Month: May 2019 (Page 33)

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There has been a lot of gossip going around over the past few months surrounding the timeline for Congress to finally legalize marijuana nationwide. Some optimists believe that 2019 will be the year it happens, since the Democrats finally have control of the U.S. House and President Trump, perhaps duringContinue Reading

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A bipartisan group of 30 members of Congress on Tuesday sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General William Barr and Uttam Dhillion, the acting administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, urging their agencies to speed research into medical marijuana instead of impeding it. Specifically, the lawmakers asked the agencies to approve at leastContinue Reading

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With Europe fast becoming a cornerstone in the global medical marijuana industry, business leaders from dozens of countries descended on Copenhagen to discuss emerging opportunities in the burgeoning market. Capital markets, partnerships and more were on the docket Monday at Marijuana Business Daily’s inaugural European Cannabis Symposium in Denmark, one ofContinue Reading

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Denver-based MJardin Group reported revenue for 2018 of 27.5 million Canadian dollars ($20.4 million), up 38% over revenue in 2017. The marijuana company recorded a net loss for 2018 of CA$84.3 million, compared with a year-ago profit of CA$1.5 million, primarily stemming from losses connected to Canadian cultivation operations. MJardinContinue Reading

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When it comes to cannabis and opioids, there are important (and beneficial) chemical interactions between the two substances — but the real story is in how cannabis can push back against the opioid crisis. The raw numbers of opioid abuse are enough to shock the system. From 1999 to 2017,Continue Reading

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Patient advocates hope to pass a bill to reform the state’s terrible medical marijuana system, with or without adult-use legalization. The post With Legalization Stalled, Can New Jersey Salvage MMJ Reforms? appeared first on Leafly. Read More: With Legalization Stalled, Can New Jersey Salvage MMJ Reforms?Continue Reading

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Late last week, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker joined key lawmakers and stakeholders from around the state to announce they had all come to terms on the basic framework to legalize the use and sale of marijuana to adults over the age of 21. Illinois’ new cannabis coalition is now expectingContinue Reading