Month: November 2023 (Page 16)

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Owner of Medical Marijuana dispensary files federal lawsuit in Miss Image Cannabis News November 15, 2023 An owner of a medical marijuana dispensary filed a federal lawsuit challenging Mississippi Law. Clarence Cocroft, the owner of Tru Source Medical Cannabis, teamed up with the Institute for Justice (IJ) to file theContinue Reading

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Rescheduling Cannabis Would Be a Broken Promise Image Cannabis News November 15, 2023 President Joe Biden said during his campaign that “nobody should be in jail for smoking marijuana” and later made a promise that he would decriminalize the substance as president. We appreciate his willingness to acknowledge the failuresContinue Reading

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Federal lawsuit reveals behind-the-scenes saga of failed Missouri marijuana testing lab Image Cannabis News November 15, 2023 The rare glimpse into how Missouri medical marijuana business applicants came together echoes more the recent controversy involving social equity licenses. After Missouri voters legalized medical marijuana in November 2018, Jefferson City lobbyistContinue Reading

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Smoker Sesh App Wins Cannabis Start-Up Competition at Boston University Image Cannabis News November 15, 2023 Boston University’s Cannabis Start-Up Competition is finding the next game-changing start-up. In last week’s seventh annual Cannabis Start-Up Competition at Boston University (BU) in Massachusetts, on the same night Ohio became the 24th stateContinue Reading

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Oklahoma task force seizes 36 tons of Illegal Marijuana Image Cannabis News November 15, 2023 The Oklahoma Attorney General’s office says it is among the largest marijuana seizures in state history. The Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF) found about 72,000 pounds of black-market marijuana inside a metal barn on Nov.Continue Reading

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A new guidebook examines possible avenues to regulating the nonmedical use of psychedelics, including psilocybin, LSD, DMT and mescaline, encouraging policymakers to take a thoughtful, evidence-based approach to regulation—one that authors say is too often overlooked amid the “madness” of the global drug war. “Regulating risky products and behaviors isContinue Reading

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The cannabis industry and its backers don’t have a louder voice in Congress than Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA). Lee is co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus and backer of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, which aims to correct the historical injustices of drug policies that have disproportionatelyContinue Reading