Month: January 2019 (Page 6)

The state’s attorney in Baltimore says her office will not prosecute any marijuana possession cases, regardless of quantity or an individual’s prior criminal record. The post Baltimore Will No Longer Prosecute Cannabis Possession Cases appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Baltimore Will No Longer Prosecute Cannabis Possession CasesContinue Reading

On Jan. 19, Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. of the U.S. Virgin Islands signed a new law that will make medicinal cannabis accessible to qualified patients in the U.S. territory. “I have approved the Virgin Islands Medicinal Cannabis Care Act because it is a step in the right direction toward assisting VirginContinue Reading

The 22 women selected for Marijuana Business Magazine’s list of Women to Watch in 2019 have crafted companies from the ground up, forged new woman-focused alliances and upended traditional business models as they’ve paved the way in this rapidly evolving cannabis industry. But these women are alike in another way:Continue Reading

As the state nears the four-year mark since creating the framework to sell medical cannabis, the latest estimate for availability seems to be summer—maybe. Or fall. Or later. The post Frustration, Few Timelines on Louisiana’s Medical Cannabis appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Frustration, Few Timelines on Louisiana’sContinue Reading

Though public spaces where customers can legally consume marijuana are still a rarity in the United States, a recent spate of cannabis license approvals in West Hollywood, California will drastically increase the number of pot lounges open nationwide. While San Francisco, Denver and Oakland, California together have about a dozen permitted cannabisContinue Reading

Multistate operator Verano Holdings faces a $135 million lawsuit in Nevada for alleged fraud in excluding its Nevada partners from a recent licensing round in which the Illinois-based firm won 11 additional recreational cannabis store licenses. The suit, filed earlier this month by Naturex and BB Marketing in the state’s Eighth JudicialContinue Reading