A recent advisory memo from a federal financial regulatory agency is causing a stir among some legal hemp companies, who say they’re concerned the advice will make it more difficult to obtain business loans to expand and stay competitive in the growing national market. The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) issuedContinue Reading
Legal marijuana sales in multiple states reached record highs in mid-2020 as coronavirus spread across the nation, according a new study. To date, sales in the four states examined in the analysis—Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington—”have increased more during the COVID-19 pandemic than in the previous two years.” The study,Continue Reading
Activists in Nebraska unveiled a new strategy this week in their effort to legalize medical marijuana through the ballot box next year, announcing that they’ll seek to qualify a pair of complementary initiatives to put before voters. The bifurcated approach is an effort to avoid running afoul of the state’sContinue Reading
A recently released study of work habits during the COIVID-19 pandemic has revealed that 15% of remote employees have worked while high during the outbreak. The survey of remote employees, which was conducted by online cannabis resource AmericanMarijuana.org, found that employees who worked from home while under the influence ofContinue Reading
A former head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is serving as a member of the board of directors for a medical marijuana business in Georgia, according to documents obtained by Marijuana Moment. Tom Price, who served as HHS secretary under President Donald Trump for sevenContinue Reading
OK marijuana ballot measures; TX court blocks smokable hemp sales ban; MT cities prep for legalization Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. (function() { window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || {Continue Reading
With the dawn of the legal cannabis world several years ago, many of us in the fledgling business realized that education was key to breaking the age-old stigmas around this healing plant. The public needed to learn that we were promoting Reefer Gladness, not Reefer Madness. To accomplish this, weContinue Reading
The state’s adult-use cannabis market opens in five months. Local governments have until then to sort out just what legalization will look like in their communities. By Justin Franz, Montana Free Press With five months until Montana’s adult-use marijuana market opens up, municipalities from Kalispell to Billings are figuring outContinue Reading
A group of activists in Oklahoma wants to put a pair of cannabis initiatives on the state ballot in 2022, one that would overhaul the state’s massive medical marijuana system and another to legalize cannabis for all adults 21 and older. While the medical and adult-use measures would appear onContinue Reading
Allen Iverson is a basketball legend ready for a renaissance in weed. Learn about his journey and partnership with Al Harrington’s Viola. The post Allen Iverson finally gets his flowers appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Allen Iverson finally gets his flowersContinue Reading
