Legal Related Canada May Be Reopening its Doors But Marijuana is Not Allowed In by Sophia Vida August 02, 2021 On August 9th, Canada will be re-opening its border to vaccinated U.S. travelers and while this is great news, it also may disappoint anyone who uses marijuana. While both New York and Canada have made cannabis legal, travel wi...
Legal Related Louisiana Makes History with New Marijuana Law by Sophia Vida August 02, 2021 The state of Louisiana made history this past weekend when Act 247 (House Bill 652) went into effect. On August 1st the state's new law to decriminalize marijuana went into affect. Louisiana Progress and State Rep. Cedric Glov...
Legal Related Ohio Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Legalize Recreational Cannabis by Sophia Vida July 30, 2021 Two Democratic lawmakers from Northeast Ohio, Rep. Casey Weinstein and Terrence Upchurch, have introduced legislation for adult-use recreational marijuana. Weinstein, of Hudson, and Upchurch, of Cleveland, have introduced a bil...
Legal Related Mayor Bill De Blasio Blasts NY Governor Over Weed Legislation Process by Sophia Vida July 30, 2021 Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York has called for Governor Andrew Cuomo to "wake up" on the marijuana legalization process. The mayor has urged the governor to pick up the pace on completing the process of legalizing weed, tellin...
Legal Related This is Why a Marijuana Company is Suing Tennessee Titans’ Julio Jones by Sophia Vida July 28, 2021 According to court records, Tennessee Titans player Julio Jones is facing allegations that he is illegally harvesting and selling millions of dollars of cannabis in California. California-based cannabis company Genetixs filed t...
Legal Related Arizona’s first Marijuana Friendly Hotel Opens by Sophia Vida July 27, 2021 The Clarendon Hotel and Spa in downtown Phoenix is officially open for business and is the state's first "cannabis friendly" hotel. At least that is according to the hotel's managers. “We are a cannabis-friendly hotel and ...
Legal Related Washington D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee Says Marijuana is Related to Violent Crime Surge by Sophia Vida July 26, 2021 According to Robert Contee, D.C.'s Police Chief, marijuana is "undoubtedly" connected to a violent crime surge in the city. Contee made his remarks during a press briefing last week after a series of recent shootings in D.C. ...
Legal Related Company Files Lawsuit Over Utah’s Medical Marijuana Cultivation Licenses by Sophia Vida July 23, 2021 JLPR Inc., a Utah company that was rejected for a medical marijuana cultivate license in the state, has filed a lawsuit over the system. The company filed the lawsuit earlier this month against Utah's Department of Agriculture ...
Legal Related Amazon is Now Lobbying on Marijuana by Sophia Vida July 22, 2021 E-commerce giant Amazon is officially lobbying on cannabis. The company formally registered this week to support the MORE Act, a bill to end the federal criminalization of cannabis. This is significant news as it could help ...
Legal Related Georgia is Permitting 6 Companies to Legally Produce and Distribute Medicinal Cannabis Oil by Sophia Vida July 21, 2021 The state of Georgia will be awarding six companies special licenses this weekend that will allow them to produce and distribute low-THC cannabis oil to legally registered patients. There are almost 14,000 legally registered pa...