Views: 4 Republican House and Senate leadership have reportedly blocked Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) attempt to include bipartisan marijuana banking legislation in a government funding bill, according to a Senate source familiar with the negotiations. As lawmakers worked to finalize a continuing resolution to keep the government funded, Schumer repeatedly advocated for the […]
Views: 2 Marijuana is embraced and enforced in very different ways across the globe, and that was exemplified in the news this week coming from Japan and Canada. Japan, for instance, has gotten even harsher with its enforcement of the plant. Marijuana has been banned for a long time in the country, but as the […]
Views: 4 Thought it’d be a good day to send out a reminder that legal marijuana is very good business for states. The latest example comes from Missouri. Last year, when Missouri legalized marijuana, they had projected $40 million annually for the state, and $13.8 million for local governments through tax revenue. Instead, the year […]
Views: 3 The cannabis industry’s largest B2B event, MJBizCon 2024, wrapped up another dynamic week in Las Vegas, cementing its role as a pivotal gathering for professionals seeking to shape the future of cannabis. From insightful panels to vibrant after-parties, the event underscored a shift in focus toward strategic opportunities and long-term resilience as the […]
Views: 4 Texas is a huge state, and within it lie multitudes. This is why there are a handful of cities decriminalizing marijuana while the larger whole is adamantly against the idea. Naturally, this has caused some friction, and resulted in the State Attorney General suing some of the cities who have made this move. […]
Views: 2 It’s been a bit of a long, bureaucracy-filled road towards rescheduling marijuana. Once the decision moved to the DEA, they opened up a period for public comment over the summer, and after that things seemed ready for a finalization until the DEA decided to go an extra step and induce a hearing that […]
Views: 7 A group of 66 members of Congress is calling on President Joe Biden to take decisive action against mass incarceration, urging him to use his clemency authority to address longstanding inequities in the U.S. legal system. In a letter sent November 20, the lawmakers pressed Biden to act during the remainder of his […]
Views: 4 Things are changing fast over in the Trump camp, and no one he’s nominating for a cabinet position is a sure thing (goodbye Matt Gaetz) but things are starting to settle down and no one else is causing as much hoopla as the Attorney General pick, so we might as well see what […]
Views: 5 The Beer Institute, a prominent trade organization representing American brewers and beer importers, has issued new guiding principles addressing what it calls the “proliferation of largely unregulated intoxicating hemp and cannabis products.” The group warns of potential risks to consumers and communities from THC consumption, advocating for stricter regulations to mitigate these dangers. […]
Views: 4 Ken Paxton is no stranger to hostility towards weed. This January, he sued the cities of Austin, San Marcos, Killeen, Elgin and Denton who had all decriminalized weed. Two have been dismissed so far in Austin and San Marcos, and one settlement was made in Elgin because decriminalization never materialized. Now, after Dallas […]
