Day: January 15, 2020

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This morning, on Jan. 15, the House Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing covering six different marijuana-related pieces of legislation currently on Capitol Hill. The hearing, titled “Cannabis Policies for the New Decade,” featured a panel of speakers who testified before the HouseContinue Reading

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Sixteen percent of patients in three states who developed lung injuries after vaping marijuana obtained the products from stores, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC said the report reinforces its recommendations not to use THC in e-cigarettes or vaping products, USA TodayContinue Reading

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More than 15,000 cannabis plants were destroyed and six people were arrested during raids on illegal grows in Southern California, the state’s latest move in its fight against a flourishing black market. Thirteen search warrants involving marijuana cultivation were served by Riverside County sheriff’s deputies and state Department of FishContinue Reading

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Curaleaf Holdings, a multistate marijuana operator based in Massachusetts, said Wednesday it closed a debt offering after increasing its size to $300 million from $275 million. When the initial deal was announced last month, it was believed to be the largest amount of debt raised in the U.S. marijuana industry. TheContinue Reading

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We talked to families with children who medicate with cannabis to get a picture at what this lifestyle is like, what kinds of challenges they face, and how cannabis has transformed their lives. The post What it’s like to be a kid who medicates with cannabis appeared first on Leafly.Continue Reading

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In a ruling that could “fortify medical marijuana programs,” the appellate division of the Superior Court of New Jersey decided that workers compensation law requires an employer to reimburse MMJ costs to a worker suffering from chronic pain. In a 31-page opinion about the case – Hager v. M&K Construction –Continue Reading

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Employees at an Illinois marijuana cultivation facility owned by Chicago-based multistate operator Cresco Labs are the first cannabis workers in the state to unionize. Laborers at Cresco’s facility in Joliet voted 58-32 to be represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 881. The vote affects about 100 of theContinue Reading