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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed several bills into law designed to “strengthen California’s cannabis laws, expand the legal cannabis market and redress the harms of cannabis prohibition.” One of those measures, per local news station ABC10, will protect “workers from employment discrimination based on their use of cannabis while off-the-clock” by stopping companies […]
Marijuana multistate company Vireo Health, one of two licensed medical cannabis operators in Minnesota, filed a lawsuit against the state alleging that a new law allowing hemp-derived edibles sales unfairly discriminate against MJ-derived edibles makers. A number of state agencies and officials are named in the complaint, including Attorney General Keith Ellison and Jan Malcolm, […]
Activists behind a ballot referendum to legalize cannabis in Maryland launched a new ad campaign last week, urging voters to support the proposal when they go to the polls on November 8. If passed, the ballot measure would make Maryland the 20th state in the union to legalize recreational marijuana for adults. In April, the […]
A key House committee will meet on Wednesday to vote on a series of criminal justice reform bills, including bipartisan proposals to clear records for prior federal marijuana convictions, provide funding for states that implement systems of automatic expungements and codify retroactive relief for people incarcerated due to on crack-cocaine sentencing disparities. The House Judiciary […]
Setup: Single DL rta, 27w, 70VG/30PG, 15% mix The little monsters are attacking again (at least for me) with premium processing and flavors. In the past, I wrote about the little monster Lemonster, which brought very good flavors. In this aroma, we can now taste a raspberry, Neapolitan-flavored dessert flavor. I was looking forward to […]
A very big congratulations to a longtime Oregon cannabis client, and to our trial team, which just won a decisive, hard-fought victory in a nine-day jury trial in Portland, Oregon. Harris Bricken attorney Jesse Mondry led a stellar trial team comprised also of attorney Tom Oster, litigation paralegals Kathleen Biddle and Staci Black, and summer […]
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have discovered an illegal cannabis grow-op housing 1,700-plus plants estimated to be worth almost $2 million in a small community in eastern Ontario. Last week, members of the Central Hastings OPP, the Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team, the Community Street Crime Unit and the Emergency Response Team executed a warrant […]
A majority of Maryland voters say they will support a referendum to legalize marijuana that will appear on the November ballot—and even more believe that the state should expunge prior cannabis convictions if the reform is enacted, according to a new poll. The survey from Goucher College described the legalization question that was placed on […]
New research from the University of Sydney’s Lambert Initiative seeks to take a closer look at cannabis consumers’ habits. The results found that most Australians medicate with illicit cannabis, though the number of patients accessing medicinal cannabis has risen dramatically over the years. The study’s findings were recently published in Harm Reduction Journal. It’s the […]