Legal Related Toronto Tried Using Concrete Blocks to Barr Entrance into an Illegal Dispensary by Sophia Vida July 19, 2019 It was this week that workers from Toronto's Municipal Licensing and Standards (MLS) Department had placed concrete blocks in front of the doors of four illegal cannabis dispensaries. All of the dispensaries operated under the ...
Legal Related A Key Senate Panel Hearing for Marijuana Banking Reform is On way by Sophia Vida July 18, 2019 Next week may be a pivotal week for the marijuana industry as a key U.S. Senate panel will meet up to consider steps on making it easier for cannabis companies to obtain banking services. The hearing is set to take place on Jul...
Legal Related North Carolina House Committee Votes to Classify Smokable Hemp as Classified Substance by Sophia Vida July 18, 2019 It was on Wednesday that a House committee in North Carolina voted to classify smokable hemp as a controlled substance. Two House committees had debated on smokable hemp this week. The Finance committee considered the annual Fa...
Legal Related Utah Changed its Proposed Medical Marijuana Rules to Allow This to Happen by Sophia Vida July 17, 2019 The state of Utah has eliminated a proposed residency requirement for Utah cannabis cultivation. The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, which is responsible for establishing rules for the state’s emerging medical mariju...
Legal Related Thousands of Michigan Residents Could Have Their Marijuana Records Cleared by Sophia Vida July 17, 2019 Misdemeanors involving low-level marijuana use and possession would be automatically cleared from Michiganders' records under a new bill. The bill was introduced this week by Sen. Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor and would allow about 2...
Legal Related New Jersey’s Department of Health to Accept More Applications to Sell and Grow Marijuana by Sophia Vida July 17, 2019 New Jersey's Department of Health is intending to expand the medical marijuana program in the state and is looking for applicants to operate additional cultivation facilities and dispensaries. The applicants can be for profit o...
Legal Related This Congress Woman Wants Marijuana Legalization for This Reason by Sophia Vida July 16, 2019 Many government officials are wanting marijuana to be legal on a federal level, including Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). In an interview with BET, Omar said that marijuana legalization must happen at the federal level so that individu...
Legal Related Hawaii To Allow Two Year Renewal for Medical Marijuana Cards by Sophia Vida July 16, 2019 The state of Hawaii will start allowing qualifying patients on Thursday to renew their medical marijuana cards for up to two years. The announcement was made by state officials on Monday. According to the state's Department of ...
Legal Related Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg Wants to Legalize Marijuana by Sophia Vida July 12, 2019 There has been a common theme with many presidential hopefuls and that is that they are on board to legalize marijuana. This includes presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. Buttigieg's campaign has released a plan to “dismant...
Legal Related Marijuana Reform Becomes a Topic in D.C. by Sophia Vida July 11, 2019 The United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security debated marijuana reform this week. Marijuana advocates called it a “historic” hearing entitled Marijuana Laws in America: Racial Just...