Legal Related A California Fire Fighter Was Caught with Over 100 Pounds of Marijuana in His Car by Sophia Vida December 25, 2020 A longtime fire fighter from Orange County, California was pulled over this month with 110 pounds of marijuana in his car according to investigators. According to an arrest report, Erik Quarterman was wearing his department uni...
Legal Related The DEA May Soon Start Issuing Marijuana Cultivation Permits by Sophia Vida December 25, 2020 According to Richard Shain, the president of Maridose, one of the 30 entities that have applied for the federal cannabis cultivation permits, the DEA may start issuing the permits in early 2021. “I expect them to start issuin...
Legal Related Washington Could Soon Legalize Marijuana Home Cultivation by Sophia Vida December 23, 2020 The new year will start off with Washington State lawmakers weighing whether or not to allow the state's residents to grow cannabis at home. Earlier this month a bipartisan bill was introduced that would allow adults 21 and ove...
Legal Related Colombian Agency Recommends to Allow Cannabis Flower Exports for This Reason by Sophia Vida December 23, 2020 Columbia's government may be reconsidering the ban it has on medicinal cannabis flower exports soon. The Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC), a government agency that promotes fair business practices, has sent a lett...
Legal Related Cannabis Banking Reform Not Included in New Coronavirus Relief Package by Sophia Vida December 23, 2020 While it's encouraging that another coronavirus relief package is on the way, it's also discouraging that cannabis banking reform has been excluded from it. The 5,593-page, $900 billion coronavirus relief bill that is still bei...
Legal Related Poll Finds that Voters in States with Passed Marijuana Measures Think Federal Legislation is ‘Inevitable’ by Sophia Vida December 17, 2020 According to a new poll of voters in four states that have legalized marijuana back in November, federal marijuana legislation is inevitable. The poll surveyed people from Arizona, New Jersey, Montana, and South Dakota. Respond...
Legal Related Senators in New Jersey Advance Bill to Create Recreational Marijuana Market by Sophia Vida December 17, 2020 This week New Jersey lawmakers have advanced a bill to create a recreational marijuana market in the state. The Democrat-led state Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send the legislation to the floor this week for a vote. The ...
Legal Related Israel is Preparing for Cannabis Legalization by Sophia Vida December 17, 2020 In the next coming months, Israel is preparing to legalie recreational marijuana and has been aiming to expand its manufacturing, production, and exporting capabilities. Attorney Hagit Weinstock of Tel Aviv-based Weinstock-Zeha...
Legal Related Arizona Announces the Draft Rules for Recreational Marijuana Sales by Sophia Vida December 15, 2020 It was in November that with the passage of Proposition 207, the state of Arizona voted to legalize adult use of marijuana. Now health officials have begun writing the rules for the sales which could begin in the spring. It is ...
Legal Related Medical Marijuana Bipartisan Bill for Research Passes House by Sophia Vida December 15, 2020 A medical marijuana bill that is co-sponsored by Rep. Morgan Griffith, who has been advocating for medical marijuana since 1998, has passed the House this month. The bipartisan bill will allow researchers to study medical marij...