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
Alabama pauses Medical Cannabis licenses, citing problems with application process Image Cannabis News June 21, 2023 Regulators in Alabama had started awarding licenses earlier this month. Regulators in Alabama last week abruptly suspended the process of awarding business licenses for the state’s new medical cannabis program, citing the “discovery ofContinue 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
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), a Republican 2024 presidential candidate, says that he would “end” the war on drugs if elected, emphasizing the need for a treatment-based approach to people experiencing addiction—while at the same time maintaining that he’d seek to increase enforcement against those who sell drugs.Continue Reading
Bipartisan and bicameral New Hampshire lawmakers have reached an agreement on creating a commission that will study the feasibility of legalizing marijuana through a state-run model and proposing legislation to enact the reform. Members of a House-Senate conference committee voted on Wednesday to incorporate the cannabis commission compromise into aContinue 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
A bill to legalize marijuana in Colombia has stalled out for the year after the Senate failed to advance it with enough support during a final vote on Tuesday—even though a simple majority of senators who were present voted in favor. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Juan Carlos Losada, wasContinue 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
