California’s capital city OKs marijuana consumption lounge licenses
The Sacramento City Council approved a measure that paves a path for California’s capital to issue consumption lounge licenses sometime in 2025. The ordinance was approved 5-4 on Tuesday, despite opposition from certain Council members, the American Heart...
Women make up 61% of cannabis home growers, survey shows
The image of clandestine cannabis cultivation is fading fast, with 66% of home growers feeling empowered to openly grow the plant, according to a recent survey. Women accounted for 61% of the home growers who responded to the survey, conducted by Stripe Theory on...
DEA judge’s choice of marijuana rescheduling participants tilts toward opponents
Every party that applied to argue against moving marijuana to Schedule 3 of the Controlled Substances Act has full standing to participate in an upcoming landmark hearing, a top U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration judge ruled late Tuesday. But only one organization...
US cannabis license numbers decline in Q3 despite rapid growth in emerging markets
The number of active U.S. cannabis business licenses – including those in regulated medical and recreational markets – continued to decline through the third quarter of 2024 as reductions in established markets outpaced growth in emerging ones. The trend...
Senate Farm Bill draft signals bipartisan desire to solve intoxicating hemp problem
Congress will likely not pass a new Farm Bill until 2025. But when it does, the “loophole” that’s allowed hemp-derived products with intoxicating levels of THC to proliferate across the country over the past six years will be closed. ADVERTISEMENT That’s the...
Minnesota bars two-thirds of marijuana social equity applicants from lottery
About two-thirds of the 1,817 adult-use marijuana social equity license applicants in Minnesota were denied access to the state’s license lottery, which is expected to be held the week of Dec. 2. Those who will be permitted in the lottery for one of 280 preapproval...
Massachusetts issues first cannabis research license
Massachusetts regulators have issued the state’s first cannabis research facility license to a unit of multistate operator Curaleaf Holdings. The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) unanimously approved the application of Curaleaf Processing to operate a...
DEA hints more marijuana rescheduling participants possible as some drop out
(Breaking: Read whom the administrative law judge offered standing to for the hearing.) The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration could allow more participants to testify at upcoming hearings concerning marijuana rescheduling in addition to the initial 25 who were...
Missouri’s double-tax practice on cannabis is unconstitutional, court rules
Local governments in Missouri can add a 3% local tax on cannabis products to state sales tariffs, but the law forbids cities and counties to “stack” local levies on top of one another. That’s the “unambiguous” language in the state constitution, according to a...
Judge allows New York hemp operators to remove signs claiming illicit activity
A New York state judge has ruled that hemp businesses can remove signs posted outside their businesses by law enforcement agencies that describe them as “illicit cannabis” stores. Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron issued the temporary restraining order last week to...
Georgia to allow more medical marijuana dispensaries since patient rolls top 25K
With the number of people enrolled as medical marijuana patients in Georgia hitting 25,000 over the weekend, the state agency that operates the program can authorize more dispensaries to open. The six production companies licensed by the Georgia Access to Medical...Featured
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