Cannabis-related charges across Canada continue to drop since peaking in 2011. But not in Quebec, police data show. The post Cannabis Charges Decline in Canada, But Montreal Bucks Trend appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Cannabis Charges Decline in Canada, But Montreal Bucks TrendContinue Reading
The Maine Department of Labor says the majority of businesses won’t be able to fire an employee for a marijuana-positive drug test. The post Maine Cannabis Law Could Change Employers’ Drug-Testing Practices appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Maine Cannabis Law Could Change Employers’ Drug-Testing PracticesContinue Reading
MassRoots – a popular marijuana-focused social media platform based in Denver – has closed a $1,217,000 private placement of common stock and warrants. The transaction follows the company’s late-May report in a financial filing that it was running low on capital and would need to raise $5 million in the next yearContinue Reading
As Calgary’s Chris Mayerson explains, a social entrepreneur is “a person who establishes an enterprise with the aim of solving social problems and effecting social change.” It’s a position Mayerson’s ready to popularize in the cannabis industry. The post Improving the World Through Craft Cannabis: Social Entrepreneur Chris Mayerson appearedContinue Reading
New Jersey works to expand qualifiers for medical marijuana. This week saw the New Jersey Medicinal Marijuana Program Review Panel make initial recommendations to the health commissioner approving a wide spread of new qualifying conditions to the program while denying two. New Jersey has long been a black hole forContinue Reading
Ohio’s medical marijuana budget swelled to $11 million after state regulators received approval to spend an additional $6 million over the next two years, including the purchase of a seed-to-sale tracking system. The funding for the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program is on top of the previously approved $5 million.Continue Reading
How a family recipe launched a company devoted to the promise of cannabis’ ability to treat diseases. Mara Gordon and Stewart Smith’s two dogs are the dominating force of their home. When our group of cannabis-savvy women arrive and jump out of the car — already savoring deep breaths ofContinue Reading
By John Schroyer Life could get a lot harder for the marijuana industry in the next two months, with advocates warning that a pair of cannabis business-protecting federal policies could be in serious jeopardy. At issue is what action the federal government may take involving the precarious 2013 Cole Memo and expiringContinue Reading
By Matt Lamers Canada’s 10 provinces and three territories are in various stages of conducting public consultations that have a major impact on the regulatory framework that governs recreational marijuana in the country. Here’s how each province is approaching outreach to cannabis businesses, consumers, the general public and other stakeholdersContinue Reading
