Jan 29 2024
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has agreed to rehire an agent fired in 2019 for testing positive for THC the agent says was due to his legal CBD use. Anthony Armour joined the DEA in 2004. In 2019, after 15 years of service, Armour was fired after testing positive for a minute amount of THC …
Jan 29 2024
There’s a plethora of marijuana-related bills currently active in the United States House and Senate, but some have far more sponsors than others. As the DEA continues to consider whether or not marijuana should be rescheduled, federal lawmakers continue to push a variety of bills designed to reform marijuana laws through the legislative branch. Below …
Jan 29 2024
Yesterday, United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressmember Jerrold Nadler joined numerous New York lawmakers and marijuana reform activists to call on the Attorney General and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to deschedule marijuana. Senator Gillibrand and Congressmember Nadler were joined in Harlem by Senator Cordell Cleare, New York City Council Member Yusef Salaam, New …
Jan 29 2024
Legislation filed last week in South Dakota’s Legislature would provide state protections to those issued tribal medical marijuana authorizations. Filed by Senator Shawn Bordeaux (D), Senate Bill 141 was “first read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services” on January 24. It has been scheduled for a hearing in the committee for …
Jan 28 2024
There are four NFL teams playing in the AFC and NFC Championship games today. All are from legal recreational marijuana states. Although 20 of the National Football League’s 32 teams (62%) are from states that have legalized recreational marijuana, 100% of the teams that made it to the championship matches are from one of those …
Jan 27 2024
Employees at a marijuana cultivation facility in Arizona voted this week to unionize, with 90% of workers in support of the move. On Thursday workers at the Trulieve Cannabis Corp central Phoenix production facility voted 37 to 4 in favor of unionizing with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 99. “The successful …
Jan 27 2024
The Global Cannabis Stock Index has seen a significant increase over the past 90 days. At the time of publication the Global Cannabis Stock Index stands at 9.06. This marks a 30.7% increase over where the market stood 90 days ago, when it was at 6.93. The high point over the past 30 days came …
Jan 26 2024
According to newly released polling, a strong majority of likely voters int he United States, including a majority in all 50 states, support legalizing recreational marijuana. For the Politics and Advocacy Poll, conducted by The Tarrance Group, participants were asked: “As you may know, most states have legalized marijuana for medical use, recreational use or …
Jan 26 2024
Despite legalizing recreational marijuana in 2024, Virginia remains the only legal marijuana state to not allow sales in any capacity. A bill making its way through the state’s legislature could change that. Yesterday a Senate subcommittee voted to advance Senate Bill 423, which would establish a licensed and regulated market for legal marijuana. Under the …
Jan 26 2024
The SAFE Banking Act gained its 99th sponsor yesterday in the United States House of Representatives. The SAFE Banking Act would provide federal protections to banks and other financial services such as credit unions that provide services to marijuana businesses that are legal under their state’s law. This includes debit card services, businesses loans and …
