Legal Related Marijuana Banking Bill is Introduced to Protect Banks that Serve Marijuana Businesses by Sophia Vida March 24, 2021 A new bill that would protect banks that serve state-legal marijuana businesses from penalties by federal regulators has been introduced in the Senate. The bill comes just days after the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banki...
Legal Related National Nonprofit Hispanic Cannabis Council has Launched by Sophia Vida March 24, 2021 A National Hispanic Cannabis Council has officially launched which aims to advance cannabis education, entrepreneurship, and economic opportunity in the U.S. Hispanic community. The national nonprofit was founded by cannabis bu...
Legal Related Former Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Urges for Legalization of Psilocybin by Sophia Vida March 22, 2021 Andrew Yang, a former Democrat presidential runner in the 2020 election is now running for mayor of New York City and is urging for the legalization of both marijuana and psilocybin during his campaign. Psilocybin, a naturally ...
Legal Related Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to Make Marijuana Reform a Priority by Sophia Vida March 20, 2021 In a Twitter video this week, New York Democrat Chuck Schumer, who is the Senate Majority Leader, has addressed that he wants to make the "long overdue" issue of marijuana reform a priority for Congress. The Senator said it wil...
Legal Related New York Inches Closer to Legalizing Marijuana as Cuomo is Pushed to Step Down by Sophia Vida March 17, 2021 According to one analyst, New York's governor Andrew Cuomo is 'more motivated' to legalize marijuana as calls accumulate for him to resign over sexual harassment allegations. A BTIG analyst has written in a recent note that the...
Legal Related Amazon is Sued for Retracting Job Offer Over Positive Marijuana Test by Sophia Vida March 17, 2021 According to a TMZ report, e-commerce giant Amazon is being sued for allegedly retracting job offers from people who use marijuana. A new class-action lawsuit has emerged against Amazon in New York over the matter. One guy a...
Legal Related Nebraska Governor Claims Medical Marijuana Legislation Will ‘Kill Your Kids’ by Sophia Vida March 16, 2021 An extreme statement was made by Republican Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts recently over medicinal cannabis legislation. According to the governor, legalizing medical marijuana in the state would kill people's kids and stated,...
Legal Related Tennessee Committee is Considering to Study Medicinal Marijuana by Sophia Vida March 15, 2021 This week a bipartisan bill is set to be introduced to a Tennessee General Assembly that will allow the studying of medical marijuana. The bill would allow the Tennessee Department of Health to perform a study on licensing and ...
Legal Related Khiron Just Became Columbia’s First Medicinal Cannabis Company to Do This by Sophia Vida March 12, 2021 Khiron Life Sciences Corp., has successfully exported its registered cannabis strains in the form of live clones to Europe. This achievement makes the company the very first in Columbia to export such clones to the continent. ...
Legal Related Mexico Gets Closer to Legalizing Cannabis Bill in Landmark Decision by Sophia Vida March 12, 2021 Mexico’s lower house of Congress approved a bill this week that would decriminalize cannabis for recreational, medical and scientific uses. The bill, which has the support of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, was...