Month: June 2023 (Page 9)

Nevada introduces new Cannabis regulations Image Cannabis News June 21, 2023 Senate Bill 277 has been approved by Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo that makes a number of reforms to the state’s cannabis laws. A major task included in the Bill is for the Cannabis Advisory Commission to conduct a reviewContinue Reading

Former top cop and corrections chief poised to become first Weed czar Image Cannabis News June 21, 2023 Marijuana legalization foe Gov Carney adopted an “old-fashioned’’ approach by naming a law enforcement veteran to regulate the new legal industry. Rob Coupe has been a leader of law enforcement in DelawareContinue Reading

A key National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) panel last week recommended that cannabis be removed from the collegiate sports association’s list of banned substances after finding that marijuana is not a performance-enhancing drug. The decision from the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports (CSMAS), which wasContinue Reading

Nevada regulators have approved the state’s first conditional licenses for marijuana consumption lounges—bringing three operators one step closer to opening the cannabis social use spaces for adults. The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) first announced in November that it had granted 40 prospective consumption lounge licenses for businesses that hadContinue Reading

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is “confident” Congress will be able to pass a bipartisan marijuana banking bill this session—and other Democratic senators also echoed that point, according to a cannabis industry entrepreneur who spoke with the lawmakers recently. After speaking at an event focused on higher education lastContinue Reading

“Simply put, federally rescheduling cannabis does nothing to address the growing and untenable divide between state and federal cannabis laws.” By Paul Armentano, NORML Since California legalized the use of cannabis for medical purposes in 1996, there has existed a growing chasm between state-level marijuana policies and federal law. Today, theContinue Reading