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Last week, we reported that Regulate Florida, an advocacy group campaigning to put marijuana legalization on the 2020 state ballot had gathered enough valid votes to get the Supreme Court to review the language of their petition and that John Morgan, the personal injury lawyer who had bankrolled an initiative to legalize medical marijuana had … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Florida Personal Injury Lawyer Turns Around and Decides to Back Marijuana Legalization Drive”

The recent wave of adult-use marijuana legalization across the U.S. has the potential of generating $22 billion in annual sales, but not everyone is thrilled about this development. New research that will soon be published in the Marketing Science journal shows that the alcohol industry is likely to take a hit once marijuana is legalized. … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Study Finds Legalized Recreational Cannabis a Danger to Alcohol, Not Tobacco”

The House Rules Committee of Congress is going to consider an amendment this week that seeks to stop the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from denying the home loan requests of veterans who derive all or part of their income from work in state-legal marijuana industries. Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) filed the measure that, if … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Congress Considers Stopping Denying Veterans Home Loans Due to Cannabis Industry Work”

As had been widely expected, Gov. J.B Pritzker yesterday (June 25) signed a bill legalizing recreational marijuana in Illinois. This makes the state the 11th to legalize marijuana fully, joining the likes of Colorado and California. When this new law takes effect on Jan 1, 2020, adults 21 and older will be allowed to possess … Continue reading “420 with CNW – It’s Official, Illinois is 11th to Legalize Recreational Marijuana”

Activists in Mississippi have revealed that they are about to reach the required number of voter signatures in order to see an initiative about medical marijuana included on the ballot in 2020. Once the organizers submit that list of signatures, the Secretary of State will go through it and certify that each of the signatures … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Mississippi Medical Cannabis Ballot Measure Close to Attaining Signature Target”

On May 28 this year, the French Senate passed a bill paving the way for marijuana to start being used therapeutically in the country. The health ministry is yet to give its approval to this law, but once it does, an experiment lasting two years will be launched to analyze the effects of marijuana on … Continue reading “420 with CNW – French Medical Marijuana Experiment Starting Soon After Enabling Law is Passed”

Canopy Rivers, one of the largest growers and suppliers of medical marijuana in the world, has invested $1.5 million in BioLumic, an agri-tech company based in New Zealand. The funds are intended to help the agri-tech company to develop UV treatments which can boost the performance and yield of marijuana plants. Warren Bebb, the CEO … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Canopy Rivers Invests in New Zealand Agri-Tech Company”

Look around your home and nearly half (or even more) of the products you see may have been made in China. Now China has jumped into the fray and it is bringing loads of CBD to the market in cosmetics, ingestible oil and other products. This boom is largely centered in just two of China’s … Continue reading “420 with CNW – China Reaps from Cannabis Industry Boom”

The Department of Veterans Affairs has voiced its opposition to three bills that are intended to protect the VA benefits of veterans who use medical cannabis in states where it is legal, allow VA doctors to prescribe medical cannabis in states where it is legal and also expand research into the medical potential of cannabis. … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Trump Administration Opposed to Medical Cannabis for Military Veterans”

For the uninitiated, 4/20 in the marijuana industry can be equated to Fourth of July. The exact origin of that “holiday” isn’t known, but there is speculation that the day is named after the time of the day (4:20 p.m.) when a group of students would meet outside their high school in the 1970s to … Continue reading “420 with CNW – American Cannabis Sales Expected to Double on 4/20”