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Thursday, June 20, 2019
New York — A new law in New York City bans employers, labor organizations and employment agencies from testing job applicants for cannabis and tetrahydrocannabinols, or THC – the active ingredient in weed. Enacted May 10 by city legislators, Prohibition of drug testing for pre-employment hiring procedures states that pre-employment […]
The final 2018 Farm Bill is expected to be voted on as early as next week. The bill would legalize hemp cultivation and could be a catalyst for explosive growth in a nascent industry that some forecast could top $20 billion by 2022. The long-awaited bill would remove industrial hemp […]
In 2012, Colorado and Washington state became the first states to vote to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes. Since then, eight more states and Washington, DC, have followed — although Vermont and DC, while allowing marijuana possession and growing, have continued to bar sales for recreational purposes. The spread of […]
Michigan and North Dakota will vote on recreational cannabis, Utah to vote on medical marijuana that can’t be smoked or eaten California, Colorado and seven other states have legalized recreational marijuana, and there are roughly 30 states that have passed medical cannabis in some form. On Tuesday, more states could […]
Jim Dabakis, a Democratic state senator from Utah, tried a weed gummy this weekend. It was his first weed gummy; in fact, he claimed it was the first marijuana he ever ingested. Standing in the parking lot of a Las Vegas dispensary called NuLeaf—recreational marijuana is legal in Nevada—sporting a […]
A special session is on the books so lawmakers can discuss a medical cannabis bill. That was announced amid the what is being called a compromise on Prop 2 between proponents and opponents. Negotiations between Utah legislators and Proposition 2 supporters (including the Utah Patients Coalition, Libertas Institute, Our Revolution, […]
ALBANY, New York — New York state is hosting three public listening sessions this week in New York City to gather input on proposals to legalize recreational cannabis. The meetings are scheduled for Monday in Queens, Tuesday in Brooklyn and Wednesday on Staten Island. Several listening sessions have already been […]
The Mormon church ramped up its opposition this week to Proposition 2, which would allow medical cannabis in Utah, even as faith leaders insisted they support patients using it under strict controls. The LDS Church’s opposition to Proposition 2 pits it against a tough foe: faithful members who already use […]
New York cannabis company, Acreage Holdings, is rolling in the green after their most recent funding round. The New York cannabis company, with dispensaries and greenhouses in 13 states, just closed a $119 million funding round. High-net-worth individuals and family offices were the biggest investors, chief executive Kevin Murphy told […]
John Boehner has a new take on legalization — and it’s way more chilled out than it used to be. The former House speaker — who for years huffed and puffed on Capitol Hill about the dangers of smoking weed — has joined the board of cannabis startup Acreage Holdings […]
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