Legal Related Idaho Cannabis Coalition Wants to Get Medical Marijuana on 2020 Ballot by Sophia Vida August 23, 2019 In order to get medical marijuana on the 2020 ballot, the Idaho Cannabis Coalition has to collect 55,000 signatures from 18 of 35 legislative districts. “Our goal is to bring medical marijuana to Idaho and get rid of these ar...
Legal Related Dangerous Pesticide Being Used by Mexican Drug Traffickers in California by Sophia Vida August 22, 2019 According to a Los Angeles Times report, California law enforcement officers have learned that drug traffickers from Mexico are using a banned pesticide to grow marijuana in some parts of California's Sierra Nevada mountains. T...
Legal Related Over $2 Million of Marijuana Mixed with Jalapeno Peppers by Sophia Vida August 20, 2019 While it may not be out of the ordinary to find marijuana at a Southern California port, it is strange to find it mixed with a shipment of jalapeno peppers. Border patrol officials in the state said they had seized $2.3 million...
Legal Related Bernie Sanders Just Tweeted about Marijuana Legislation by Sophia Vida August 20, 2019 Presidential hopeful Senator Bernie Sanders, took to his Twitter to share his views on marijuana legislation. The Democratic Senator from Vermont wrote, "We must legalize marijuana nationally, expunge past marijuana convictions...
Legal Related Former Congressman Barney Frank Had This to Say to the Cannabis Control Commission by Sophia Vida August 16, 2019 Barney Frank, a former Congressman who was the author of the 1972 Mass. marijuana bill, told four members of the Cannabis Control Commission this week, "I told you so." Frank, who used a cane on Wednesday, unfolded a piece of p...
Legal Related The American Bar Association Just Showed Support for Marijuana Legalization by Sophia Vida August 16, 2019 The American Bar Association (ABA) just showed some major support for marijuana legislation. It was during the group's annual meeting on Monday in San Francisco that the ABA's House of Delegates passed a resolution which Congre...
Legal Related Ohio Committee Drops Support for Medical Marijuana to Treat Autism and Anxiety by Sophia Vida August 15, 2019 The expert review committee of the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program has dropped its support to approve medical marijuana for the treatment of autism and anxiety in the state. It was last fall when the committee had recomm...
Legal Related Legalizing Medical Marijuana in Alabama Gets Consideration by Sophia Vida August 14, 2019 While a bill to legalize medical marijuana in the state of Alabama has hit a halt, a panel to study the issue has been created. The Medical Cannabis Study Commission met for the first time this week and the panel heard a presen...
Legal Related This is Bernie Sander’s Marijuana Legislation Plan by Sophia Vida August 14, 2019 Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has been pretty vocal about where he stands on marijuana legislation. Sanders, who is the Senator of Vermont, has for years supported the legislation of marijuana. He has also laid out a s...
Legal Related,Trends & Articles Tilray Shares Slide on Wider Than Expected Loss in Q2 by Sophia Vida August 14, 2019 Shares of Canadian marijuana company Tilray were moving down in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the company posted a wider than expected loss in the second quarter. Despite not beating earnings estimates, the company still be...