New Hampshire’s Senate shot down recreational marijuana legalization again, maintaining its status as the only New England state that hasn’t legalized adult use. Republicans are largely responsible for the 14-10 defeat of House Bill 639, according to Manchester TV station WMUR. ADVERTISEMENT Republican Sen. Bill Gannon told WMUR he voted against the measure because he’s […]
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Two multistate cannabis testing labs that recently joined forces to establish industry standards are expanding their footprints. Michigan-based multistate lab operator ACT Laboratories acquired Florida testing company Green Scientific Lab Holdings and its related assets. And California-headquartered SC Labs acquired Arizona testing operation C4 Laboratories. ADVERTISEMENT ACT and SC declined to reveal the terms of […]
Just one day after the New Hampshire Senate defeated a marijuana legalization bill, the Republican governor announced that he would sign an alternative proposal to enact legalization through a system of state-run stores. What happens next is up in the air, as earlier House-passed legislation from last session that would have created a state-run market […]
Canadian cannabis producer Canopy Growth plans to refile some of its financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022. The Smiths Falls, Ontario, company is making the move after identifying “material misstatements” related to sales of its BioSteel business unit that were incorrectly accounted for. ADVERTISEMENT Canopy is among a number of cannabis […]
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has issued a license to Ohio State University that allows researchers to cultivate psilocybin mushrooms for use in scientific studies. The license, which was awarded to Ohio State and partner Inner State Inc., a mental health and wellness research and development company, is the first license issued by the DEA […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has finalized a rule to amend its drug testing policy in a way that could have significant implications for truckers, commercial drivers, pilots and other federally regulated transit workers who use marijuana off the job. In a notice last Tuesday, the department said that it has completed the rulemaking […]
As a new poll shows strong majority support for legalization in Minnesota, bipartisan and bicameral lawmakers held their first conference committee meeting on Friday, resolving mostly modest differences between marijuana legalization bills that passed the House and Senate last month, while leaving larger distinctions on issues like tax policy for another day. Rep. Zack Stephenson (D), sponsor of […]
Banking associations representing all 50 U.S. states—as well as various other financial, insurance and union organizations—are calling for Senate committee passage of a marijuana banking bill “as quickly as possible.” Ahead of a Senate Banking Committee hearing on cannabis industry financial issues that was held on Thursday, several national and state associations sent letters to […]
A congresswoman is asking for marijuana plants to be displayed at the U.S. Botanic Garden near the Capitol in Washington, D.C. in recognition of state and federal efforts to legalize cannabis. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) wrote a letter to the executive director of the living plant museum, which is run by Congress and located […]
Legal marijuana sales in Connecticut remain stable, with the state reporting $21 million in revenue from medical and adult-use cannabis in April. The figures, reported on Wednesday by the state Department of Consumer Protection, showed that the newly launched adult-use market recorded $10.2 million in the month of April, while the medical cannabis market brought […]