Legal Related A New California Bill Would Ban Cannabis Branded Merchandise by Sophia Vida June 28, 2017 Most cannabis events in California offer free hats and t-shirts but this could soon be over if a new bill considered by the state Legislature gets passed. It's called Senate Bill 162 by state Sen. Ben Allen (D). The measure wou...
Legal Related Canada May Not Have Enough Legal Marijuana by Sophia Vida June 27, 2017 Canada has been making big headlines as it inches closer to making marijuana recreation-ally legal. The country's Prime Minster Justin Trudeau announced over a year ago that he plans to legalize the drug nationwide. While this ...
Legal Related Cincinnati Moves Forward With Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida June 26, 2017 A proposal will be looked at by a Cincinnati City Council committee this week that would allow medical marijuana cultivation and processing in manufacturing districts in the Ohio city. The city has stepped away from several oth...
Legal Related South Australia To Ban Driving While on Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida June 26, 2017 According to South Australia's Police Minister Peter Malinauskas, users of medical cannabis will not be allowed to drive with marijuana in their system. This will be the case even if the drug is made legal in the area. Police M...
Legal Related Florida’s Governor Signs Medical Marijuana Expansion Bill by Sophia Vida June 24, 2017 Gov. Rick Scott of Florida signed a medical marijuana expansion into law on Friday that sets in motion a plan to license 10 new companies as growers by October. It also allows patients that have a host of conditions to buy and ...
Legal Related Nevada’s Retail Marijuana Sales Face Delay by Sophia Vida June 21, 2017 Nevada had planned to start the sale of recreational marijuana on July 1st, just short of ten days from now, but things could get delayed. A Carson City judge ruled in favor of alcohol distributors on Tuesday which have been in...
Legal Related Mexico’s Government Just Legalized Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida June 20, 2017 It was Monday this week that Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto issued a decree that confirmed the country's legalization of cannabis. It was back in April that the country's Lower House of Congress had passed the bill and n...
Legal Related New Jersey Inches Very Close To Legalizing Recreational Marijuana by Sophia Vida June 20, 2017 New Jersey could soon be the ninth state in the United States to legalize cannabis According to Brian Thompson of NBC New York, the idea has gone from "maybe" to perhaps a "slam dunk." Thompson discussed witnesses in the court...
Legal Related Federal Medical Marijuana Prohibition May Soon Come To An End by Sophia Vida June 17, 2017 A new bill has been introduced by U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) and Corey Booker (D-New Jersey) as well as Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) that could end the federal prohibition of medical marijuana. The bill, called The...
Legal Related New Mexico’s Health Secretary Rejects Two New Uses For Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida June 16, 2017 New Mexico's Health Secretary Lynn Gallagher has rejected state Medical Cannabis Advisory Board recommendations on Wednesday that could have added Alzheimer's disease and opiate dependence to the list of conditions that allow pati...