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IM Cannabis to raise up to $5.5 million; Trichome Financial sale approved

Publicly traded international medical cannabis company IM Cannabis Corp. is launching two non-brokered private placements to raise as much as $5.5 million. The fundraising announced Friday includes a non-brokered private placement of between 400,000 and 2,960,000 units of IM Cannabis at $1.25 per unit, to raise aggregate gross proceeds of between $500,000 and $3.7 million. […]

Washington LCB Releases Disproportionately Impacted Area Map for Social Equity Licensees

Yesterday, January 13, 2023, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (“LCB”) released an interactive mapping tool for determining whether people meet have lived in Disproportionately Impacted Areas (“DIA”)–one of three eligibility criteria for the forthcoming Social Equity in Cannabis (“SEIC”) program licensing. The map can be found by a link on the LCB’s website, […]

Minnesota Adult-Use Legalization Bill Clears First Hurdle

Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota have begun their push for marijuana legalization, with a bill clearing the first of many legislative hurdles this week.  The bill “cleared the first of what may be up to a dozen committee hurdles when the House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee approved” the measure “by a voice vote Wednesday and […]

Illinois Lawmaker Introduces Psychedelics Legalization Bill

An Illinois state lawmaker has introduced a bill that would legalize psychedelics including psilocybin, the primary psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms, for therapeutic use. The bill, dubbed The Compassionate Use and Research of Entheogens (CURE) Act, was introduced by Democratic state Representative La Shawn Ford on Wednesday.  The bill, which Ford unveiled on the opening […]

Hawaii Representative Announces Plan To Legalize Pot in 2023

On Jan. 11, members from Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), the Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, and ACLU of Hawaii, spoke at a press conference held at the capitol in Honolulu. The meeting was prompted by Hawaii Rep. Jeanné Kapela to announce her cannabis legislation which will target criminal justice reform and other important considerations. First […]

Arizona Jail Detention Officer Arrested for Dealing Meth, Fentanyl

Drugs on demand, straight from a jail guard, were shut down by the sheriff at the Lower Buckeye Jail in Phoenix, Arizona. According to Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone, a detention officer was arrested for attempting to bring methamphetamine and fentanyl into the Lower Buckeye Jail in Phoenix, Arizona. Fox 10 reports that detention officer […]

Alert

I’m starting a new Alert thread. My previous one is closed to further replies. I’ll never understand some things about ECF. I heard this morning that Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, many times stronger than morphine or her0ine, has been flooding into this country the last few years. I knew that, as most of us have […]

Proposed cannabis store in British Columbia airport fails to take flight

A high-profile plan to open a first-in-the-world recreational cannabis store inside an airport terminal in Prince George, British Columbia, has been scrapped, apparently a victim of shifting economic conditions. The planned Cloudbreak Cannabis location – previously known as Copilot Cannabis – promoted itself as being on course to become the first cannabis retail store in […]

New cannabis guidelines for federal judged proposed (Newsletter: January 13, 2023)

GOP congressional chair plans to press FDA on CBD; WA psilocybin bill; Study: Less alcohol misuse in legal marijuana states; Record AZ sales Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment […]

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