Marijuana advocacy group NORML shuts down in South Carolina
The South Carolina chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) advocacy group is shutting down after seven years.
US House committee approves research for medical cannabis, psychedelics
A Republican-led Congressional committee approved amendments in a massive defense bill to fund research and a pilot program to study the effects of medical cannabis and psychedelics.
4 states have a good shot at legalizing recreational marijuana in 2023
At least four states – Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania – have a good chance to legalize adult-use marijuana in 2023, observers and interested parties told MJBizDaily.
South Carolina lawmakers make fresh medical marijuana legalization push
Lawmakers in South Carolina are planning a bipartisan push to legalize medical marijuana this year in the conservative Southern state, one of the few remaining places in America where MMJ is still illegal.
US marijuana stocks up in early trading on midterm election results
Shares of publicly traded U.S. marijuana companies mostly gained value Wednesday morning after the 2022 midterm elections, despite mixed results among the five state MJ ballot measures put to voters.
South Carolina hemp farmer files federal lawsuit over destroyed crops
The first person to be charged with unlawfully cultivating hemp under South Carolina’s Hemp Farming Act is suing several state agencies, alleging he wasn’t given due process before his crops were destroyed.
After legal setback, hemp extractors hope DEA won’t make any big moves
Hemp extractors worried about a federal crackdown over THC levels have dim prospects for getting help from the judicial system.
Instead, they’re looking to the words of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in hopes the agency won’t put much effort into enforcing its 2020 rule about hemp extracts that go “hot,” or beyond 0.3% THC.
