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On Oct. 6, President Joe Biden announced new efforts his administration is taking to reform the drug policy. This includes taking steps to decriminalize marijuana, beginning with pardoning all people who have been convicted of marijuana possession under federal law. This does not include people who have been convicted of selling or distributing mar

The Yukon’s cannabis licensees now operate all retail locations, online sales and delivery. As of 17/10/2022, the Yukon Liquor Corporation’s Cannabis Yukon website will no longer sell cannabis products to Yukoners, leaving cannabis e-commerce to private licensees. In May 2022, the Government of Yukon introduced regulations that allow licensed canna

Philippe Reich, partner, and Tiziana Hongler, associate, supported by Tanya Adams and Anna Bachmann at Baker McKenzie in Zurich, investigate a significant development in modernising Switzerland’s legislation on cannabis On August 1, 2022, Swiss National Day, Switzerland’s revised Narcotics Act (NarcA) entered into force. The revision aims at facili

The State of Alabama gave its OK to medical cannabis more than two years ago, and the process of making that a reality — from growing it to getting it to patients in need — will begin in coming months as the application process for the limited number of business licenses begins. For cites and counties to have a shot at landing one of those business

Whether these companies are using RegA+, RegCF or RegD, they are now able to accept investments via credit cards from investors using KoreConX All-In-One Platform, without the abusive high fees normally charged from companies in this sector NEW YORK - KoreConX's innovative approach to the cannabis ecosystem enables companies to raise money by accep

In a recent announcement, Major League Baseball announced a sponsorship deal with cannabidiol (CBD) company Charlotte’s Web. Major League Baseball (MLB) is continuing to be a breakout star in the cannabis industry. In 2019, they removed cannabidiol (CBD) from its list of banned drugs (1), which was the first US sports league to do so. Now, the MLB

The collaboration would be the first of its kind in the history of the world. BREMERTON - Pelican Delivers is thrilled to announce it is currently in talks with Tesla to create and produce vans specifically for delivering cannabis. Pelican Delivers is the first and only, on-demand patented cannabis delivery service in the United States and Canada.

Cannabis became legal in Canada four years ago, and while Quebec was slow to introduce edibles, a new selection of ready-to-eat pot-infused foods are now available. The SQDC’s edible cannabis catalogue includes items like dried beets, cauliflower and figs – a notable departure from what consumers might expect to see at their local dispensary. Unlik

Uber Eats customers in Toronto will be able to order cannabis starting Monday, thanks to a new partnership with Leafly. Why it matters: It's the first time that marijuana delivery will be available through a major third party delivery platform, such as Uber, according to Leafly. How it works: Those in Toronto aged 19 years old and over will be able

PATY DO ALFERES - Medical marijuana is gaining steam in Brazil thanks to lower-court rulings giving the go-ahead for large-scale cannabis plantations. One of the largest of these plantations – a 600,000-square-meter (148-acre) area in Paty do Alferes, a municipality located two hours from Rio de Janeiro – produces cannabis-derived oils for more tha

A cannabis cultivation project encompassing more than 60 acres southeast of Santa Maria was approved Wednesday by the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission after removing one landscaping requirement. Commissioners voted 4-1, with Chairman and 1st District Commissioner C. Michael Cooney dissenting, to approve a conditional use permit for Gary Tei

Last week, President Joe Biden pardoned thousands of people with Federal offenses for marijuana possession, reigniting the conversation around marijuana legalization. A finance website called The Motley Fool recently released a report on state tax revenue from legalized recreational weed. In total, all states took in $10.4 billion, not including me

ST. LOUIS - A mother in Missouri says she found cannabis-derived gummy worms in her 5-year-old’s Halloween candy after a trunk-or-treat event Saturday. Tiffany Burroughs took her three young boys to the event held at JJ’s Restaurant, which hosts monthly car shows. Restaurant co-owner Stephen Bell said the Halloween-themed event held in October, in

LAS VEGAS - On October 6, 2022, President Biden announced that he will pardon all prior federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana and will call on federal regulators to review how the drug is classified. The pardons will affect approximately 6,500 people convicted of federal offenses for simple possession from 1992 through 2021, as well as

In early October, President Joe Biden granted a pardon to all people convicted previously of federal offenses of simple marijuana possession. In that same statement, he called on the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General to begin reviewing how marijuana is scheduled under federal law. Currently, cannabis/marijuana is class

With the decriminalization of cannabis comes a list of questions and concerns over its medical and recreational use – including figuring out how long the drug's effects actually last for. While society has had decades to question the relationship between alcohol consumption and intoxication, the duration of impairment from inhaling or ingesting wee

Biden’s cannabis pardon will affect the lives of thousands of people. Does this mean governors will have to follow the president’s lead? President Biden’s pardon of non-violent marijuana offenses feels like a prelude to a new cannabis era. Through a hopeful lens, the move represents a time when more and more states are legalizing cannabis and the d

Dozens of licensed cultivators have about 80,000 marijuana plants growing. Around 1,100 patients have signed up for medical marijuana, and 96 doctors or nurse practitioners are working to certify them. Small growers are complaining a large one has been allowed to skirt the rules. But the Mississippi State Department of Health has zero investigators