Apr 19 2024
Congressmember Earl Blumenauer, co-chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, says this 4/20 will be the last with marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act. “This is the last 4/20 celebration that cannabis will be on Schedule I”, says Congressmember Blumenauer, who has been a member of the US House of …
Apr 19 2024
Congressmember Jay Obernolte (R-CA) has become the 115th sponsor of the SAFE Banking Act. The SAFE Banking Act was filed last April with 10 sponsors. In the year since, the measure has garnered 105 additional cosponsors, in addition to having an updated version of the measure filed in the Senate in September (which itself has …
Apr 19 2024
Tomorrow, on 4/20, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (ECBI) will open their marijuana superstore on tribal land, the first in North Carolina history. Although the marijuana store will at first be available just to medical marijuana patients, the Great Smoky Cannabis Company says it will accept any valid medical marijuana card, even those from …
Apr 18 2024
The average price of legal marijuana has remained below $4 per gram for 12 straight months. When legal recreational marijuana sales began in Oregon in October, 2016, the average price per gram was $10.50, while the average price per gram of marijuana concentrates was $40.17. By March, 2023, those prices dropped to $3.92 per gram …
Apr 18 2024
The Minnesota House gave approval today to legislation that would allow legal recreational marijuana sales to begin sooner than initially expected. Legislation to legalize recreational marijuana was signed into law by Governor Tim Walz in May, with marijuana stores expected to open in 2025. Now, the state’s House of Representatives has voted 69 to 62 …
Apr 18 2024
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he’s “committed” to including marijuana expungements in a marijuana banking act that’s already cleared a Senate committee with bipartisan support. The SAFER Banking Act in the Senate would allow banks and other financial institutions such as credit unions to legally provide services to marijuana businesses that are following state …
Apr 18 2024
The marijuana compound cannabidiol (CBD) “inhibits epithelial ovarian cancer”, according to the results of a new study. The study is being published in the upcoming issue of the Journal of Natural Products, with the abstract published online ahead of print by the US National Library of Medicine. It was conducted by researchers from Harbin Medical …
Apr 18 2024
Legislation to facilitate marijuana expungements including establishing a federal grant program for states and localities has been filed in the United States Senate. The Harnessing Opportunity by Pursuing Expungement (HOPE) Act was filed today by Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV). The measure was filed roughly a year after the HOPE Act was filed in the House …
Apr 18 2024
A key committee in the United States Senate has given approval to a resolution calling for the immediate release of several Americans imprisoned in Russia. One of those individuals was Marc Fogel, a teacher from Pennsylvania who was sentenced to 14 years in prison for possessing a little over half an ounce of marijuana that …
Apr 17 2024
Here’s a look at every marijuana-related bill currently alive in the United States Congress. Based on the rules of the US Congress, any marijuana-related bill filed prior to January, 2023 is no longer active, although lawmakers do have the opportunity to refile bills if they so choose. Currently there are 15 active marijuana-related bills, with …
