Legal Related New NYC Law that Requires No Pre-Employment Marijuana Tests Takes Effect by Sophia Vida May 15, 2020 A new New York law has taken effect which bans companies from requirement potential employees to partake in pre-employing testing for marijuana. There are exceptions to the new law that took effect over the weekend. The excepti...
Legal Related Maine Marijuana Businesses No Longer Need to be Run by State Residents by Sophia Vida May 15, 2020 Maine's Office of Marijuana Policy recently announced that the state will no longer require business owners to be residents. This move will allow larger marijuana companies to enter Maine’s marketplace which has upset many. ...
Legal Related The New $3 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Includes Banking for Marijuana Companies by Sophia Vida May 13, 2020 The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, introduced by House speaker Nancy Pelosi, will allow legal cannabis businesses to leverage traditional banking services. The 1,815-page bill is an initi...
Legal Related Minnesota House Majority Leader Finally Unveils Promised Marijuana Bill by Sophia Vida May 08, 2020 Earlier this year Minnesota House Majority Leader Ryan Winkler had said he was going to introduce what he’d called “the best legalization bill in the country” within the coming weeks. This was back in February and what ha...
Legal Related Presidential Hopeful Joe Biden Releases Marijuana Decriminalization Plan by Sophia Vida May 08, 2020 Former Vice President Joe Biden who is a 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, recently announced that he would “decriminalize the use of cannabis and automatically expunge all prior cannabis use convictions." The move is a p...
Legal Related A Montana Group Wants Adult-use Cannabis on the Ballot by Sophia Vida May 08, 2020 New Approach Montana, a group that wants adult-use cannabis on the ballot, has tried to collect digital signatures for a recreational marijuana legalization campaign but will now begin collecting signatures in person while followi...
Legal Related Many U.S. Marijuana Markets Impacted by Coronavirus But Washington Prevails by Sophia Vida May 06, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic lockdown has impacted many dispensaries across the nation but the state of Washington has been setting a record. According to point-of-sale data provided by Seattle-based Headset, recreational marijuana...
Legal Related Medical Marijuana DIspensaries in Arkansas Don’t Qualify for Federal Aid by Sophia Vida May 06, 2020 The coronavirus has been impacting businesses across the nation but medical marijuana businesses in the state of Arkansas should not look forward to receive any federal aid. "Marijuana, even being medical is still recognized as...
Legal Related Illinois Governor Temporarily Suspends May 1 Deadline for Issuing Up to 75 New Cannabis Dispensary Licenses by Sophia Vida May 01, 2020 Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker's administration announced this week that it has temporarily suspended the May 1 deadline to issue up to 75 new cannabis dispensary licenses. The suspension is due to the ongoing coronavirus pand...
Legal Related Senator Cory Booker Calls for Cannabis Legislation by Sophia Vida May 01, 2020 New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is calling for marijuana legalization amid the coronavirus. The senator on Thursday responded to a question submitted on Facebook, with a user asking why Congress has failed to act on legalization le...