Pot conviction brings business opportunity to owner of second legal weed shop in Manhattan; ‘It’s good vibes’
© Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/TNS A cannabis smoker lights up outside Smacked on Tuesday. It used to be that a marijuana conviction in New York City stood in the way of business opportunities. But under New York law, a marijuana charge against you or a...
War on drugs locked him up; now he’s a cannabis entrepreneur
NEW YORK (AP) — When the war on marijuana came sweeping through his New York City housing project decades ago, Roland Conner found himself going in and out of jail. It’s a time he’d rather not talk about. Now, at age 50, he has opened the state’s first...
Bankruptcy relief for cannabis-adjacent debtors? It gets hazy
REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz January 24, 2023 – You may have heard this before: As cannabis remains a Schedule I drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”), cannabis companies cannot seek bankruptcy relief under federal law. Not so fast....
The SAFE Banking Act’s Potential Impact On The Marijuana Industry
Paying by credit card for marijuana at a cannabis dispensary. Purchasing legal recreation drugs. … [+] Medical marijuana at a clinic. getty The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, a proposed legislation aimed at allowing banks to do business with...
Mass. lawmakers propose cannabis reforms, decriminalization of psychedelics
When Massachusetts lawmakers rewrote the state’s marijuana laws in 2022, they focused largely on changing the legal cannabis industry. Now, it appears the emphasis will shift to consumers and workers. In advance of a late-Friday deadline for filing bills, state...
CBD Stocks Creating Opportunities – Established (BCCI), (STG), (WEED), (ACRGF), (RLTR), (CBMJ), and Newcomer (VAPR) Lead the Charge
You would have to be living in isolation to have not picked up on the hottest marijuana derivative consumable and therapeutic center isolate CBD. CBD “Cannabidiol” is the non-psychoactive full spectrum derivative of the hemp and marijuana plant largely credited for the majority of the medical beneficial attributes associated with marijuana.
GOP Lawmakers To Kansans: No Medical Marijuana, No Expanded Medicaid And No More Debate Until Next Year
Kansas has yet to pass medical marijuana, unlike Ohio and potentially Florida, where voters can propose laws on the ballot.
Read a Q&A with the director of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority
OMMA Director Adria Berry provides insights on regulation, staffing, challenges and advancements within the state’s 6-year-old program.
Medical marijuana patient to Scutari: Let my people grow | Editorial
Willie Beemer has lived in ceaseless pain since shattering his right leg in a motorbike accident at age 14. There’s a visible knot on his shin, which turns even a short walk into an arduous slog, and …
Churchill: Why do cannabis shops have tinted windows?
All of this suggests that the state’s recreational cannabis market won’t prove as lucrative as hoped (surprise, surprise) and that many of the dispensaries now opening to so much fanfare won’t survive …
The Thai cannabis guide for tourists: New rules in pot paradise
© DPA Dozens of marijuana varieties are available at the Cannabis Kingdom store in the Silom district in Bangkok, one of many new establishments offering weed. Carola Frentzen/dpa Half a dozen varieties of weed are carefully arranged on a fancy metal counter. They...
Cannabis Business Insurance: Coverage & Costs – Forbes
Find out what cannabis business insurance is, how it works and what type of coverage you need for a cannabis business. Here’s a rundown.
2023 Virginia Cannabis Conference highlights progress, frustrations with emerging economy
Luca Powell A look at the intersection in Ashland where a train collided with an abandoned vehicle. One small step at a time. That was the mantra at the Virginia Cannabis Conference & Lobby Day, which runs through Monday in downtown Richmond. The event was a...
DuPage board to vote on plan includes marijuana dispensary near West Chicago
Joe Sheehan hopes to add retail, and a possible cannabis dispensary, to his hemp and honey farm near West Chicago. DuPage County Board members Tuesday are expected to vote on Sheehan’s request to rezone five acres of his family’s 22-acre farm on Roosevelt...
Cannabis lounges: Close, but no cigar | Mulshine
Last week, the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission began the process of licensing marijuana consumption lounges, places where you can legally smoke the pot that you can now legally buy. Good luck with that. New Jersey’s laws regarding the consumption of various...
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