Booker, other Senate Democrats ask Biden to end federal ban on cannabis
EDITOR’S NOTE: NJ Cannabis Insider is hosting an in-person business networking event July 14 at The Asbury in Asbury Park. Tickets are limited. U.S. Sen. Cory Booker joined five of his Democratic colleagues Wednesday in asking President Joe Biden to end the federal...
Budzee Breaks New Ground by Bringing Cannabis to Your Door
Delivering on Business Promise From left, Kevin Perrier, Volkan Polatol, and Erza Parzybok, partners in Budzee. Volkan Polatol didn’t actually speak the words, but he strongly implied them: ‘If this was easy, then everyone would do it. Or at least try.’ The ‘it,’ in...
Tax reform for California’s recreational marijuana industry leaves many unsatisfied
SAN FRANCISCO — As California rolls out new tax cuts for legal marijuana growers to provide those who work in the industry relief, many claim the black market continues to make it difficult to survive in the business. When California voters approved Prop 46...
The Cannabis Prohibition Effect
By Alex Todd’s In California, Michigan, Arizona, and many other states cannabis cultivation, use, and distribution may be legal but there is still a major roadblock – federal prohibition. According to reports from the end of last year, 68% of Americans support...
Rochdale MP Sir Tony Lloyd says govt must fix medicinal cannabis ‘crisis’ affecting children with extreme epilepsy
Date published: 06 July 2022 Tony Lloyd MP Rochdale MP, Sir Tony Lloyd has called on the government to fix the ‘crisis’ affecting the families with children suffering from extreme epilepsy who cannot secure NHS prescriptions for medical cannabis, a treatment which has...
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New California laws protect marijuana users from being fired for use outside of work
“Well, I think it’s definitely justifiable. I mean what you do outside of work is really your business,” said Trevor Carstenes, who is a Cannabis user. CALIFORNIA, USA — Starting this New Year, new cannabis laws are protecting employees who rely on...
New Mexico regulators revoke the licenses of 2 marijuana grow operations and levies $2M in fines
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico marijuana regulators on Tuesday revoked the licenses of two growing operations in a rural county for numerous violations and have levied a $1 million fine against each business. One of the businesses — Native American Agricultural...
Cannabis business burglarized before death of Oakland officer says it’s not the first time
Cannabis business burglarized before death of Oakland officer says its not the first time It didnt surprise cannabis-related business owner Jessie Grundy when he learned his spot on the Embarcadero had been hit on Friday morning. It happened right before Oakland...
Marijuana, vetoes top early 2024 Statehouse agenda
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — At the Ohio Statehouse, there are some bills that will likely continue to move forward in the new year, and some new bills that lawmakers will undertake. Before the new year, legislators were working on several bills, including legislation to...
With 81 new legal weed business entering N.J., cannabis industry readies to expand ahead of July 14 networking event
© Amanda Brown| For/nj.com/TNS Jessica Gonzalez (left) attends the NJ Cannabis Insider first business networking event of 2022 at Zeppelin Hall Beer Garden in Jersey City. She talks to Darrin Chandler NJCI In the wake of New Jersey’s cannabis regulatory body approving...
Cannabis businesses to make their case for Ventura operations
Commercial cannabis businesses look to soon be allowed in Ventura. Nine cannabis businesses that are in the running to obtain a commercial permit in Ventura hope their efforts won’t go up in smoke. Applicants for eight retail and one distribution business...
A former Fall River mayor is opening Fall River’s newest cannabis shop this week
FALL RIVER — Will Flanagan has worked as a prosecutor, assistant corporation counsel, mayor of the city of Fall River and a defense attorney. Now add another profession to Flanagan’s resume: marijuana entrepreneur. “It’s been fun,” said Flanagan, a father of two young...
Cannabis research farm comes to Socorro
Cannabis plants grow at a former alfalfa farm in Socorro that’s been converted into a project that aims to find strains that will grow well in the New Mexico heat and test a few already popular strains to find the most economic way to grow them. (Cathy Cook/El...
Denver launches new cannabis entrepreneur program for social equity applicants
DENVER – The City of Denver’s Department of Economic Development and Opportunity is launching a new program designed to boost marijuana business ownership among social equity applicants. The City defines social equity applicants as individuals who have been...
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