A temporary scientific committee launched by the French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) has recommended that medical marijuana be authorized – five years after the country passed legislation to allow cannabis-based medicines. The initial rules allowed only for specific MJ medicines with licenses, alsoContinue Reading
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he’d like to see the legalization of adult-use marijuana in the state early next year, which could create a $1.7 billion market, generate significant new business opportunities in the cannabis industry and curtail the state’s thriving illicit market. According to the New York Times, CuomoContinue Reading
Cannabis cultivators, product manufacturers, retailers and laboratories coast-to-coast are facing closure, failed mandatory tests and increased scrutiny from regulators over pesticide concerns. In Massachusetts, the state’s health department ordered medical marijuana dispensaries in Mashpee and Plymouth to shut because of concerns a cultivation facility used pesticides, which is prohibited for MMJContinue Reading
Since 1961, the United Nations considers cannabis as a Schedule I drug with “no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” The plant is scheduled as a dangerous drug, like heroin, in the Single Convention on Narcotic and Drugs. But things are about to change. Commission on NarcoticContinue Reading
In 2002, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning plant breeder named Norman Borlaug lent his authority to a controversial critique of regenerative farming: “We aren’t going to feed 6 billion people with organic fertilizer,” he said. “If we tried to do it, we would level most of our forests and many ofContinue Reading
A Denver court issued an $8.8 million judgment against the owners of the once-thriving Colorado marijuana chain Sweet Leaf for unpaid rent, late fees and interest in breaching four commercial leases in Denver. Denver District Judge Edward Bronfin issued the decision against Sweet Leaf co-owners Matthew Aiken, Christian Johnson and Anthony SauroContinue Reading
Several major hurdles undermining hemp cultivators’ ability to run successful, profitable businesses are set to crumble once President Donald Trump signs the 2018 Farm Bill. Challenges such as finding processors or accessing banking services – problems attributable to the patchwork of state laws and regulations that have so far underpinnedContinue Reading
Nebraskans are organizing to push marijuana reforms onto the ballot in 2020, which could continue to spread the cannabis legalization. On Thursday, advocates announced that they had newly formed a campaign committee called Nebraskans for Sensible Marijuana Laws to lead the effort to legalize medical marijuana while also looking intoContinue Reading
There are as many ways to use cannabis as there are cannabis consumers. Unfortunately, most of those consumption methods have a major downside: They create a bunch of waste in the process. Cannabis business attorney Sylvia Chi says the most concerning environmental issue for the cannabis consumer is excessive packaging, especially when you compare cannabisContinue Reading
Twenty-four million people live in and around New York City, the U.S.’s most populous urban area and the linchpin of economic and cultural life for most of the country. The engine that keeps all this moving is the city’s subway system, much of which is running on century-old infrastructure. And,Continue Reading
