Legal Related Arkansas to Start Selling Medical Marijuana This Weekend by Sofia Vida May 11, 2019 The state of Arkansas will sell medical marijuana for the first time in 96 years on Saturday. Doctor's Orders RX in Hot Springs was cleared by the ABC earlier this month and will open on Saturday, May 11th. The owner of Doct...
Legal Related Alabama Senate Approves Medical Marijuana Bill by Sofia Vida May 10, 2019 It's happened. Alabama's Senate has approved a bill that will legalize medical marijuana in the state. In a vote of 17-6, the Senate has cleared the legislation that will allow patients who are 19 years and older to obtain a me...
Legal Related California Has Majorly Cut its Marijuana Tax Revenue Projections by Sofia Vida May 10, 2019 This week, the state of California has dramatically reduced its marijuana tax revenue projections. The state budget documents were released on Thursday and reveal that Governor Newsom's administration is cutting back on what it...
Legal Related Even the Police in Illinois Are Against Marijuana Legalization by Sofia Vida May 09, 2019 Illinois is not having an easy time getting everybody on board with marijuana legalization. The state's law enforcement officials on Wednesday said they are against legalizing the drug. They did however also say that if the sta...
Legal Related Alabama’s Senate Debates Medical Marijuana by Sofia Vida May 09, 2019 It was this week that the Alabama state Senate began to debate on medical marijuana but had adjourned before taking a vote on a bill authorizing it in the state. Sen. Tim Melson, R of Florence, is the one who sponsored the bill...
Legal Related Majority Of State Attorneys General Are Supporting the Marijuana Banking Bill by Sofia Vida May 09, 2019 There may be new hope again for marijuana companies to get access to banks. Top law enforcement officials from 38 U.S. states and territories are calling for Congress to pass legislation to increase marijuana businesses' access...
Legal Related Federal Agency Has Updated its Hemp and CBD Product Trademark Rules by Sofia Vida May 08, 2019 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has said in a new memo that it is updating its guidelines for registering hemp products in light of the 2018 Farm Bill. It was the Farm Bill which passed in December that federally l...
Legal Related Medical Marijuana Qualifications in Ohio May Be Expanded and State May be First to Add Depression to List by Sofia Vida May 08, 2019 Ohio's State Medical Marijuana Board is considering to expand its medical marijuana program to add more conditions. These conditions would be added to the list of 21 conditions already that doctors are allowed to prescribe mari...
Legal Related New Zealand Expected to Vote on Marijuana Legalization by Sofia Vida May 08, 2019 Just another year to go until residents of New Zealand will be able to vote on whether they want marijuana to be legalized in the country. The current draft law under consideration would allow people over the age of 20 to purch...
Legal Related This Illinois Legislator is Against Marijuana Reform by Sofia Vida May 07, 2019 lllinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced over the weekend that he's reached an agreement with key lawmakers on a plan to legalize recreational marijuana in the state starting next year. "This bill advances equity by providing reso...
