Day: May 2, 2018 (Page 2)

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Two Senate committees reviewing Canada’s proposed marijuana legislation are asking for significant changes to the bill before it becomes law – changes that could delay implementation and have a major impact on businesses prepping for the recreational market. The Committee on Aboriginal Peoples wants the bill amended to address aContinue Reading

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Officials in Seattle announced on April 25 that they have filed a motion calling on the city’s Municipal Court to vacate all convictions and drop all charges for marijuana possession going all the way back to 1996. The move would affect 542 people who have convictions on their records. “VacatingContinue Reading

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After fits and starts owing to political squabbles, Maine is moving forward to launch its adult-use marijuana market, likely by 2019 or 2020. State lawmakers on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to override Gov. Paul LePage’s veto last week of a recreational MJ implementation bill. Maine lawmakers override governor’s veto of recreational marijuanaContinue Reading

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Changing public consciousness can be a funny thing. Messenger can matter more than the message. Sanjay Gupta, the neurosurgeon and CNN’s medical reporter, whose latest installment in his cannabis-friendly series, “Weed,” aired on Sunday, offers an object lesson in this theory. “Cannabis has given me a reason to live.” PatientsContinue Reading

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California regulators are giving licensed marijuana businesses more flexibility this summer when it comes to getting all their requisite paperwork in. According to The Orange County Register, regulators are extending temporary marijuana business licenses and weighing the extension of a 90-day grace period to give licensees more time to complyContinue Reading