Marijuana news
One of the world’s biggest tobacco companies is diving into the cannabis market with a $2.4 billion buy-in. Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc. is taking a 45 percent stake in Cronos Group, the Canadian medical and recreational marijuana provider said Friday. Altria will pay another $1.4 billion for warrants that if exercised, would[…]
As part of an October compromise between advocates and opponents of the 2018 medical marijuana ballot initiative, Utah lawmakers replaced the voter-approved law with a more restrictive policy In a special session today, the Utah Legislature enacted a compromise medical marijuana law that will replace the ballot initiative approved by[…]
Counties that permit the operation of medical cannabis dispensaries possess reduced rates of opioid-related mortality, according to the findings of an academic research paper published on the SSRN online network. Researchers from Claremont McKenna College in California, the University of Georgia, and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock assessed the localized[…]
New Jersey’s Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Assembly Appropriations Committee both approved bills on Monday to legalize marijuana for everyone 21 and older. A proposal to legalize and regulate marijuana for adults 21 and older advanced in the New Jersey Legislature Monday. The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee[…]
One of the United States Senate’s leading marijuana prohibitionists, Iowa Republican Charles Grassley, will no longer serve as chair of the Judiciary Committee come January. Representative Grassley announced recently that he is stepping down as leader of the Committee. As Chair, Grassley refused to hold any hearings or votes on[…]
As of today, November 20th, adults over the age of 21 are able to legally purchase marijuana in the state of Massachusetts for the first time in over a century. As noted by NORML, Massachusetts was the first state to enact marijuana prohibition — doing so on April 29th, 1911. Voters decided in[…]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he guarantees that the legalization of hemp will be included in the final version of an upcoming farm bill. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that completing work on a new farm bill looms as one of his top priorities when Congress reconvenes[…]
Michigan voters have passed an initiative to legalize marijuana. Voters this evening passed Proposal 18-1 into law, making Michigan the 10th state to legalize marijuana. The initiative allows for the possession of up to 2.5 ounces, or up to 10 ounces at a private residence, for those 21 and older.[…]
Utah voters have passed an initiative to make medical marijuana legal. By a large majority voters have passed the Utah Medical Cannabis Act. The initiative legalizes medical marijuana and marijuana products for patients who have been recommended the medicine by a physician. The new law establishes a licensed and regulated[…]
Beginning yesterday, November 1, doctors in Britain are allowed to legally prescribe medical cannabis, reports The New York Times. The change was announced on Thursday by Home Secretary Sajid Javid, and comes after he called for an urgent review of cannabis-based medicinal products over the summer. Javid’s office said in July[…]