Nearly 70 More Adult-Use Cannabis Business Licenses Issued in New York, But Thousands Still Pending Image Cannabis News December 12, 2024 New York regulators approved 68 adult-use cannabis licenses, but more than 3,000 applications filed a year ago are still pending. That’s partially because regulators want to avoid flooding theContinue Reading
Illinois Healthy Alternatives Association Calls for Sensible Hemp Industry Regulation Image Cannabis News December 12, 2024 Governor Pritzker is scheduled to hold a press conference on Friday to address issues in the hemp industry. The Illinois Healthy Alternatives Association, comprising retailers, growers, manufacturers, and distributors, advocates for smart regulation toContinue Reading
US Cannabis Industry Growth Slows to a Crawl Amid Price Compression and Delayed Federal Reform Image Cannabis News December 12, 2024 US cannabis industry revenues are set to grow just 3.2% in 2025, as price compression, difficult economic dynamics and an increasingly complex political landscape put the brakes on theContinue Reading
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“I do not feel that there is about to be immediate and irreparable harm to the plaintiff’s interests,” the judge said. “I also find that the public interest does not favor issuance of the injunction.” By Zach Wendling, Nebraska Examiner A district judge considering a challenge to void Nebraska’s incomingContinue Reading
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a must-pass defense bill for that omits previously passed provisions to prevent drug testing for marijuana as a condition of enlistment in the military or for commission as an officer. The House version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that passed overContinue Reading
“We think this is obviously a correct verdict and hopefully allow marijuana patients to stop being discriminated against when they’re using medicine so they can be functional human beings in life again.” By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix A Hillsborough County judge has ruled in favor of a paramedic and medicalContinue Reading
“The 648 social equity applicants who qualified and were expecting to participate in the lottery are understandably disappointed.” By Peter Callaghan, MinnPost The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) Wednesday announced it was canceling the special license lottery for social equity applicants and will instead move toward a lottery nextContinue Reading
President-elect Donald Trump has made his selection for another top Justice Department official: Harmeet Dhillon, who has peddled the gateway drug theory about marijuana and says cannabis makes people who consume it “silly, boring and smelly.” Trump said on Monday that he intends to nominate Dhillon as assistant attorney generalContinue Reading
