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New York Cannabis business will need to implement costly seed-to-sale tracking system in two months

New York Cannabis business will need to implement costly seed-to-sale tracking system in two months

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 26, 2024

New York Cannabis Licensees Face Challenges in Implementing Seed-to-Sale Tracking Systems. New York’s legal cannabis operators have about two months to stand up seed-to-sale tracking systems, but regulators haven’t provided much clarity or instruction, some licensees have told NY Cannabis Insider

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Grown in Oklahoma, Smoked in New York: Illicit Marijuana’s Legal Roots

Grown in Oklahoma, Smoked in New York: Illicit Marijuana’s Legal Roots

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 26, 2024

Surplus Weed from States Like Oklahoma Feeds New York's Illicit Market. Surplus weed produced in states like Oklahoma is increasingly ending up in New York, fueling its illicit market and complicating the state’s efforts to expand legal cannabis sales. In the dead of night last April, state drug

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Germany Set to Legalize Cannabis for Personal Use

Germany Set to Legalize Cannabis for Personal Use

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 23, 2024

Germany is today set to join the list of countries who have legalised cannabis for personal use. Germany is set to legalise cannabis today, allowing possession of up to 25 grams and cultivating up to three plants for personal use. The country's parliament is about to vote on a law will legalise the

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Biden missing opportunity on legalizing Marijuana, advocates warn

Biden missing opportunity on legalizing Marijuana, advocates warn

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 23, 2024

Biden Faces Criticism from Cannabis Advocates for Reluctance to Fully Legalize Marijuana. Cannabis advocates say President Biden is missing an opportunity to sway young voters with his reluctance to take bigger steps to legalize marijuana at the federal level. The Biden administration has opened

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China’s Growing Illegal Pot Industry in the US Should Spark Action

China’s Growing Illegal Pot Industry in the US Should Spark Action

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 22, 2024

Top political leaders are wise to demand more information and stop the spread of these illegal operations. The link between the Chinese government and fentanyl is widely known. Using Mexican producers, international drug cartels linked to the Chinese government are laundering money and trafficking

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Germany to Approve Cannabis Bill This Week in Legalization Drive

Germany to Approve Cannabis Bill This Week in Legalization Drive

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 20, 2024

German Lawmakers to Approve Cannabis Decriminalization Legislation. German lawmakers will approve delayed legislation decriminalizing personal use of cannabis this week, paving the way for it to take effect on April 1, according to Health Minister Karl Lauterbach. The law, set to pass the lower

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First tweaks to Recreational Marijuana to come via rules process, not legislature, House rep says

First tweaks to Recreational Marijuana to come via rules process, not legislature, House rep says

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 20, 2024

Administrative Rules to Drive Changes to Ohio's Recreational Marijuana Law, Legislative Action on Hold. As the Ohio House resists any quick reforms to the state’s new recreational marijuana law, most changes that state officials want to make – like banning sales to minors and advertising

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Mike Tyson urges Biden to free thousands locked up over Cannabis: ‘Right these wrongs’

Mike Tyson urges Biden to free thousands locked up over Cannabis: ‘Right these wrongs’

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 20, 2024

Boxer tells the Guardian it’s time for president to grant clemency to those in prison and ‘end cannabis prohibition once and for all. The former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has urged Joe Biden to follow through on his commitment to “correct our country’s failed approach to marijuana” and

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City Council denies petition to allow Marijuana cultivation in highway districts

City Council denies petition to allow Marijuana cultivation in highway districts

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 15, 2024

Taunton City Council Rejects Proposal for Combined Marijuana Retail and Cultivation Businesses in Highway Districts Despite Pleas and Industry Support. Despite pleas by Kyra Fernandez to amend the zoning ordinance to allow combined marijuana retail and cultivation businesses in highway districts

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Florida House Panel Advances Bill To Restrict Hemp Cannabinoids

Florida House Panel Advances Bill To Restrict Hemp Cannabinoids

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 15, 2024

A Florida bill to restrict psychoactive hemp-derived cannabinoids has been advanced by a House legislative subcommittee. A Florida legislative subcommittee on Monday advanced a bill to restrict psychoactive hemp-derived cannabinoids such as Delta 8 THC and Delta 10. The legislation, House Bill 1613

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South Carolina Bans CBD, Intoxicating Hemp Products in Extreme Crackdown

South Carolina Bans CBD, Intoxicating Hemp Products in Extreme Crackdown

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 14, 2024

Only hemp seeds and derivatives will be allowed in food under South Carolina’s approach to banning hemp ingredients. Yet another state is cracking down on hemp-derived products, some of which have intoxicating effects, and South Carolina’s approach to food products that contain hemp is among the

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Mother Sues Tennessee Agencies for Using Cannabis Arrest To Separate Family

Mother Sues Tennessee Agencies for Using Cannabis Arrest To Separate Family

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 14, 2024

Family Sues Tennessee Law Enforcement and Child Services for Fourth Amendment Violation and Trauma After Separation at Traffic Stop. The family was separated last year at a traffic stop in Tennessee and is now suing state law enforcement and the department of children’s services for violating their

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Arizona Law Firm Welcomes Back the “Father of Cannabis Law”

Arizona Law Firm Welcomes Back the “Father of Cannabis Law”

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 14, 2024

Ryan Hurley, 'Father of Cannabis Law' in Arizona, Returns to Rose Law Group as Chairman of Cannabis Department. Arizona’s most innovative law firm and largest law firm founded by a woman in state history, Rose Law Group is delighted to announce the return of Ryan Hurley, the “Father of Cannabis Law”

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US Virgin Islands pushes forward on stalled law allowing Recreational Marijuana use

US Virgin Islands pushes forward on stalled law allowing Recreational Marijuana use

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 14, 2024

US Virgin Islands Moves Closer to Implementing Recreational Marijuana Law with Approval of Proposed Regulations. A stalled marijuana law in the U.S. Virgin Islands got a big push Tuesday after an advisory board approved a list of proposed rules and regulations that would govern the recreational use

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Ohio Legislators Still Working To Implement Changes to Adult-Use Cannabis Law

Ohio Legislators Still Working To Implement Changes to Adult-Use Cannabis Law

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 13, 2024

Adult-use cannabis is legal in Ohio as of November 2023, but legislators are taking their time to add changes to the voter-approved law. Ohio’s progress on cannabis has come to a temporary halt after House legislators fail to move the bill forward. Last week Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens spoke

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Hemp-Derived Intoxicants Need Better Cannabis Law Guardrails

Hemp-Derived Intoxicants Need Better Cannabis Law Guardrails

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 12, 2024

Addressing the Regulatory Gap: Hemp-Derived Intoxicants Require Attention, Not Marijuana. Hemp-derived consumable products share an important trait with the state-regulated marijuana industry—both manufacture intoxicating substances that are derived from the cannabis plant. This is why it’s

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Mayor and his son are charged with growing hundreds of Marijuana plants at 3 addresses

Mayor and his son are charged with growing hundreds of Marijuana plants at 3 addresses

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 12, 2024

Minnesota Mayor and Son Accused of Growing Over 200 Marijuana Plants, Exceeding State Limit. A Minnesota mayor and his son are accused of growing about 240 marijuana plants, well in excess of the state’s eight-plant limit for personal cultivation. Winnebago mayor Scott Robertson, 67, and Jacob

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Palm Springs council cuts Cannabis taxes, extends moratorium on new dispensaries

Palm Springs council cuts Cannabis taxes, extends moratorium on new dispensaries

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 9, 2024

Several other valley cities have already cut taxes. With the Coachella Valley’s cannabis industry facing what local officials and business owners describe as a struggling, oversaturated market, the Palm Springs City Council opted Thursday to cut retail taxes for marijuana sales in half while

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Why Cannabis regulation makes sense

Why Cannabis regulation makes sense

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 9, 2024

Advocating for Cannabis Legalization: A Call for Sensible Drug Policy. Much has been written and said in recent weeks about efforts to decriminalise, legalise and regulate cannabis in many jurisdictions around the world – efforts that I have long supported because I believe strongly that they will

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Will Gov. Shapiro’s budding plans to legalize Marijuana in Pa. get skunked?

Will Gov. Shapiro’s budding plans to legalize Marijuana in Pa. get skunked?

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Cannabis NewsFebruary 9, 2024

Pennsylvania's Push for Marijuana Legalization Gains Momentum Amid Budget Talks. Pennsylvania’s hopes for marijuana legalization reached new highs after Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget address Tuesday, when he said adults should be allowed to use the drug recreationally. With Ohio voters backing

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