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WednesdayMay 29, 2024 10:00 am

Study Shows Prebedtime Marijuana Use Doesn’t Trigger Impairment

New research shows that using cannabis prior to sleeping has a negligible effect on different performance measures the next day, including psychomotor and cognitive function tasks, simulated driving and even mood. The study, which obtained data from a bigger study exploring the effects of cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on insomnia, examined outcomes from 20 adults with insomnia who rarely used cannabis. The study was carried out by 11 investigators from Macquarie University in Sydney, Johns Hopkins University, Griffith University, Royal Prince Alfred hospital and the University of Sydney. For the study, the investigators administered either 2 ml of marijuana…

FridayMay 24, 2024 10:00 am

New York Regulators Face Lawsuit Over Social-Equity Rules

Cannabis regulators in the state of New York have been hit with a new lawsuit filed earlier this month in the Albany County-based Supreme Court against the state’s Cannabis Control Board and Office of Cannabis Management. The issue is the state’s Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) program, which gives priority to people who were impacted by the war on drugs. The suit was filed by four plaintiffs: Windward Management, Organic Blooms, Blackmark and Niagara Nugget. The plaintiffs stated that the applicants under the program could file initial requests for a license without informing the local municipality or having to secure…

WednesdayMay 22, 2024 10:00 am

THC Drinks Legality Questioned As Legislators Call for Stricter Regulations

Drinks infused with THC have become popular in the recent times, and if you were wondering: yes, they’re legal. The drinks are derived from hemp, which usually contains no more than 0.3% THC. THC is one of the two primary compounds found in cannabis plants, the other being CBD. However, unlike THC, CBD doesn’t induce a high when ingested. After the 2018 Farm Bill was passed, industrial hemp was made legal, eliminating it from the DEA’s list of controlled substances. This legalization loophole is what allowed for hemp drinks to be sold legally by cannabis stores, alcohol retailers and breweries.…

MondayMay 20, 2024 10:00 am

Ouster of OCM Chief in New York Raises Questions

Chris Alexander, executive director of the state entity charged with overseeing the implementation of the recreational marijuana industry in New York State, has been asked to leave office when his tenure draws to an end this September. This ouster has raised more questions than it answers. For starters, many watchers of the roll-out of recreational marijuana sales in the state indicate that many departments had roles to play in the implementation of the adult-use cannabis program. However, none of those departments was mentioned in the report, which was released after the state governor launched a review of the recreational marijuana…

WednesdayMay 15, 2024 10:00 am

Officials Highlight Areas of Failure as Cannabis Program in New York Is Overhauled

Major changes are being made at the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) in New York State after the governor directed that a review be conducted. The review, as ordered by Governor Kathy Hochul, led to the discovery that New York’s rollout of legalized recreational cannabis had been a failure. One report, released last week, cites an underspent budget and inexperienced leadership as some of the errors by the office. According to the report, a total of $26 million, which could have assisted in clearing application backlogs, remained unused. In her statement, Hochul announced that the director of the OCM, Chris…

MondayMay 13, 2024 10:00 am

Canadian Medical Marijuana Exports Rise Amid Falling Local Sales

According to statistics from Health Canada, the regulator of the marijuana industry in Canada, exports of medical marijuana from the country have reached a record-setting $189 million as local producers grapple with numerous domestic challenges ranging from prohibitive taxes to cutthroat competition on the domestic market. The current value of exports for the year ended March 2024 marked a 36% increase from exports registered last year ($116.5 million). This notable increase in exports follows a growing trend that saw the country export medical marijuana products worth $5.8 million in the 2019–2020 fiscal year, $28.4 million in 2020–2021 fiscal year and…

FridayMay 10, 2024 10:00 am

Defense Lawyers Group Urges Biden to Release Prisoners Serving Marijuana Sentences

NACDL, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, has written a letter to the White House urging President Joseph Biden and his administration to decriminalize cannabis and also commute all sentences of individuals in prison over federal cannabis convictions. In their letter, the association says it is advocating for compassionate release, second chances and the immediate commuting of sentences of those having convictions for nonviolent cannabis offenses. The letter written by NACDL was sent on the same day last week when the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is reported to have made a decision to reclassify marijuana to Schedule III…

WednesdayMay 08, 2024 10:00 am

Marijuana Reclassification Unlikely to Change Anything for Federal Workers

Steps to change marijuana’s classification at the federal level in America have been initiated by both Congress and the Biden Administration in the last year. On his part, President Joseph Biden directed that a review of federal cannabis law be conducted, and he pardoned thousands who had been federally convicted of simple possession of cannabis. Currently, marijuana is classified under Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. Substances under this classification are said to have no accepted medical use and high abuse potential. Other drugs under this classification include LSD, heroin, MDMA, methaqualone and mescaline (peyote). Following a recommendation by…

MondayMay 06, 2024 10:00 am

Prohibitionist Group Says DEA Announcement on Cannabis Rescheduling Coming “Very Soon”

Smart Approaches to Marijuana leaders believe the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) may soon make an announcement on marijuana rescheduling. The DEA has spent the last few months chewing over a recommendation made by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) to move marijuana to Schedule III from its current classification. Now officials of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), led by president Kevin Sabet, believe the agency will announce its results soon, following chatter from different sources. This has been heard for some months now, with sources mostly leaning toward pro-reform. In the interview, Sabet also revealed that…

FridayMay 03, 2024 10:00 am

American Supreme Court to Hear Trucker’s Case Over Failed THC Test

Recently, the American Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that involves a trucker who filed a lawsuit against a marijuana company after he was terminated over a failed THC test. In the suit, which was filed in October 2023, the trucker alleged that the failed test was caused by the consumption of a CBD product derived from hemp. The trucker, Douglas Horn, sued Medical Marijuana Inc. in 2015 under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO)Act. He claimed that the company falsely marketed the product as having 0% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which led him to try it to manage pain.…