Multi-Million Dollar scam shakes Cannabis Market
Multi-Million Dollar scam shakes Cannabis Market Image Cannabis News September 21, 2023 How This Texas CEO Lied To Investors. A Texas manufacturer of hemp CBD inhalers allegedly attempted to scam investors out of millions of dollars between April 2020 and May 2023, How? According to a lawsuit filed in TexasContinue Reading
Seattle Leaders Pass Law To Prosecute Drug Possession And Public Use
It will be up to police officers to determine when someone using drugs in public poses a threat of harm to others and the course of action to take. By Josh Cohen, Crosscut The Seattle City Council voted 6–3 Tuesday to align the city’s municipal code with a 2023 stateContinue Reading
With Oklahoma’s Hemp Production ‘Way Down,’ Lawmakers Consider Benefits Of Expansion
“Unfortunately our numbers have gone way down… In 2018, everybody wanted to grow hemp.” By Merrilee Gasser, The Center Square Oklahoma legislators are studying whether industrial hemp production would benefit rural development in the state. Growing hemp became legal in Oklahoma after Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, which removedContinue Reading
Healthcare Provider Will Offer Coverage For Ketamine Treatment On Employee Insurance Plans Nationwide
The soap company Dr. Bronner’s made headlines last year when it offered psychedelic-assisted therapy to workers through its employee health plan. Now the healthcare nonprofit that covered the treatment is expanding the offering to patients across the country. Enthea, which bills itself as the “first and only licensed provider ofContinue Reading
Schumer Commits To Bring Newly Revised Marijuana Banking Bill To The Floor With Cannabis Expungements And Gun Rights Amendments
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reaffirmed his commitment to expeditiously advancing a revised marijuana banking bill—and he says he will also push to attach legislation on cannabis expungements and gun rights for medical marijuana patients. Meanwhile, the chair of the Senate Banking Committee says that he’s expecting a “strongContinue Reading
Bipartisan Senators Officially File Revised Marijuana Banking Bill Ahead Of Key Committee Vote
A revised bipartisan marijuana banking bill has officially been filed in the Senate, one week before a key committee is scheduled to vote on the legislation. But its prospects in the GOP-controlled House remain uncertain, with a key committee chairman declining to say whether he’d take up the legislation ifContinue Reading
NY’s testing failures expose legal Weed consumers to unsafe Cannabis
NY’s testing failures expose legal Weed consumers to unsafe Cannabis Image Cannabis News September 20, 2023 New York’s Cannabis Industry Faces Systemic Public Health Failures, Investigation Reveals. A NY Cannabis Insider investigation has uncovered systemic public health failures at every level of the state’s legal cannabis industry, from farmers toContinue Reading
Billboard ads could prompt kids and teens to try Marijuana
Billboard ads could prompt kids and teens to try Marijuana Image Cannabis News September 20, 2023 Witnesses cite research indicating the adverse effects of marijuana on young brains, want to stop billboard ads for pot. It’s not just legislators who are fed up with the Cannabis Control Commission’s lack ofContinue Reading
Oklahoma officials seize thousands of pounds of Marijuana
Oklahoma officials seize thousands of pounds of Marijuana Image Cannabis News September 20, 2023 Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority Shuts Down Five Illegal Grow Operations. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority announced Tuesday the agency along with law enforcement in Kay County recently shut down five marijuana businesses. This comes after theContinue Reading
Congressional Lawmakers File New Bill To Protect States That Legalize Psilocybin From Federal Intervention
A new congressional bill has been filed to prohibit federal intervention in jurisdictions that legalize psilocybin mushrooms. Reps. Robert Garcia (D-CA) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) are sponsoring the Validating Independence for State Initiatives on Organic Natural Substances (VISIONS) Act. The two-page legislation simply says that no federal funds can beContinue Reading