MMJ Recs
DECEMBER 18, 2019
The laws surrounding marijuana, both for medicinal and recreational use, are constantly changing and differ from state to state. However, there are still some very straightforward advantages to having a medical marijuana (MMJ) card. One of the biggest benefits is that typically, MMJ patients can possess more marijuana than those who are using it recreationally.
Project CBD
DECEMBER 19, 2019
The FDA recently reiterated its official disapproval of any nonpharmaceutical use of CBD. But their precautionary overreach contrasts sharply with its lax policy towards many common, and problematic, food additives.
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The Fresh Toast
DECEMBER 15, 2019
Our patients’ lives improved in multiple ways after using CBD, including sleep, anxiety relief and hope. They even began calling hemp a “miracle plant.". Continue reading How CBD Helps With Chronic Pain at The Fresh Toast.
NORML
DECEMBER 16, 2019
Super-majorities of the New Jersey Assembly and Senate decided today to place a marijuana legalization ballot question before voters in 2020. The question will appear as a constitutional amendment on the November election ballot. Senators voted 24 to 16 in favor of the effort, while members of the Assembly voted 49 to 24. State law requires that three-fifths of lawmakers in both chambers approve a resolution to place an amendment on the ballot.
Speaker: Jonathan Bench, International Cannabis and Securities Business Attorney at Harris Bricken
The U.S. cannabis industry is still in its infancy, even though states began engaging with legalization in one form or another in the late 1990s. Today, many opportunities exist for individuals and businesses that want to engage in the industry. Some want to directly own licensed businesses, while others prefer to keep the industry at an arm’s length and merely profit from it.
Leafly
DECEMBER 18, 2019
He pioneered decriminalization in the 1970s and led legalization efforts in Congress. How would he act as president? Bernie's got a plan. The post Is Bernie Sanders still ahead of the curve on cannabis? appeared first on Leafly.
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NORML
DECEMBER 18, 2019
Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation ( A. 5981 /S. 4154) into law today facilitating the expungement of low-level marijuana crimes and other offenses. The measure establishes an expedited process for expunging the criminal records associated with minor marijuana-related violations, among other changes. An analysis of nationwide arrest data published last year reported that New Jersey was third in the nation in total marijuana arrests and second only to Wyoming in per capita marijuana a
Leafly
DECEMBER 16, 2019
Expect more terpenes, THCV, and vape battles. Three more states will go rec-legal. And cake-y strains will remain all the rage. The post 20 cannabis predictions for 2020 appeared first on Leafly.
Cannabis Law Report
DECEMBER 18, 2019
Italy’s Senate has blocked the legalisation of ‘cannabis light. The head of Italy’s Senate has blocked the legalisation of a weaker form of cannabis, in a last-minute reversal of a bill approved by parliament last week. Italy’s parliament had given legalisation the green light while approving an amendment to the 2020 budget at the end of last week.
Canna Law Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2019
This is the second in a three-part series explaining why companies making and sell hemp-derived CBD products ought to be concerned about state consumer protection laws. Last week we looked at Oregon and an article on California is in the works. It probably comes as no surprise that companies selling hemp-derived CBD in the State of Washington ought to be very careful in how they market and advertise their CBD products.
Cannabis Law Report
DECEMBER 19, 2019
In a major step toward making the newly legal crop a national commodity, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday approved the use of 10 products to control insect pests and diseases – nine biopesticides and one conventional pesticide. Full report. EPA approves 10 pesticides for hemp production. Table of Pesticides Given Approval. Pesticide Products Registered for Use on Hemp.
NORML
DECEMBER 16, 2019
In the FY2020 appropriations package released Monday, existing protections for medical cannabis programs from federal prosecutors that have been in place since 2014 remained, but other amendments that had been added earlier in the year by House Democrats were removed from the final compromise. Provisions that were removed included a revision of federal employment drug testing policy, a restriction against the Department of Justice from interfering with state-legal adult-use marijuana, and the re
Cannabis Law Report
DECEMBER 18, 2019
The West Australian reports. …MGC Pharmaceuticals has achieved yet another significant milestone with the bio-pharma company this week surpassing more than 1,800 prescribed products of its medicinal cannabis-based pharmaceutical products in Australia, UK, Brazil and Ireland. Notably, the increase comes after the company recently broke into the European pharma-market after getting green-lighted from the Irish Government to sell its phytocannabinoid-derived “CannEpil” product to epilepsy suf
Leafly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
A new analysis compiled by Leafly finds prohibition states had 10X the number of vape injuries per capita as legalization states. Officials have yet to confirm any injuries exclusively associated with a licensed store or product in the US. The post Legal vape markets literally 1,000% safer than street appeared first on Leafly.
NORML
DECEMBER 16, 2019
Over six in ten US adults support legalizing marijuana nationwide, according to a pair of recently released public opinion polls first reported by MarijuanaMoment.net. According to a new Fox News survey of registered voters, 63 percent of respondents endorse “legalizing the recreational use of marijuana on a national level.” The total represents an increase in public support of four percentage points since the last time Fox polled the issue in 2018.
The NM Political Report | Medical Cannabis Program
DECEMBER 15, 2019
Next month, the New Mexico Legislature is expected to consider legalizing recreational use cannabis. But many medical cannabis patients and patient advocates believe the state should solve problems with the state’s Medical Cannabis Program first. Many in the medical cannabis community have publicly expressed concerns about producer plant limits, social inequalities within the program and testing standards.
Cannabis Law Report
DECEMBER 19, 2019
AJC reports… Georgia’s top elected leaders moved forward Tuesday with a program to provide medical marijuana to the state’s 15,000 registered patients, nearly seven months after Gov. Brian Kemp signed it into law. Kemp, House Speaker David Ralston and Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan appointed seven members to a commission that will issue licenses for companies to grow and sell medical marijuana oil.
NORML
DECEMBER 19, 2019
NORML South Africa was established in 2008 and has been active in the growing cannabis culture scene. Over the past year, NORML has hosted activism events in conjunction with other cannabis organisations and still supports the Dagga Party of South Africa, a registered pro-cannabis political party. Cannabis Law. On the 18 th of September 2018, Judge Dennis Davis passed a landmark ruling in the Cape Town High Court that cannabis essentially be decriminalized for private adult use.
The Fresh Toast
DECEMBER 16, 2019
Cannabis can improve the lives of those suffering from anxiety and depression. We need more clinical studies to determine how we can make this type of treatment more effective. Continue reading A Look At Cannabis And Depression In Men at The Fresh Toast.
Project CBD
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Coroners in Illinois have attributed the death of an infant to the mother’s cannabis use. Given that cannabis use have never been shown to cause a lethal overdose the bar should be quite high for claiming that cannabis was the cause of death. And while their claim is sensational, the details to back it up are sparse.
Sensi Seeds
DECEMBER 19, 2019
The prehistory of cannabis in the Americas is really a mystery that has not yet been fully explained. In order to do so, it is important to analyse man's relationship with the plant since ancient times. While many people believe Christopher Columbus brought cannabis to the Americas, there is evidence that cannabis was on the continent long before his arrival.
NORML
DECEMBER 20, 2019
A proposed measure legalizing medical cannabis access in South Dakota has qualified for the 2020 ballot. The South Dakota Secretary of State’s Office acknowledged Thursday that petitioners had gathered a sufficient number of signatures to place Measure 26 on the ballot. The initiative permits qualified patients to possess and home-cultivate cannabis for medical purposes, and establishes a state-regulated retail system for medical marijuana sales. “For many years, we have asked the le
Leafly
DECEMBER 19, 2019
How much will you be paying in taxes on Jan. 1 when recreational sales start? Leafly breaks it down for you. The post Illinois dispensary tax rates and where that money goes appeared first on Leafly.
Cannabis Law Report
DECEMBER 14, 2019
Investing in cannabis stocks on the ASX: Risks and benefits for ASX pot stocks. Medical cannabis was legalized in Australia in 2016 when the Narcotic Drugs Act was amended, allowing cannabis to be grown for medical and scientific purposes. Writes Investing News.com. Here’s the spruik…… Since then, Australia’s medicinal marijuana industry has been hit by the slump currently dragging down marijuana markets across the world.
CannaTech
DECEMBER 19, 2019
How does cannabis bring together stakeholders from across the globe to foster cohesion and sustainability? At the CannaTech Cannabis House in Davos we will be expanding the global cannabis conversation and addressing some of the big questions facing the modern world through the lens of cannabis. CannaTech Davos. The global cannabis market has experienced a dramatic expansion over the past couple of years.
Canna Law Blog
DECEMBER 14, 2019
If you are an eccentric person like me and follow the Oregon Department of Agriculture (“ODA”) on Twitter and have a deep interest in international business (especially the trade war with China), you will have noticed that ODA recently (and proudly) posted something that I see as both positive and negative for the hemp industry: ODA’s #Cannabis Policy Coordinator, Sunny Summers & @OSUAgSci meet with researchers from China’s Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences Institute
Leafly
DECEMBER 20, 2019
What were people smoking this year? Check out the most popular cannabis strains from Leafly's customers. The post The top 10 trending cannabis strains of 2019 appeared first on Leafly.
Sensi Seeds
DECEMBER 18, 2019
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who think with logic, and those who float nonsensically through. In this article, we’re more interested in the second kind. A collaboration of stories and questions about cannabis that most people would never have dared to speak. The post Funniest Cannabis Stories & Questions Sensi Seeds Has Ever Heard appeared first on Sensi Seeds Blog.
Cannabis Law Report
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Ghanaweb reports…… The Hemp Association of Ghana (HAG) has signed a deal with a Ghanaian-owned Cannabis business operator based in Portugal. The deal will gross a staggering $ 56 million in five years from merely cultivating and exporting industrial hemp from a land size approximating 100 acres. The deal will rake in around $2.8 million per harvest of HAG’s industrial hemp on the planned 100 acres.
Canna Law Blog
DECEMBER 19, 2019
According to recent reports, the hemp-derived cannabidiol (“Hemp-CBD”) market is expected to grow by 700 percent by 2020 and grow to $2.1 billion by 2020. Given this significant growth forecast, sensitive business information (also known as trade secrets) has become an incredibly valuable asset for Hemp-CBD stakeholders. Realizing value from those trade secrets requires sharing them with business partners and employees.
Leafly
DECEMBER 20, 2019
STIIIZY makes vape pods featuring cannabis-derived terpenes and liquid live resin so California consumers can enjoy true full-spectrum extracts anywhere they go. The post How STIIIZY uses cannabis-derived terpenes to drive authenticity appeared first on Leafly.
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