When a Health Canada representative told a media call last week the agency had “committed to conducting further consultations on the precise question of CBD as a Natural Health Product (NHP),” some expressed pessimism such consultations would arrive quickly. There were no timelines in last week’s new regulations on a move for which CBD producers have been […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives has voted to block the Justice Department from interfering with states that have legalized marijuana for adult use. The bipartisan 267-165 vote represents a breakthrough for advocates of legalizing cannabis, who have unsuccessfully pressed the idea in the past under GOP control of the House. Although […]
Washington remains an undefeated cannabis champion on the world stage, and now we have the data to prove it. A new study from the University of Puget Sound and the University of Washington suggests that Puget Sound, Washington—whose population center is Seattle—may have the highest level of cannabis consumption in the world, beating out the […]
Below is a statement from Michael Collins, Director of National Affairs for Drug Policy Alliance, on the passage of the Blumenauer-Norton-McClintock amendment to stop the Department of Justice intervening in states that have legalized marijuana: “The end of marijuana prohibition has never been closer. When Drug Policy Alliance and a small band of allies first […]
VIROQUA, Wis. (AP) — In a tiny room inside a hair salon in Viroqua, Wisconsin, two women gaze over a glass case. They have driven 30-some miles down the Mississippi River from La Crosse just to check out Kickapoo Kind, a shop established last summer in the heart of the state’s politically liberal Driftless region. […]
Greg Lontchar experienced chronic nausea and episodes of cyclical vomiting for 12 years. He saw dozens of doctors along the way to a diagnosis that none of them could provide. Today, he believes a controversial condition known as cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome—or CHS—is to blame. First acknowledged by researchers in 2004, CHS is said to be […]
There’s a massive shift approaching for the legal adult-use cannabis marketplace: the coming era of what Deloitte called “Legalization 2.0,” which will introduce edibles/beverages/ingestibles, extracts/concentrates, and topicals to the Canadian legal market. Last week, Health Canada released its final regulations for those products, and the regs themselves have been a topic of much discussion. But […]
After Health Canada unveiled edibles regulations on June 14, there was much discussion surrounding the date at which edible products will hit the market, and their possible appeal to young people. But little was said about a stipulation that will keep an entire category of cannabis edibles out of the hands of consumers. The new […]
After a dramatic final week of New York’s legislative session during which cannabis advocates oscillated between optimism and defeat, the state’s adult-use cannabis bill is dead. Despite a last-minute push to get the bill over the finish line, as well as a poll showing that the majority of New Yorkers support legalization, lawmakers could not […]
Communities of Color Bear the Consequences of Failed Leadership ALBANY, NY (June 19, 2019) — While many in the country are celebrating Juneteenth and the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery, New York communities of color were dealt a major blow when the Governor and Legislature failed to pass comprehensive cannabis reform and […]
