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WednesdayMay 26, 2021 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Study to Survey Health-Care Workers, Obtain Input on Medical Marijuana

A study that will involve acquiring input on healthcare workers’ experience with medical marijuana and advice on the same was recently announced. The study, which will involve experts from the University of Massachusetts’ Dartmouth Charlton College of Business, Medicinal Genomics and the Cannabis Center of Excellence Inc. (“CCOE”) will focus on health-care workers in both Canada and the United States. The study will gather information on the experiences of health-care providers with medical marijuana in their practices and the interest they may have in future clinical education associated with medical marijuana. Cannabis Center of Excellence Inc. president Dr. Marion McNabb highlighted…

WednesdayMay 26, 2021 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Missouri Court Rules That Medical Cannabis License Applications Aren’t Secret

Medical marijuana license applicants in Missouri were offered a much-needed reprieve after an appeals court ruled that state regulators cannot keep information from medical cannabis applications secret. In 2018, voters approved a constitutional amendment that legalized medical marijuana, making Missouri the 33rd state to legalize medical cannabis. Soon after, hundreds of business owners who saw a solid business opportunity applied for business licenses for everything from growing and distributing to selling cannabis, and chaos soon ensued. More than 820 companies were denied licenses. Those companies asked an administrative hearing commission to look into the scoring system used to score candidates,…

TuesdayMay 25, 2021 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Worldwide Increases in Lumber Prices Could Boost the Hemp Industry

Talk about construction and you inevitably end up talking about lumber. Lumber has for long been a popular and essential construction material, with concrete taking pole position on the most popular material list. Everything from houses, bridges and even wagons have been fashioned out of wood, and each culture has its own unique products made from wood. However, all that is now being threatened by the skyrocketing price of lumber, and hemp may come to the rescue. Visit any lumberyard to buy pieces of timber, and chances are you will suffer a case of sticker shock. Using data from NASDAQ…

TuesdayMay 25, 2021 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Connecticut Legislators in Discussions with Governor about Marijuana Legalization

Gov. Ned Lamont will be meeting lawmakers in his office in the coming week to finalize negotiations on a plan to legalize cannabis in the state of Connecticut. A recent poll shows that the majority of voters in the state support the change in policy. Enacting the reform, which has been an objective of various legislators as well as Lamont’s administration, has become a top priority now that the legislative session will be coming to a close less than a month from now. Several meetings on the issue have been held to decide what a legal marijuana market should look…

MondayMay 24, 2021 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Poll Shows Mississippi Voters Favor Impeaching Justices Who Voided Medical Marijuana Measure

A majority of Americans support legalizing cannabis, at least for medical purposes, and the numbers show it. In Mississippi, for instance, voters approved a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana in the state. The win was, however, overturned by the state Supreme Court after a city mayor filed a legal challenge against the citizens’ initiative, arguing that it violated procedural rules laid out by the constitution. According to a poll undertaken shortly after the ruling went public, Mississippi voters are in favor of impeaching the judges who overturned the medical marijuana ballot initiative. Mississippi-based Chism Strategies, which had provided help…

MondayMay 24, 2021 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Minnesota Legislators Vote to Expand State Medical Marijuana Program

Legislators in the state of Minnesota recently voted to allow the expansion of its medical marijuana program, which will permit patients to smoke the dried flower. The state of Minnesota has allowed the use of medical marijuana since May 2014 when then-Gov. Mark Dayton signed into law a legislation that legalized cannabis for the treatment of several medical ailments, including Crohn’s disease, ALS, Tourette’s syndrome, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, epilepsy and cancer. Despite this, it only permitted the use of the plant in pill, oil and liquid forms. Medical marijuana activist Patrick McClellan stated that this latest move was an important change.…

FridayMay 21, 2021 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Alabama Governor Appends Signature to Medical Cannabis Legalization Bill

Medical marijuana patients in the state of Alabama have something to be happy about after Governor Kay Ivey signed a medical cannabis bill that was sent to her desk last month after gaining the Legislature's approval. The bill, which had cleared two House Committees before heading to the Senate for its final approval, was sponsored by Senator Tim Nelson. On top of allowing patients with qualifying conditions to access medical marijuana, the bill would also establish a commission to oversee licensing and implement the regulations for the state's medical cannabis program. When the legislation first hit Ivey's desk, she said…

FridayMay 21, 2021 4:20 am

420 with CNW — How the State of New York Plans to Tax Marijuana

Last month, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved a legislation legalizing marijuana and its possession for individuals aged 21 and above in the states. However, the substance will not be available for legal sale until 2022. The governor and his aides expect that this move will create 60,000 employment opportunities while generating roughly $350 million in tax revenue once the industry’s up and running. While the proposed tax for recreational cannabis in the state isn’t as high as Washington, DC’s tax on the substance, it is higher than the average of the 15 states that have legalized the herb as…

ThursdayMay 20, 2021 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — CBD Firm’s Appeal Could Allow Cannabis, Psychedelics Companies to Get Trademarks Before Legalization

The 2018 farm bill legalized industrial hemp, which is a nonpsychoactive version of cannabis, and its derivatives for cultivation and sale. The law stipulated that, as long as individuals had official approval from their states or tribes, they could cultivate hemp and sell it for use in everything from textiles and clothing to concentrates. Thanks to the federal status of hemp and cannabis, businesses in the space cannot trademark their products — but this may soon change. A CBD company that recently fell afoul of this regulation is now appealing, and if the company wins, the ruling could have implications…

ThursdayMay 20, 2021 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Chamber of Commerce Head Thinks 2021 Illinois Cannabis Sales Could Exceed $1B

Todd Maisch, the CEO and president of the Chamber of Commerce in Illinois, says the total sales of marijuana in the state may easily surpass the $1 billion mark this year, and the monthly figures seem to suggest that the milestone is possible. For example, data collected in March shows that recreational marijuana sales totaled $110 million, and the year is just approaching the halfway mark. One factor that Maisch identifies as helping cannabis sales to hit those high numbers is the lack of legal marijuana programs in states neighboring Illinois. He says when Colorado and Washington launched their programs,…

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