted federal guidelines have arrived in Melbourne… Read More
National Institute on Drug Abuse Adds MMJ-Opioid Studies to Website
Wed / May 3rd
The National Institute on Drug Abuse, a division of the National Institutes of Health, has updated their website to reflect… Read More
New Hampshire Senate Committees Approve Decriminalization, MMJ Expansion
Wed / May 3rd
Bills that would decriminalize cannabis possession and add post-traumatic stress disorder to the medical cannabis qualifying condition list in New… Read More
MMJ and Hemp Program Protections Included in Federal Budget Resolution
Tue / May 2nd
State-legal medical cannabis and hemp programs are safe until at least September as the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment – which prohibits the… Read More
Colorado Collected More Than $683K in Cannabis Enforcement Fines Last Year
Tue / May 2nd
An investigative report by Denver, Colorado’s FOX 31 has found that 47 licensed cannabis dispensaries were caught breaking the law… Read More