Republican-sponsored medical Marijuana bill seen as pro-weed lobby’s best chance in Texas this year Image Cannabis News April 3, 2023 Legislation would boost THC levels allowed in medical cannabis from 1 percent to 5 percent and add chronic pain as a qualifying condition. A House committee gave unanimous approval lastContinue Reading
Legal or illegal, Marijuana is anything but benign Image Cannabis News April 3, 2023 Illinois is what I would call a pot-friendly state. Sales at the state’s 113 dispensaries reached a record $1.5 billion in 2022 and added $462 million in tax revenue to the state’s coffers. A first inContinue Reading
Cannabis sales expanding across New York State Image Cannabis News April 3, 2023 With the legal marijuana business in New York ramping up, vendors and regulators alike are working overtime to prepare for what the state hopes will be an important new industry. At this Capital Region networking forum hostedContinue Reading
NBA players now allowed to smoke Weed without being penalized Image Cannabis News April 3, 2023 The NBA will no longer test for marijuana, according to a tentative deal between the league and the National Basketball Players Association. The two sides announced the collective bargaining agreement, which still needs toContinue Reading
“It’s enormous job growth, and it really happens quite quickly. So we are seeing customers and partners in Missouri aggressively and actively hiring.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent Marcus Kerr was running his own food truck in California in 2018, when he parked by a marijuana dispensary one day. “IContinue Reading
Wisconsin has a chance to enact a relatively limited medical marijuana law this session, a bipartisan pair of lawmakers said in a joint appearance at a policy event on Friday. Sens. Mary Felzkowski (R) and Senate Minority Leader Melissa Agard (D) spoke during a webinar hosted by the nonpartisan Wisconsin PolicyContinue Reading
The culture is shifting. You can feel it. As legalization takes root in more and more places, the full measure of what we mean when we say “cannabis culture” is beginning to reveal itself in some truly beautiful and surprising ways. It’s here — in a place beyond close-up picturesContinue Reading
KY gov signs medical marijuana bill; Germany scales back legalization plan; CT psilocybin vote; Congressional psychedelics bill; IL cannabis odor 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.mc4wpContinue Reading
Ben Cohen Swaps Ice Cream for Cannabis With B3 One-half of the most delicious and advocacy-driven ice cream brands has decided it’s time to freeze out social inequalities in the cannabis space. Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry’s fame has just launched the eponymously named Ben’s Best Blnz, or B3, aContinue Reading
The Illinois Senate has approved legislation that would prevent the smell of marijuana from being used as probable cause to search a vehicle or its passengers. The Senate voted 33–20 on Thursday to pass the bill, SB 125. It’s now set to be considered by the state’s House of Representatives.Continue Reading
