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The New Orleans Police Department’s headquarters has a unique problem and the police chief believes it’s high time something is done. Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told City Council that rats have overrun the evidence and property room at the facility and that they’re eating the marijuana

Russian Court Extends Detention of German Man Caught with Cannabis Gummy Candies Until April 15. A Russian court on Tuesday extended until April 15 the pre-trial detention of a German man who was arrested last month on suspicion of carrying gummy candies containing cannabis into Russia. Patrick

Amsterdam will not be part of an experiment with regulated cannabis now underway in the Netherlands after a vote in the country’s Parliament last week. Amsterdam, a city long associated with relaxed weed rules, has been left out of a pilot experiment with legal cannabis sales now underway in the

North America’s cannabis industry can’t afford much more political heartbreak. In the 14 months since the last failed US attempt at meaningful cannabis reform, weed stocks have tanked, investment’s dried up, sales have stagnated and spending on growth has shrunk. The industry’s now placing its hope

The effort to legalize adult recreational marijuana use survived in the Senate but, once again, faces an uncertain fate in the House. Bills to legalize some form of gambling in Hawaii and recreational marijuana are introduced routinely, but have ultimately failed in previous years. Last year the

Oklahoma's multicounty grand jury is continuing to focus on the medical marijuana industry, indicting six more people Thursday. The latest grand jury has issued a series of indictments out of investigations of pot farms since convening last June. Grand jurors next meet April 9-11. “The menace of

A prior executive order directed federal agencies to reevaluate the drug’s classification. President Joe Biden reiterated that nobody should go to prison for cannabis use, and touted his administration’s moves to evaluate whether federal marijuana restrictions should be loosened. “Keep building

Illegal Market Poses Threat to Nevada's Burgeoning Cannabis Industry, Experts Say. One of the biggest challenges facing the burgeoning cannabis industry – both in Nevada and nationwide – is the illegal market, experts say. Although it’s hard to know for certain exactly how much business the illegal

The debate on medical marijuana continues in South Carolina. A Senate bill once again has made its way to the Statehouse where a former version died in 2023. This year’s version is being called the most restrictive cannabis law in the country. “It's not California, it's not Colorado, it's not a

Hawaii Senate Passes Bill to Legalize Adult-Use Cannabis, Moves to House for Approval. Hawaii has moved one step towards adult-use cannabis legalization after a landmark bill was passed with a strong majority through the state’s Senate. Yesterday (March 05), Senate Bill 3335 was approved by 19 votes

Advocacy Groups Warn Rescheduling Cannabis Falls Short of Biden's Promises. Cannabis rescheduling would ‘continue the very criminalization that Biden said he would end’, according to leading US advocacy groups that have urged the government to go further. Last week, the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA)

Hawaii Senate Committees Approve Recreational Marijuana Legalization Bill. Two legislative committees last week approved a bill to legalize recreational marijuana in Hawaii, leaving the measure one step away from approval in the state Senate. The legislation, Senate Bill 3335, was approved by the

Native American Tribe Ventures into Cannabis Industry: Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Builds 50,000-Square-Foot Growing Facility. The band-owned Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures has started building a 50,000-square-foot cannabis growing facility that is expected to open this fall. A company owned by the

A Maine lawmaker is fighting current cannabis laws and how they are enforced across the state. Republican Representative David Boyer of Poland is pushing for lawmakers to take a second look at the original marijuana laws passed in 2016 and make adjustments. The bill heard in Augusta on Monday is

Standardizing Cannabis Product Symbols: The Case for the International Intoxicating Cannabinoid Product Symbol (IICPS). In the past decade, the legalization of cannabis has accelerated across the U.S. Today, almost every state permits the medical use of cannabis, while close to half of all states

The cannabis tax world is abuzz with rumor and delight. The giddiness stems from a recent announcement by a publicly traded cannabis company that it obtained large tax refunds from the IRS, even though the company has been tightlipped about the reason for the refunds. The company announced nothing

Kentucky Medical Cannabis Program: Regulations Unveiled Ahead of January 2025 Launch. The Kentucky Medical Cannabis Program — which regulates the legal cultivation, production, sale and use of medical marijuana products — is set to officially start Jan. 1, 2025. But before patients and businesses

The heart of the argument is whether Delta Extraction violated state law by selling THC concentrate derived from out-of-state hemp. Jason Sparks is an Oklahoma man who almost single-handedly created the distillate that led to Missouri regulators’ decision to pull more than 60,000 marijuana products

Chinese Gangs' Illicit Weed Farms Surge Across US, Challenging Mexican Cartels; CCP Connection Sparks Concerns. Chinese gangs are behind THOUSANDS of illegal weed farms across the US - sparking fears that CCP could become new cannabis kingpins. Chinese gangs have set up thousands of illicit weed

Canada’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance has recommended a change in how cannabis is taxed. This major change would see the current rate of $1 per gram, or 10% of a producer’s selling price (whichever is higher), be limited to 10% ‘ad valorem’, a percentage of the wholesale selling