The drive to legalize cannabis at the federal level continues with the reintroduction of a bill to remove marijuana from the nation’s list of controlled substances and invest in communities disproportionately impacted by the War on Drugs. The measure, the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2021 (MORE Act),Continue Reading
Check out all video items on our Youtube channel Once pushing for a Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, nowadays the United States is the main violator of the 1961 treaty. In April this year, in New York, the UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs, UNGASS, is going to reevaluateContinue Reading
Check out all video items on our Youtube channel Cannabis News Network with a report on the state of cannabis in Poland. Cannabis in Poland is illegal, with no medicinal cannabis program in place for patients who could potentially benefit from the multi-purpose plant. Historic cannabis oil victory But things areContinue Reading
The wholesale market for legal cannabis is marked by great regional variation, but the oversupply that has sent prices plummeting in Oregon and other Western states has not been able to dampen the general upswing on the national level. Amid stratospheric hopes for the industry’s growth, there have been growing fearsContinue Reading
With the legislative session winding down, the Illinois Senate has passed a law that would regulate and tax adult-use cannabis, making the state the first in the nation to set up a legal cannabis marketplace through the legislature. (Vermont was the first to pass cannabis legalization through the legislature andContinue Reading
The latest bill to legalize cannabis at the federal level is the first to be introduced to the 116th Congress, which opened at the start of the year under new Democratic House leadership. The odds for its passage look better than for previous such efforts. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced the billContinue Reading
Although medical marijuana is now legal in more than 30 states, employees who participate in these programs are not exactly given the freedom to use the herb for their respective health condition without the risk of consequence. One of the biggest concerns is registered medical marijuana users can actually beContinue Reading
Out in Iowa, county sheriffs and police are anxious, giving interviews to local media about an inevitable problem they see coming their way sooner, rather than later. They are discussing the possibility of recreational marijuana legalization coming to nearby Illinois. In Illinois, medical-marijuana companies are raising gobs of cash, goingContinue Reading
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance announced in a press release on Tuesday that his office would no longer prosecute marijuana possession and smoking cases, starting immediately on August 1. In his statement on the decision, Vance noted that this new policy is expected to reduce Manhattan marijuana prosecutions from approximatelyContinue Reading
Het advies van de commissie Knottrenus lijkt aan te sluiten op de praktijk. Met:John en Inez Meijers (modelkwekers), Bart Vollenberg (cannabis connect), August de Loor ( Adviesburo Drugs), Peter Hendriks (Avites) Peter Hendriks In relative silence, Peter Hendriks has been building a small coffeeshop empire in Limburg since the 1980s.Continue Reading
