Legal Related Almost 3,000 Illegal Marijuana Businesses Were Found in a California Audit by Sophia Vida September 13, 2019 According to a Los Angeles Times report, there were nearly 3,000 illegal marijuana businesses found in a California audit. The audit was conducted by the United Cannabis Business Assn. and it found approximately 2,835 unlicense...
Legal Related Arkansas Generated This Much Money in Medical Marijuana Sales in Four Months by Sophia Vida September 13, 2019 Arkansas is about to have nine medical marijuana dispensaries soon. This weekend the first medical marijuana dispensary n Fayetteville is set to open. According to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, there are over 12,000 lbs...
Legal Related California Lawmakers Approve Ban of Marijuana Use on Party Buses by Sophia Vida September 13, 2019 It was on Thursday that lawmakers in California approved a ban on marijuana use on commercial party buses. The lawmakers sought to prohibit the smoking of marijuana on commercial party buses and limousines as law enforcement of...
Legal Related Federal Health Agencies Think Marijuana From Dispensaries Should Be Tested by Sophia Vida September 11, 2019 According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA), researchers should be able to obtain marijuana from state-legal shops and not have to rely only on marijuana from the federal government ...
Legal Related A NYC College Student is Arrested in Russia for Having Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida September 10, 2019 According to authorities, Eliza Lorber, a college student from New York City, was arrested and is being held in Russia for carrying a small amount of medical marijuana. According to the St. Petersburg court system, Lorber, who ...
Legal Related One Village in Illinois is Focusing on Saliva to Test Marijuana Impairment by Sophia Vida September 10, 2019 The police of Carol Stream, Illinois, are leading the way in the state with their second saliva pilot program before recreational marijuana sales start on January 1st. There is no standardized roadside testing in place for mari...
Legal Related A Massachusetts Mayor Was Arrested for Extorting Marijuana Vendors by Sophia Vida September 06, 2019 Jasiel Correia II, the mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, has been arrested on federal extortion charges. Prosecutors allege that the mayor was operating a scheme to help marijuana vendors get approval to operate in exchange f...
Legal Related Oklahoma Approves Over 7,000 Medical Marijuana Licenses in its First Year by Sophia Vida September 06, 2019 The state of Oklahoma has been pretty busy since legalizing medical marijuana. According to recently released figures, regulators in the state have greenlighted over 7,300 business licenses in the first year of Oklahoma's medic...
Legal Related Weedmaps Won’t Give Details About A Promise They Made by Sophia Vida September 04, 2019 It was about two weeks ago that cannabis guide Weedmaps promised that it would stop advertising illicit marijuana businesses through its platform. Despite making the promise, the Irvine-based company has not released any detail...
Legal Related The Head of the Only Federal Marijuana Farm Thinks This About THC by Sophia Vida September 04, 2019 According to Mahmoud ElSohly, an Egyptian-born American pharmacologist known for his research into cannabis, marijuana that has 8% THC is way too high. The head of the nation's only federally authorized marijuana farm is confus...