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06/23/2023

An operation this week by the California Department of Cannabis Control resulted in $15.3 million in illegal cannabis being seized. The locations were not provided, however there were 20 search warrants served on June 20 in the City of Antioch, City of Brentwood, City of Pittsburg and the Town of Discovery Bay. In total, the agency reported the following was seized:...

06/23/2023

Colombia Senate Rejects Cannabis Legalization Bill | High Times Total 0 Share

06/23/2023

Registration is now open for online cannabis education certificate programs at our university partners across the country, with classes beginning July 10th! The four programs offered through our University Partners include: Business of Cannabis, Cannabis Agriculture & Horticulture, Cannabis Healthcare & Medicine, and our newest program – Cannabis Compliance & Risk Management. These programs will help you gain the knowledge and skills you need to be successful in this fast-evolving industry in your local area. Registration is open now – find your school today!

06/22/2023

Three States in Australia Push for Adult-Use Cannabis | High Times Total 0 Share

06/22/2023

New Jersey Monitor reports A state lawmaker who visited Colorado and saw how the first state to sell legal recreational cannabis deals with motorists driving under the influence wants to create a ma*****na enforcement division under the state Attorney General’s Office. Assemblywoman Shanique Speight (D-Essex) said she wants the new division to compile data to give law enforcement officers some clarity on the state’s cannabis law, which she said has left them confused over when they can and can’t charge drivers with a ma*****na offense....

06/22/2023

The governor of Colorado has signed off on a new bill that allows for online sales of cannabis. The measure, introduced by Reps. William Lindstedt (D), Robert Rodriguez (D), and Said Sharbini (D) passed through the legislature in May. It removes existing language from Colorado’s ma*****na laws that explicitly prohibits the sale of cannabis on the internet and introduces new provisions to allow for regulated online purchases....

06/22/2023

Alabama Pauses Medical Cannabis Licenses, Citing Problems With Application Process | High Times Total 0 Share

06/22/2023

Finding reliable h**p varieties that will produce the desired cannabinoid percentage and biomass volume, while also performing in the field and testing in compliance with federal THC limits, can feel like a tall order. Here are some best practices for responsible selection of h**p genetics that can help save money — and potentially an entire h**p crop — at harvest....

06/22/2023

MJ Biz reports Rhode Island is now allowing some advertisements by retail licensees who sell both medical and recreational ma*****na. The legislation signed Monday by Gov. Dan McKee allows advertising only by the hybrid retail license type, according to guidance published by Rhode Island’s Office of Cannabis Regulation (OCR). The new law does not permit advertisements by “licensed cultivators, laboratories, or non-hybrid medical ma*****na compassion centers, which will remain subject to the advertising restrictions present in the Medical Ma*****na Program rules and regulations.”...

06/22/2023

The Canberra Times reports Victoria police officers violated human rights through excessive force and unlawful arrests at a pro cannabis rally, lawyers claim in an open letter to the state’s chief commissioner. Melbourne’s Fitzroy legal service alleges attendees were humiliated after being inappropriately searched, illegally handcuffed and mocked at a demonstration for the legalisation of ma*****na on April 20. Victoria Police officers behaved aggressively and disrespectfully towards 420-rally attendees, including those with medicinal cannabis prescriptions, and unlawfully detained the group, the letter sent to Shane Patton on Monday says....

06/22/2023

Today, on June 21, 2023, during its regularly scheduled meeting, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board took the following action: New rulemaking initiated: The Board approved a Preproposal Statement of Inquiry (CR 101) to consider implementation of Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill (E2SSB) 5367 concerning the regulation of products containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

06/22/2023

Ganjaprenur reports Wisconsin’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 4-3 that the odor of cannabis is enough to justify police searches of vehicles, even though substances legal in the state can smell like illegal cannabis, the Associated Press reports. The decision overturns lower court rulings that said police officers could not be sure what they smelled was not a CBD product and, therefore, could not use the odor of cannabis as a reason to search a vehicle....

06/21/2023

A Colorado h**p company has filed a corruption lawsuit against Gov. Jared Polis and several of his advisers, saying that a 2020 bidding process to oversee the Colorado H**p Advancement and Management Plan was rigged. BoCo Farms alleges in the 125-page suit filed last month that Polis and others conspired to make sure a Denver consultancy, the Ma*****na Policy Group, “would be awarded the most lucrative h**p related contracts in (Colorado Department of Agriculture) history.” …...

06/21/2023

If you want to know more about Secretary of State Shemia Fagan and her fall from grace and now the company she sat on the board for appears to be on its way out too… WW write We’re talking with Sophie Peel about her continuing coverage of the problematic rise and devastating fall of dispensary chain La Mota and how its association with former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan led to Fagan’s resignation from office....

06/21/2023

In 1994 Colombia decriminalized the personal use and self-cultivation of several cannabis varieties, although production, distribution and commercialization remain penalized by law. In Colombia’s war on drugs, much of the enforcement drive has been directed at the cannabis market. According to official data, in 2020 cannabis constituted more than 50% of all seized illicit drugs in the country, and until 2016, 40% of these seizures were of quantities that were less than the legally permitted amount for personal possession…...

06/21/2023

Bankruptcy is Not an Option Bankruptcy courts do not provide protection to cannabis and cannabis-related businesses.Bankruptcy can be a very helpful tool for a distressed business. Bankruptcy allows a business to stop collection actions, discharge certain debts, cancel unfavorable contracts and provides breathing room to restructure the business. What if your cannabis operation is struggling or failing – file for bankruptcy, right?...

06/21/2023

Humans have had a special relationship with Amanita muscaria for centuries, and we are not alone. These mushrooms also play a vital role in forest ecology through their complex association with trees. Now that products like amanita gummies are hitting the mainstream, some have expressed concerns about their safety and sustainability. This article explains the science behind amanita gummies, from forest to factory, and whether these concerns are justified....

06/21/2023

Recorder Samantha Presland told barristers at Oxford Crown Court that she had read countless articles in broadsheet newspapers about the benefits of magic mushrooms. But she added: “At no point in any of these articles does it point out that it is a class A drug, which puts it in the same sentencing category as co***ne, which is abhorrent – utterly abhorrent – as a drug, and he**in, which we know ravages people from the inside out and everybody around them.”...

06/21/2023

It goes without saying that spreading reform and adult-use legalization over the past decade is transforming the way we look at cannabis and increasing its accessibility. Throughout this new journey, the opposition has regularly brought up concerns around increased underage access. While many studies have already worked to debunk that more legal cannabis innately means higher use among minors and young adults, a new study looks a bit broader....

06/21/2023

The U.S. Senate gave unanimous approval to a bipartisan bill to enable scientific research into the medical properties of cannabis, including CBD. US Senate passes cannabis research bill, but House must weigh in is a post from: H**p Industry Daily: Financial, Legal & business news for h**p & CBD entrepreneurs

06/21/2023

In a testament to drug traffickers’ creativity in finding ways to smuggle their product across borders, U.K. Border Force officers seized more than £120 million (US$153.4 million) in co***ne, this time fused within enough charcoal to fill 800 sacks. The drugs are linked to a suspected organized crime group that has, to date, imported roughly 1.6 tonnes […]

06/20/2023

U.S. health and trade authorities this week issued a record seven warning letters in a single day to companies making CBD, the biggest federal action against the industry in over a year. Warning letters from the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission targeted companies making COVID-related claims. It was the first time so many CBD companies had been targeted in a single day....

06/20/2023

David Warburton has formally quit as an MP after an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and co***ne use. The decision means Rishi Sunak faces another potentially difficult by-election in the Somerton and Frome seat vacated by the former Tory MP. Mr Warburton’s exit from the Commons was confirmed by the Treasury following his appointment as Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead – one of the procedural routes for an MP to quit....

06/20/2023

A federal judge dismissed the drug trafficking case against Reynosa City Councilwoman Denisse Ahumada-Martinez on Thursday after concluding prosecutors lacked probable cause to charge her with a crime. Border Patrol arrested Ahumada-Martinez on Saturday, when agents found about 42 kilograms of co***ne in her car. During a hearing on Thursday, however, prosecutors could not prove Ahumada-Martinez knew about the co***ne. The U.S....

06/20/2023

Miller Nash LLP Tax policy is an interesting animal and odd results occur whenever non-tax people get involved in developing tax policy. Oregon Governor Tina Kotek and the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) are jumping into the tax policy waters. Their involvement started back in March 2023, when Willamette Week posted an interesting investigation into La Mota, which holds licenses to operate ma*****na businesses in Oregon....

06/20/2023

Researchers Find CBD-Like Compound in South American Shrub | High Times Total 0 Share

06/20/2023

Authors Joanna Borman and Amy Rubenstein (December 15, 2022) Contact Amy Cannabis market researcher BDSA estimated state legal adult-use and medical sales of cannabis in the U.S. to be $25 billion in 2021, with the market expected to reach $27 billion in 2022.[1] Currently, most states have some legal cannabis structure — 39 for medical purposes and 21 for adult use — as does Washington, D.C....

06/20/2023

Authors Cassandra Beckman Widay and Amy Rubenstein January 30, 2023 Contact Cassandra Contact Amy The plaintiffs bar has set its sights on cannabis companies, recently hitting them with consumer class actions alleging that labels and advertisements misstated products’ THC contents. Taking a page from the classic playbook for consumer product litigation, these cases invoke unfair and deceptive acts and practices statutes, which exist in various forms in all 50 states and have long vexed traditional companies selling personal care or food and beverage products....

06/20/2023

Suit alleges that Glass House propped up its balance sheet with sales to the black market. California-based Glass House Brands Inc. (NEO: GLAS.A.U) (OTCQX: GLASF) is “one of the largest, if not the largest, black marketers of cannabis in the State of California, if not the country,” and has been shipping cannabis across state lines on airplanes, according to a new lawsuit filed by one of the company’s retail competitors....

06/20/2023

According to reporting from Kyle Jaegar of Ma*****na Moment, the federal government aims to finish its review of ma*****na’s current legal status by the end of 2023, based on remarks from the head of the U.S. Department of Health of Human Services (HHS), Secretary Xavier Becerra. Becerra told Ma*****na Moment at a press briefing in Sacramento that he aims to provide President Joe Biden with a cannabis scheduling decision this year....

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