Minnesota House Will Vote On Marijuana Legalization Bill Next Week, Sponsor Announces On 4/20

A much-anticipated Minnesota House floor vote on a bill to legalize marijuana has officially been scheduled for next week, the sponsor announced on the Thursday’s 4/20 cannabis holiday. After moving through an extensive committee process, with 15 panels approving the measure from Rep. Zack Stephenson (D), the bill will be taken up on the floor […]

Part party, part call to action: A look at pot holiday 4/20

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Cannabis sales software provider Dutchie goes down nationwide on 4/20

Technology platform Dutchie, which provides point-of-sale hardware for cannabis retailers across the United States, reported interruptions and outages on Thursday – the unofficial marijuana holiday 4/20 and one of the biggest sales day of the year in the industry. The company said both “timeouts with multiple endpoints” were related to Metrc as well as “latency […]

Cannabis Collections Headaches and What to Do

On this hallowed 4/20, while consumers and businesses celebrate cannabis near and far (which is great!), it’s important to be mindful that the cannabis industry is getting financially pummeled nationwide. For the cannabis companies able to survive this rocky time, cannabis collections are becoming an increasing headache as other cannabis businesses fold and/or just ignore […]

Wisconsin GOP lawmakers working on medical pot legalization

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North Carolina Lawmakers File Bill To Create $5 Million Psychedelic Research Grant Fund

A Republican North Carolina lawmaker and a bipartisan group of cosponsors have filed a bill to create a $5 million grant program to support research into the therapeutic potential of psilocybin and MDMA and to create a Breakthrough Therapies Research Advisory Board to oversee the effort. The legislation from Rep. Edward Goodwin (R) wouldn’t legalize […]

Colorado Lawmakers Introduce Delta-8 THC Regulation Bill

Two Colorado lawmakers have introduced bipartisan legislation to regulate intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoids including the increasingly popular compound delta-8 THC. The measure, Senate Bill 271, was introduced earlier this month by Republican Senator Kevin Van Winkle and his Democratic colleague, Senator Dylan Roberts. Last year, Colorado lawmakers passed legislation authorizing the Colorado Department of Public Health […]

New York Governor Launches Campaign Urging Consumers To Buy Legal Weed

New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday launched a new statewide campaign to encourage consumers to purchase cannabis from the state’s regulated recreational marijuana market. New York legalized adult-use cannabis in 2021, and regulated sales of recreational marijuana began at the state’s first licensed dispensary in Manhattan in late December 2022. “To bolster the public […]