Arizona Unveils Draft Regulations for Legal Cannabis Market
Mon / Dec 14th
Arizona regulators released the first draft rules for the state’s adult-use cannabis marketplace. The license application period is set to open on January 19.
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Mon / Dec 14th
Arizona regulators released the first draft rules for the state’s adult-use cannabis marketplace. The license application period is set to open on January 19.
Mon / Dec 14th
After nearly a year of legal cannabis sales in Illinois, there are still zero licensed cannabis businesses in the state that are majority-owned by a person of color.
Fri / Dec 11th
Florida State Sen. Randolph Bracey announced this week he will introduce a bill next year aimed at expunging low-level cannabis convictions in the state.
Fri / Dec 11th
Detroit officials are set to issue the city’s adult-use cannabis business licenses this summer.
Fri / Dec 11th
Canopy Growth announced yesterday it was shutting down five cultivation sites — including all of its outdoor cultivation footprint — and laying off approximately 220 employees in an effort to “streamline operations.”
Thu / Dec 10th
According to an online poll, 45% of U.S adults have reduced or replaced their alcohol consumption with cannabis since the pandemic started.
Thu / Dec 10th
Mexican lawmakers are requesting an extension to their December 15 deadline to pass a cannabis legalization law. The bill as it stands would allow for possession up to 28 grams, home cultivation, a legal market, and the expungement of some prior cannabis crimes.
Wed / Dec 9th
In yet another sign of growing public approval for cannabis reforms, a recent survey shows that a 70% supermajority of Americans supports the expungement of cannabis convictions.
Wed / Dec 9th
Denver cannabis regulators announced new proposals that would allow for cannabis delivery and additional social use venues, as well as new provisions that would prioritize those licenses for entrepreneurs who qualify under the state’s social equity requirements.
Wed / Dec 9th
A recent Wyoming poll found for the first time ever that a majority of voters there support legalizing adult-use cannabis.
Tue / Dec 8th
Ontario’s auditor general said the unregulated cannabis market is still thriving because the legally available products are of lower quality.
Mon / Dec 7th
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says state lawmakers have reached a deal to legalize and regulate cannabis after voters overwhelmingly approved a voter initiative calling for the reforms last month.
Mon / Dec 7th
Nebraska State Sen. Anna Wishart says she is crafting adult-use legalization language that will be added to a medical cannabis legalization initiative planned for 2022.
Fri / Dec 4th
The U.S. House has voted in favor of the MORE Act, a landmark legalization bill that would end the federal prohibition of cannabis.
Fri / Dec 4th
The NBA will not be testing for cannabis use during the upcoming season. The policy was extended from drug testing rules agreed upon last season by the league and players union.
Fri / Dec 4th
Cannabis activists and lawmakers in Florida are gearing up for big legalization pushes in 2021 and 2022.
Thu / Dec 3rd
The House Rules Committee voted yesterday to advance the MORE Act — which would end the federal prohibition of cannabis — positioning the landmark bill for a full floor vote later this week. If passed, the legislation is all but guaranteed to fail in the GOP-controlled Senate.
Thu / Dec 3rd
CannTrust, the embattled Canadian cannabis producer whose license was suspended amid multiple compliance violations last year, is launching two new brands after an 18-month remediation process.
Wed / Dec 2nd
A first-of-its-kind study published this month found that CBD has no negative impacts on driving while THC intoxication lasts for about four hours.
Wed / Dec 2nd
San Francisco city officials have voted to ban smoking in apartment buildings. The ban, however, does not extend to cannabis smoking because it would effectively remove the only legal consumption option for apartment-dwelling cannabis patients.
Wed / Dec 2nd
The New Leaf Illinois initiative has launched. The effort aims to help people who were arrested for cannabis crimes get their records expunged.
Tue / Dec 1st
Under new adult-use cannabis regulations in Massachusetts, social equity applicants will be given the first crack at delivery licenses for three years.
Tue / Dec 1st
Cannabis regulators in Guam are at odds with the U.S. territory’s tourism officials over cannabis advertising and product sales in Tumon, a vacation hotspot.
Mon / Nov 30th
New Jersey’s attorney general has directed state prosecutors to stop trying low-level cannabis crimes following the state’s landslide vote in favor of legalization.
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