Hemp is removed from Texas’ controlled substance list
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial
April 9, 2019
Filed under News
The Texas Department of State Health Services has removed hemp from its list of controlled substances. Removing hemp from a list of Schedule I drugs means that the plant is no longer in the same category as drugs that have no authorized medical use and a high potential for abuse, such as LSD and...
Study discovers rise in employment among epileptic medical cannabis patients
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial
April 4, 2019
Filed under Research
Aleafia Health Inc. recently revealed the results of a medical cannabis patient study involving 4,000 participants. Published on March 13, 2019 in the peer-reviewed Journal of Drug Issues, the medical cannabis study explores changes in employment and disability status among patients who use the green plant. The publishing of this medic...
Connecticut’s Democratic lawmakers urge for recreational cannabis legalization
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial
March 29, 2019
Filed under Social cannabis
A number of House Democrats in Connecticut have teamed up to unleash draft legislation that would legalize the plant for adult-use. Connecticut is the most recent Eastern state to bat for legal weed. If the measure is approved, the framework for legal adult-use cannabis in Connecticut would operate under a tightly-man...
NY cannabis trade group drops MedMen, but company says it hasn’t been informed
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial
March 28, 2019
Filed under Social cannabis
MedMen Enterprises – a publicly-traded cannabis company that owns and operates 19 licensed facilities in cannabis cultivation, manufacturing and retail – has been exiled from the ranks of the New York Medical Cannabis Industry Association (NYMCIA). This is according to a spokesman from the NY...
Cannabis firm Tilray is hiring Goldman Sachs’ former managing director
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial
March 28, 2019
Filed under Global
Leading Canadian cannabis cultivator Tilray has announced that it is hiring Goldman Sachs’ ex-managing director, Andrew Pucher, as the company’s chief corporate development officer. Pucher is the latest of numerous Wall Street executives to enter the legal weed industry in recent times. His ro...
Massachusetts cannabis RICO case settled out of court for ‘substantial’ amount
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial
March 28, 2019
Filed under Medical cannabis
A racketeering lawsuit against a Massachusetts-based cannabis shop was recently dismissed. However, the triumph did not occur without a hefty fee. While the value of the settled RICO case was not disclosed, it was said to be a “substantial” figure, of which was agreed on by both parties in a confidential out-o...
U.S. government sued by Seattle law firm over cannabis industry border bans
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial
March 25, 2019
Filed under News
A law firm in Washington State is hoping to get “immediate” access to important records that explain why certain foreign nationals, especially Canadians, are being turned away at the border because of their cannabis industry involvement. The U.S. government is being sued by Seattle-based Davis Wright ...
Study: Strict cannabis policies do not discourage young people from trying weed
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial
March 24, 2019
A cannabis study conducted by the University of Kent has concluded that there is no evidence to prove that stricter policies discourage young individuals from consuming the green plant, in whatever form that might be. Data was gleaned from more than 100,000 teenagers from 38 countries. Those countries inclu...
USDA encouraged comments on hemp for its webinar on the 2018 Farm Bill
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial
March 23, 2019
Filed under News
A webinar was recently held by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), but it wasn’t just any old webinar. The USDA organized a webinar to enlighten people on the topic of hemp production and the recently enacted 2018 Farm Bill. The listening session was hosted as a means of preparing to implement the all-impor...
First medical cannabis processor in Ohio gets green light to operate
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial
March 22, 2019
Filed under Medical cannabis
A medical cannabis processor in the “Buckeye State” recently received a certificate of operation from the state Commerce Department. Grow Ohio in Muskingum County received its certificate of operation earlier this month. With this certificate, the company can legally convert cannabis into a vast arra...
Hawaii’s Cannabis Visiting Patient Program: Tourists allowed to buy medical weed on the volcanic archipelago
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial
March 22, 2019
Filed under Medical cannabis
Medical cannabis patients who plan on traveling to Hawaii from a different state can now legally buy their natural medicine on the palm-tree speckled islands, thanks to the recently enacted ‘Cannabis Visiting Patient’ program. The program was initiated by the Hawaii Educational Association for Therap...
Will Canada’s cannabis supply meet consumer demand in 2019?
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial
March 22, 2019
Filed under Global
Since weed became legal across the Great White North on October 17, 2018, supply shortages have caused delays for consumers and some serious inconveniences for retailers, too. Soon after the Cannabis Act (Bill C-45) went into effect, provinces throughout Canada started exchanging thousands of do...
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial
January 14, 2019
National Access Cannabis Corp has a lot in store for 2019, with the Canadian company recently securing a loan valued at CAD$9,000,000.00. A pioneer in delivering secure,...
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial
December 21, 2018
A minimum age for cannabis consumption in Six Nations has been confirmed by the Nations’ elected-band council. Individuals aged 21 and above will have the opportunity...
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial
April 9, 2019
He starred in the movie Pineapple Express as a joint-smoking Process Server and now, actor/cannapreneur Seth Rogen has dabbled in another dope deal after teaming up up with...
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial
March 15, 2019
David Crosby is best known for being a musician but now, he could be onto something amidst the “Green Rush” that is spreading like wildfire across North America and the...
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial
March 15, 2019
You might not expect to hear Martha Stewart's name being mentioned in the same sentence as the word "cannabis" but amidst the rise of edibles, the culinary connoisseur seems...