A Minnesota Senate committee held a first hearing on a bill to legalize marijuana on Wednesday as companion legislation continues to advance through the House. The Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee took up the bill from Sen. Lindsey Port (D) and advanced it without a recommendation in a voiceContinue Reading
Delaware lawmakers approved a bill to legalize marijuana on Wednesday, advancing the reform in committee just one day after a complementary measure to establish basic regulations for an adult-use market cleared a different panel. The House Health & Human Development Committee passed the simple legalization bill, which was introduced earlierContinue Reading
NIOSH experts don’t care if you’re growing federally illegal marijuana. They just want to keep your workers safe. The post This federal agency creates cannabis worker safety plans for free appeared first on Leafly. Read More: This federal agency creates cannabis worker safety plans for freeContinue Reading
Lorna McMurrey’s death raises alarms about safety risks in the cannabis industry. Who’s looking out for workers on the factory floor? The post Death of a Trimmer (Part 2): A tragic death raises questions about health hazards in the cannabis industry appeared first on Leafly. Read More: DeathContinue Reading
The governor of Kansas came out strongly against the state’s ongoing criminalization of medical marijuana on Tuesday, blasting the “ridiculous” laws that criminalize patients. And following the speech, a top GOP senator whose been skeptical about reform committed to at least holding hearings on the issue this session. In herContinue Reading
Lawmakers in Massachusetts and New York have filed bills to broadly decriminalize currently illicit drugs in the interest of treating substance misuse as a public health, rather than criminal justice, matter. There’s been significant interest in drug policy reform in state legislatures across the country this session, with a slewContinue Reading
Oklahoma will vote on Marijuana legalization in March. Ohio could follow in November Image Cannabis News January 25, 2023 Voters in Oklahoma will decide on State Question 820, an initiative to legalize marijuana, on March 7, 2023. Voters in Ohio could decide on an initiative to legalize marijuana in Nov.Continue Reading
Nevada releases bulletin for products affected by unapproved pesticide Image Cannabis News January 25, 2023 An unapproved pesticide called Ethephon was found in certain cannabis products in Nevada. The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) recently issued a public health and safety bulletin on Jan. 19 regarding the use of anContinue Reading
Congress efforts to update tax law policies for Cannabis THC Image Cannabis News January 25, 2023 Removing the Green Tax: Congress Can Bring Cannabis Tax Policy in Line with Cannabis Enforcement Policy. If you give me an opportunity to quote George Harrison, I’m going to do it. In “Taxman,” heContinue Reading
War on drugs locked him up; now he’s a Cannabis entrepreneur Image Cannabis News January 25, 2023 NEW YORK – When the war on marijuana came sweeping through his New York City housing project decades ago, Roland Conner found himself going in and out of jail. It’s a time he’dContinue Reading
