Month: September 2017 (Page 16)

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Massachusetts’ highest court ruled Tuesday that field sobriety tests typically used in drunken-driving cases cannot be treated as conclusive evidence that a motorist was operating under the influence of marijuana. The post Massachusetts Court: Roadside Drunk Driving Tests Not Valid for Cannabis appeared first on Leafly. Read More:Continue Reading

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United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions is scheduled to speak with law enforcement officials in Portland, OR, on Tuesday afternoon. The post Oregon Update: Cannabis Audit Coming—and Jeff Sessions, too appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Oregon Update: Cannabis Audit Coming—and Jeff Sessions, tooContinue Reading

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The vast majority of medical students aren’t learning about the medicinal applications of marijuana, according to a new study. Without doctors who are properly educated on how to recommend medical cannabis, business owners in states with MMJ programs could face bottlenecks in getting product to customers. Washington University School ofContinue Reading

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West Virginia regulators are anticipating the state will need about $2 million to launch its medical marijuana program. State health officer Dr. Rahul Gupta told both the state Senate and the House of Delegates the program could potentially be funded through an “internal loan,” the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported. The biggestContinue Reading

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The Oregon Secretary of State plans to audit the state’s recreational marijuana regulatory agency and how the program enforces cannabis rules. According to The Oregonian, the audit announcement precedes a Tuesday visit to Oregon by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who wrote to Gov. Kate Brown this summer expressing concerns thatContinue Reading

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A scorned permit applicant sued for an injunction that could bring Pennsylvania’s entire medical marijuana program to a grinding halt — before anyone has even opened their dispensary doors. Pennsylvania lawmakers and advocates are up in arms over a lawsuit that could threaten to wipe out the state’s budding medicalContinue Reading

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Arkansas received roughly 300 applications for medical marijuana business licenses, including about 200 on the final day the paperwork could be submitted. The Department of Finance and Administration took in 200-plus applications Monday on top of the roughly 100 that had been submitted since the process began, the Arkansas Democrat-GazetteContinue Reading

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By John Schroyer Two local ballot measures to grow Detroit’s once-sizable medical marijuana industry have overcome significant legal hurdles and will now go before voters in November. The proposed changes, if approved by voters, would likely result in a broadening of the MJ-related business opportunities in Michigan’s biggest city. TheContinue Reading