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NY’s quarterly tax payments for Cannabis businesses ‘threatens the viability’ of all operators Image Cannabis NewsMarch 20, 2024 Urgent Need for Reform: New York's Cannabis Tax Payment System. As the April 1 state budget deadline looms in Albany, all cannabis tax discussions have been on the THC potency tax repeal-and-replace proposals. We are than
Biden Says He’s ‘Taking Care’ Of Federal Cannabis Laws Image Cannabis NewsMarch 20, 2024 Activists Argue Biden's Rescheduling Plan Won't Address Cannabis Injustices. Biden may have reaffirmed his commitment to federal marijuana policy reform, but simply rescheduling won’t help those who have been most harmed by prohibition, say activists. Whilst at
Morocco celebrates huge Cannabis harvest – legally for the first time Image Cannabis NewsMarch 18, 2024 Nearly a million people live in areas of northern Morocco where cannabis is the main economic activity. Morocco’s first legal cannabis harvest was 294 metric tons in 2023, after the country approved its cultivation and export for medicine and ind
Cannabis tax money seen as a bribe to Menominee Image Cannabis NewsMarch 18, 2024 Controversy Surrounding Marijuana Stores in Menominee. Two hundred, ninety-five thousand dollars a bribe paid to the city of Menominee to host the dismal marijuana industry (EagleHerald newspaper 3/6/2024, City to receive $295,000 in state dollars.). 10th Street is lo
New York Must Figure Out How to Fix Cannabis Mess, Hochul Orders Image Cannabis NewsMarch 18, 2024 New York Governor Orders Review of Cannabis Business Licensing Process Amid Rollout Criticism. Governor Kathy Hochul ordered a review of the way New York State licenses cannabis businesses after calling the sluggish rollout of legal cannabis a “disast
Vice President Harris calls for quick action to reschedule Marijuana Image Cannabis NewsMarch 18, 2024 Vice President Harris Urges Federal Government to Expedite Marijuana Rescheduling. Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday called on the federal government to expedite the rescheduling of marijuana, marking a significant moment in the ongoing debat
Chinese organized crime dominates America's illicit Marijuana Market Image Cannabis NewsMarch 18, 2024 Gangsters, Money and Murder: How Chinese Organized Crime Is Dominating America’s Illegal Marijuana Market. A quadruple murder in Oklahoma shows how the Chinese underworld has come to dominate the booming illicit trade, fortifying its rise as a glo
Cannabis tax revenue is paying for roads, parks and public safety in West Michigan Image Cannabis NewsMarch 15, 2024 Cannabis tax revenue is paying for roads, parks and public safety in West Michigan. Allowing regulated cannabis businesses is paying off for local governments across Michigan, where excise tax revenue is returning to fund projects su
Kansas lawmakers could again debate Medical Weed Image Cannabis NewsMarch 15, 2024 Conservative lawmakers worry that medical cannabis legalization could make it easier for people to use weed recreationally. Yet another spring in Topeka and more seemingly serious talk about legalizing medical marijuana in Kansas. Lawmakers and supporters of pulling
Jenny Argie Sues New York's Office of Cannabis Management Over Alleged Retaliation and 'Selective Enforcement' Image Cannabis NewsMarch 15, 2024 Person at center of NY Office of Cannabis Management enforcement sues state agency. The subject of the state’s first public recall of a cannabis product – who recently made allegations of retaliation and “
Number of young Marijuana offenders hits record high in Japan Image Cannabis NewsMarch 14, 2024 Number of Marijuana Offenders Under 20 Hits Record High in Japan. The number of marijuana offenders under the age of 20 increased 34% to 1,222 last year, marking a record high, according to National Police Agency data released Thursday. The figure for ca
Minnesota To Crack Down on Illegal Flower Sales, Including Full-Strength Hemp Image Cannabis NewsMarch 14, 2024 The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management warned people in the state who are selling illegal flower. Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) announced Tuesday that it will begin to crack down on the illegal sales of cannabis flo
Growing teen THC use could further complicate cannabis policy Image Cannabis NewsMarch 14, 2024 About 11 percent of 12th graders in U.S. reported using Delta-8-THC in the past year, according to new analysis. Adolescents are using an often unregulated, psychoactive derivative of cannabis, according to national data released Wednesday, as the Biden
Cannabis Industry Mandates to Stay Union-Neutral Come Up Short Image Cannabis NewsMarch 14, 2024 Unions Push for Enforcement of Labor Agreements in Legal Marijuana States. As more states legalize marijuana, unions are crying foul over loopholes and a lack of enforcement that have kept state-backed labor peace deals from delivering the promised boon
Number of unlicensed Weed shops has jumped 104% since 2022 Image Cannabis NewsMarch 14, 2024 Manhattan’s Upper West Side is awash with unlicensed weed shops — and the budding problem continues to grow worse. At least 53 delis, smoke shops and grocery stores in the uptown neighborhood are hawking marijuana without licenses, according to a recent blo
Kids are buying Pot-like drugs from corner stores, lawmakers want to stop it Image Cannabis NewsMarch 13, 2024 Efforts to put guardrails around the largely unregulated market for intoxicating hemp products have repeatedly sparked lawsuits. Mississippi is confronting an unlikely new drug scourge: Hemp. Intoxicating, hemp-derived products — which are
