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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
Minnesota regulators announce plan to crack down on illegal Cannabis sales Image Cannabis NewsMarch 13, 2024 The Office of Cannabis Management has received complaints about illegal sales. Minnesota regulators announced Tuesday they will be cracking down on retailers who sell illegal cannabis flower ahead of the launch of the state's recreational ma
To be blunt, rats getting high on Police Department’s confiscated Marijuana Image Cannabis NewsMarch 13, 2024 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
Russia extends pre-trial detention of German arrested for Cannabis gummies Image Cannabis NewsMarch 12, 2024 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
Amsterdam Left Out of Netherlands Legal Weed Experiment Image Cannabis NewsMarch 11, 2024 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 lega
Biden touts moves to loosen federal Weed restrictions Image Cannabis NewsMarch 8, 2024 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 sh
Black market, Hemp products biggest challenges to Cannabis industry Image Cannabis NewsMarch 7, 2024 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
