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The House Committee on Appropriations voted today to approve an amendment that would prevent the Department of Justice from interfering with legal adult-use marijuana programs as part of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations legislation for Fiscal Year 2023.
Its provocative kicker states: Much of whats sold as hemp today isnt hemp at all its a mix of synthetic intoxicants and illicit THC masquerading as a legal, natural product. What’s more, synthesized Delta-9 THC is present in many of these products, despite being prohibited in both California’s cannabis and hemp programs.
In February 2023, Project CBD published a story about Curaleaf , the scandal-ridden, multistate and multinational company, which has achieved a leading position in the U.S. In effect, the judge opined that it is legal to write about cannabis only if one criticizes it. Sponsored by CannaCraft, Inc., Department of Agriculture.”
As the legal cannabis industry has expanded across the US over the past decade, green is the most prominent color seen in this space. billion in the US by 2023, States have generated as much as $369 million in cannabis tax revenues in a single year, and legal cannabis is said to support over 240,000 American jobs. Low Impact.
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) recently released its December 2023 medical cannabis sales totals. for the third-highest monthly total in 2023, behind March’s $29,018,805.60 Total 2023 medical cannabis sales reached $324,792,664.73, which was the lowest yearly total since adult-use legalization.
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Since medical legalization passed in 2017, Maryland’s medical cannabis program has expanded to include over 100 medical dispensaries, with more patients getting medical licenses every day. Medical patients in Maryland […] The post The best rated weed dispensaries in Maryland for 2023 appeared first on Leafly.
Medical: Legal, but limited Recreational: illegal Reciprocity: No. Alabama law does not allow the consumption, possession, or cultivation of marijuana for recreational purposes, but has approved the establishment of a medical marijuana program in February 2021. Alabama medical cannabis program. Possible penalties for cannabis.
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After reporting that Illinois adult-use cannabis prices were highest in the country , we decided to publish a 3-Part Series highlighting how recreational legalization in Illinois has affected price per gram for medical patients. in January 2020, the first month of legalization, to $10.03 in July 2023. in July 2023.
In Part I and Part II of this 3-part series, we compared and contrasted registered medical cannabis patient’s price per gram for Dry Flower and Extracts before and after adult-use legalization, as well as adult-use and medical prices. RSO, which was not tracked as its own category until adult-use legalization, started at $58.30
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The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) today hosted the 2023 Tax Practitioners’ Meeting and PowerPoint presentation. 1, 2023, Cannabis industry businesses will be able to deduct business expenses that otherwise cannot be deducted federally pursuant to Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code.
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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. ALABAMA As we reported last month, Alabama is having some difficulties with its medical cannabis licensing program. We provide an update on the Alabama medical marijuana licensing situation.
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December 2022, I published a 6-part series titled, “What Illinois cannabis patients really want” to start a dialogue about the large gap between patients’ needs, wishes, concerns, and recommendation for improving the Medical Cannabis Patient Program (MCPP) and the actual amendments to the law legislators have introduced. In January 2023, Rep.
state with a legal cannabis program to add lessons about cannabis impairment to its driver’s education programs, WCVB5 reports. Very interesting report via Ganjapreneur and a smart move on Massachusetts part Starting next year, Massachusetts will be the first U.S.
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Project CBD: Your presentation with Allyn Howlett at the International Cannabinoid Research Society conference in Toronto (June 2023) discussed the chemical conversion of CBD into Δ8-THC (delta-8 THC) and “numerous additional THC isomers. with unknown pharmacological and safety profiles.”
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territories and tribes that have legalized marijuana. While lawmakers had pushed Appropriations Committee leadership to include the cannabis language in the base Fiscal Year 2023 spending legislation for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CSJ) as introduced, that didn’t end up happening, much to their disappointment.
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The head of New York’s Cannabis Control Board said last week she does not anticipate the state will begin issuing industry licenses until the spring of 2023 at the earliest. The state’s legalization law included a launch date of April 1, 2022, at the earliest and Gov. That bill remains in the Senate Rules Committee.
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The Illinois cannabis industry continues into its fifth year of legalization, and the business markets is not slowing down. As part of the acquisition process, nuEra has been working with the Ieso team to revamp cultivar selection, cultivation practices, and sales and marketing strategies at the facility since early 2023.
Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced that applications for “Round II” of the Cannabis Social Equity Loan Program are now open. This round of funding is open to dispensaries that received licenses prior to the July 2023 dispensary license lottery.”
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