A U.S. congressman wants answers from New Jersey regulators about why none of the 56 marijuana retailer licenses that state regulators have approved have gone to black business owners from communities most impacted by prohibition. Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ) said in a press release last week that he’s “outraged toContinue Reading
In another setback from Virginia psychedelics activists, a key Senate committee on Monday defeated a bill that would have decriminalized psilocybin and psilocyn in the Commonwealth. Advocates were hopeful that the measure would pass in the Senate Judiciary Committee, which first held a hearing on the proposal earlier this monthContinue Reading
A coalition of more than two dozen congressional Democrats have filed bill on promoting workplace investment to combat climate change, and they want to boost the workforce nationwide by protecting people in legal marijuana states from being penalized due to federal drug testing policies. The Climate Resilience Workforce Act, whichContinue Reading
App-powered patient-to-clinician partnerships with integrated care & products have arrived thanks to EO Care. The post Personalized, evidence-based cannabis care with products sourced from a dispensary near you appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Personalized, evidence-based cannabis care with products sourced from a dispensary near youContinue Reading
About a week after Colorado activists filed revised versions of 2022 ballot initiatives to legalize psilocybin and create “healing centers” in the state, a second campaign has submitted their own competing proposal to legalize psychedelics. Activists with Decriminalize Nature Boulder County filed the new, one-page initiative on Friday. It wouldContinue Reading
The distinctive odor of cannabis has long been a give-away exploited by law enforcement to justify a search of one’s vehicle, home or person. Many lives have been destroyed by this self-revealing nature of the plant. The matter has been brought before the courts many times, with some rulings favorable andContinue Reading
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) held a meeting with a variety of marijuana reform and other advocacy groups last week to discuss social equity issues as he prepares to introduce a much-anticipated cannabis legalization bill this year. While activists involved in the Tuesday meeting told Marijuana Moment that SchumerContinue Reading
After three years of legalization, cannabis suppositories have finally hit the retail market. But are Canadians ready? The post Cannabis suppositories: Would you try kush for your tush? appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Cannabis suppositories: Would you try kush for your tush?Continue Reading
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The House sponsor of a bill to protect banks that work with state-legal marijuana businesses announced on Friday that he is seeking to attach an amendment containing the reform to a broader bill dealing with research and innovation in the tech and manufacturing sectors. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), sponsor ofContinue Reading
