Legal Related Patient Representative for Ohio’s Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee Quits Over Threats by Sophia Vida August 19, 2020 Citing threats against him, Cincinnati attorney Chris Stock who is the patient representative for Ohio’s Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee has quit his position. “I believe very strongly in public service, but there come...
Legal Related This is How Joe Biden’s Running Mate Kamala Harris Feels About Marijuana by Sophia Vida August 13, 2020 Presidential nominee Joe Biden announced this week that he has chosen Californian Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate. Many are now wondering where the senator stands when it comes to marijuana legi...
Legal Related A Virginia Mayor Wants the State to Legalize Marijuana by Sophia Vida August 13, 2020 Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney is urging that state lawmakers in Virginia to legalize marijuana when they take up criminal justice reforms during a special legislative session. The special session is to be held next week on August 18...
Legal Related Man Who Was Given Life Sentence for Selling $30 of Marijuana Will Be Freed by Sophia Vida August 13, 2020 When you think about who should be in prison and who shouldn't, many may agree that Derek Harris is not one of the men that deserve a life sentence. The military veteran has been serving a life sentence for selling less than $3...
Legal Related Ohio’s Medical Marijuana Sales Have Hit $100 Million by Sophia Vida August 11, 2020 This year Ohio's medical marijuana sales have brought in $100 million already. This is doubling the sales figures from last year, the program’s first year in operation, according to a Dayton Business Journal report. As of Jul...
Legal Related Mitch McConnell Responds to Nanci Pelosi’s Claim that Marijuana is a ‘Proven’ Therapy by Sophia Vida August 07, 2020 Recently Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) came to the defense of marijuana when support for the marijuana industry was suggested by some to be unrelated to the public health crisis. "I don't agree with you that cannabis is not r...
Legal Related British Columbia has Changed is Regulations to Allow Online Purchases of Recreational Cannabis by Sophia Vida August 07, 2020 British Columbia has recently amended regulations in order to allow private cannabis stores to sell non-medical cannabis products online for pickup in store. The office of the attorney general made the announcement this week wh...
Legal Related Illinois Sets Another Sales Record with Recreational Marijuana in July by Sophia Vida August 06, 2020 Marijuana dispensaries in Illinois are doing very well despite the coronavirus pandemic. The stores have been deemed an essential good which has allowed consumers to keep getting their cannabis. The Illinois Department of Profe...
Legal Related Arizona Governor Thinks Marijuana Will Bring State a Host of Public Health Hazards by Sophia Vida August 06, 2020 Arizona's Governor Doug Ducey (R) and other opponents are claiming that legalization of marijuana in the state would unleash a host of public health hazards. An official voter guide argument was published this week against a pr...
Legal Related Mexican Cartels are Being Hurt by Legal Cannabis Sales Say Congressional Researchers by Sophia Vida August 06, 2020 According to a new Congressional Research Service report, legal cannabis is hurting cartels. The report has stated that a "decline in U.S. demand for Mexican marijuana” is partly “due to legalized cannabis or medical cannab...