Month: November 2023

New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed a bill designed to facilitate banking compliance between licensed cannabis businesses and financial institutions. The measure, Senate Bill S1047, was sponsored by Senator Jeremy Cooney and Assemblymember Crystal Peoples-Stokes, both Democrats. Hochul signed the bill on November 17, more than five months afterContinue Reading

Odor-Control Pact with Cannabis Growers Breaks Down Image Cannabis News November 30, 2023 We Kept Our Promises, and They Broke Theirs. It’s been more than two years since the Santa Barbara Coalition for Responsible Cannabis signed a peace treaty with a leading growers’ organization in the Carpinteria Valley. Today, theContinue Reading

South Carolina Bill Would Tax, Regulate Delta-8 THC Image Cannabis News November 30, 2023 H 4628 would impose regulations and a sales tax on hemp-derived delta-8 THC products in South Carolina. The delta-8 THC market is bigger than ever before, regulated like hemp, but South Carolina could change that ifContinue Reading

Two-thirds of Florida voters back recreational Marijuana amendment Image Cannabis News November 30, 2023 Across every category, a majority of Florida voters are positive about decriminalization. It appears Sunshine Stater voters are still high on the prospect of legalizing recreational marijuana. A new poll from the University North of FloridaContinue Reading

Birds may be getting high on ‘weed’ Image Cannabis News November 30, 2023 Many kinds of birds eat cannabis seeds, which may affect them mentally and physically, like humans. Q: I was at a local park some weeks ago and photographed this black-capped chickadee picking at the seed pods onContinue Reading

Cannabis Entrepreneur Berner Joins Last Prisoner Project to Free Air Force Veteran Image Cannabis News November 30, 2023 Rapper Berner Joins #FreeRobertDeals Campaign to Highlight Unjust Cannabis Incarceration. Rapper and Co-founder of pioneering cannabis company Cookies – Berner – is joining forces with cannabis campaign group the Last Prisoner ProjectContinue Reading