Day: February 5, 2025

Two lawmakers in Tennessee have introduced separate bills to legalize adult-use cannabis sales and establish a medical marijuana program. Tennessee lawmakers introduce adult-use, medical marijuana legalization bills is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs Read More: Tennessee lawmakers introduce adult-use, medical marijuanaContinue Reading

The out-of-state litigants whose lawsuit challenging New York state’s cannabis social equity laws contributed to the infamously botched rollout of adult-use sales in the market have filed another claim against the state. Litigants who challenged cannabis social equity in New York file another claim is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, LegalContinue Reading

U.S. senators on both sides of the aisle addressed the lack of banking access for the marijuana industry at a committee hearing on Wednesday, with one GOP member suggesting that the issue warrants a broader examination of federal cannabis policies. Meanwhile, a separate House committee also met to discuss bankingContinue Reading

Illinois regulators are replacing the state’s BioTrack marijuana seed-to-sale software platform with Metrc. Illinois regulators adopt Metrc’s marijuana seed-to-sale software is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs Read More: Illinois regulators adopt Metrc’s marijuana seed-to-sale softwareContinue Reading

The European continent is the most exciting place on the planet right now for cannabis policy and industry, especially after Germany implemented the first provisions of its new adult-use legalization law. In addition to Germany, cannabis is legal for adult use in Malta and Luxembourg, and most countries on theContinue Reading

California’s chief cannabis regulator on Wednesday morning released information about enforcement and consumer-safety efforts the agency initiated in 2024, a year marked by widespread accounts of pesticides and other contaminants found in commercial marijuana products statewide. California issued 63 cannabis recalls, nearly 500 product embargoes in 2024 is a postContinue Reading

A new federally funded study shows that legalization of marijuana in U.S. states is associated with reduced prescriptions for opioid pain medications among commercially insured adults—indicating a possible substitution effect where patients are choosing to use cannabis instead of prescription drugs to treat pain. “These results suggest that substitution ofContinue Reading