Many things have changed in the world of cannabis in recent decades thanks to the hard work of cannabis activists around the globe and the spread of policy reform. Unfortunately, some things have remained the same, particularly unfounded claims being made by cannabis opponents in their ongoing effort to clingContinue Reading
US Eagle Federal Credit Union will close its cannabis banking arm Nov. 1, citing rising competition rather than weak demand for the service. Too much cannabis banking? New Mexico credit union exits industry, citing competition. is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs Continue Reading
Grown Rogue enters New York with a $4.5 million buy of PharmaCann assets, targeting a shortage of indoor flower canopy. Cultivation potential leads Grown Rogue to snap up PharmaCann’s New York medical cannabis permit is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs ReadContinue Reading
Illinois officials have added two new qualifying conditions for the state’s medical marijuana program. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced on Tuesday that patients with sickle cell disease and polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS) with chronic pain can now qualify for legal access to medical cannabis, with aContinue Reading
More than 200,000 people were arrested for possessing marijuana in the U.S. last year, according to the FBI’s latest annual crime report, and another 17,000 were booked for allegedly selling or growing cannabis. Those figures likely understate the true number of people busted for marijuana, however, given inconsistencies in theContinue Reading
The full official transcript of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hearing on the Trump administration’s marijuana rescheduling proposal has now been made available to the public. The release of the day-by-day record of the cannabis rescheduling proceedings comes after DEA Chief Administrative Law Judge Derek Julius ordered that dozens of mostlyContinue Reading
“A free society should be capable of learning to live with potentially risky substances without the government banning them.” By Jeffrey A. Singer, Cato Institute As a physician, I don’t dismiss recent reports of increases in problematic cannabis use. But we should avoid letting them trigger another drug-war moral panic.Continue Reading
Texas Democrats are calling out a key Republican official for allegedly working to ban hemp THC products in order to benefit alcohol companies, which happen to be among his substantial campaign contributors. During the last legislative session, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), who oversees the Senate, championed legislation to recriminalizeContinue Reading
