Michigan-based Viridis Laboratories is sticking to its marijuana testing results and methodology despite an ongoing litigation with state regulators involving complaints accusing the lab of inflating potency results. The company’s procedures were called into question in 2021 when Michigan regulators recalled products tested by Viridis, claiming the results were inaccurate or unreliable. ADVERTISEMENT The lab, […]
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The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) recently informed three medical cannabis producers that they will receive an expanded producer license, which will allow them to work with both medical cannabis and adult-use cannabis products. DCP Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull said in a press release that this is one of the final steps toward a […]
Illinois has a new top cannabis regulator following an appointment from Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday. Pritzker announced that Erin A. Johnson will now serve as the state’s Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer. Johnson replaces Danielle Perry, who left the role earlier this year. “Erin Johnson’s commitment to equity will serve Illinois well as she takes […]
A New York man granted a conditional cannabis licence to open a retail weed store in the state is accused of posting revenge porn in an ongoing lawsuit. Earlier this month, the New York Post reported the man, 47, met a 22-year-old woman on the BDSM social network FetLife last year, and the man later […]
The House sponsor of a marijuana banking bill says that he sees signs that the Senate will finally act during the lame duck session—but he is cautioning that he’s “been disappointed before.” Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), who is retiring after this session, told Yahoo Finance on Tuesday that he’s an “eternal optimist” who still believes […]
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Marijuana reform advanced through multiple state legislatures this year—and voters in two more states voted to legalize adult-use cannabis at the ballot in November. But while there was significant progress for legalization activists in 2022, lawmakers and activists weren’t able to get legalization across the finish line everywhere this session. As a reminder, 2022 marked […]
A woman who attended a Florida wedding earlier this year has filed a lawsuit against the caterer for the event, alleging that the business served food infused with cannabis at the reception. Virginia Ann Taylor-Svoboda, the plaintiff in the legal action, says that she “became immediately ill” after unknowingly eating food that was laced with […]
A number of military veterans in South Carolina are pushing lawmakers in the state to legalize medical marijuana. Local news station WACH reports this week on the group of vets, who “say it needs to be a top priority for lawmakers when they return to the state house in January after several proposals were stopped […]