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Industry professionals reflect on five years of Medical Marijuana in Arkansas Image Cannabis NewsMay 13, 2024 Arkansas Medical Marijuana Industry Booms Amid Steady Growth and Regulatory Challenges. Since the launch of medical marijuana in Arkansas in 2019, more than three dozen storefronts have opened, at least 102,000 residents have registered for patient cards and revenue has topped $1.1 billion. The Medical Cannabis News Marijuana Business News Arkansas Advocate

Social equity Marijuana businesses sold ‘bag of dreams’ Image Cannabis NewsMay 13, 2024 With limited access to capital, some are finding themselves trapped. EVEN BEFORE CANNABIS was legalized, Kijana Rose knew cannabis could make yoga a better time. Rose, 34, has been teaching ganja yoga for seven years and has been selling cannabis edibles for even longer. Her family is Rastafarian Medical Cannabis News Cannabis Jobs The Commonwealth Times

Southern New Mexico Cannabis farmers face federal seizures, risking northern sales Image Cannabis NewsMay 13, 2024 Cannabis Farmers in New Mexico Face Challenges in Transporting Product. Some cannabis farmers in New Mexico told KFOX14 they encountered new challenges when it comes to transporting their product to northern parts of the state. This comes as U.S. Customs and Border Protection continues to seize Marijuana Business News Cannabis Jobs CBS 4 Local

Traffic Death Rates Fell In States That Legalized Marijuana Image Cannabis NewsMay 13, 2024 Study Shows Legalizing Marijuana Linked to Decrease in Traffic Fatalities. A recent study reveals that states which legalized marijuana had decreases in traffic fatalities in the years following the change in policy. In contrast, states where marijuana remained illegal saw either stable or slightly Cannabis Technology News Recreational Marijuana News The Blue Mountain Eagle

Court removes major party status from Legal Marijuana Now Image Cannabis NewsMay 13, 2024 Minnesota Supreme Court Removes Legal Marijuana Now Party as Major Political Player. The Minnesota Supreme Court on Friday booted the Legal Marijuana Now Party as a major political party in the state. The court’s decision means Democrats and Republicans will be the only political players to have Medical Cannabis News Recreational Marijuana News Minnesota Lawyer

Rescheduling of Marijuana may revolutionize industry Image Cannabis NewsMay 13, 2024 Move Would Recognize Medical Uses, Transform Industry, and Impact Patients. The U.S. government has put in motion the first steps toward rescheduling marijuana, currently a Schedule 1 drug in the same category as heroin and methamphetamine (and above Schedule 2 drugs like fentanyl), and making it Recreational Marijuana News Marijuana Business News Sioux Land Proud

Cannabis cops uproot illegal Weed shop in heart of Queens business district Image Cannabis NewsMay 13, 2024 NYC Cannabis Crackdown: Illegal Pot Shop Raided in Queens. The city’s cannabis cops have raided and shuttered an illegal pot shop in the heart of a Queens neighborhood’s business district as part of Mayor Eric Adams’ newly announced crackdown on scofflaws. The Big Apple Sheriff’s Office and NYPD Marijuana Politics Cannabis Jobs New York Post

CW Council places moratorium on Marijuana dispensaries Image Cannabis NewsMay 10, 2024 Canal Winchester City Council Enacts Temporary Moratorium on Cannabis Businesses. Canal Winchester City Council is calling a short-term moratorium on adult-use cannabis dispensaries, cultivators, and processors until the end of the year while the state finalizes its own rules following passage of Marijuana Politics Columbus Messenger

Hemp sellers push back on delta-8 ban as Illinois lawmakers tackle unregulated Cannabinoid market Image Cannabis NewsMay 10, 2024 Illinois Hemp Entrepreneurs Lobby for Regulation, Not Ban, of Delta-8 THC Products. Hemp entrepreneurs are asking Illinois legislators to take a mellower approach to regulating delta-8 THC and other intoxicating, weedlike substances derived from the plant that have proliferated at smoke shops and Recreational Marijuana News ABC 7

Cannabis supply for hundreds of Medical patients may run dry by fall Image Cannabis NewsMay 10, 2024 The Massachusetts cannabis industry has drifted into uncharted waters. With a Martha’s Vineyard dispensary and the island’s only licensed cannabis growing facility expected to close, state regulators are left with a tricky question: how to transport marijuana between the mainland and the island Medical Cannabis News Mass Live

Georgia's new law tightens regulations on Hemp products to protect consumers Image Cannabis NewsMay 10, 2024 The Georgia Department of Agriculture will now oversee regulating hemp products. Senate Bill 494 requires packaging, labeling, and marketing requirements to help protect children from misleading advertisements. Matthew Agvent with the Georgia Department of Agriculture says in the past there was not Marijuana Business News News Channel 9

Chamber survey shows Marijuana support high, but shy of passage Image Cannabis NewsMay 10, 2024 Pollsters found support just under a 60% threshold with few voters still undecided. Support for legalizing recreation remains high, but is still shy of the threshold needed to amend Florida’s Constitution. That’s according to a poll released by the Florida Chamber of Commerce, which found 58% of Marijuana Politics Marijuana Business News Florida Politics

South Dakota's Recreational Marijuana campaign readies another ballot run Image Cannabis NewsMay 10, 2024 Matthew Schweich hopes that when it comes to recreational marijuana legalization in South Dakota, the third time is the charm. "Everything's on schedule," said the campaign director of South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws, whose group handed in 29,030 signatures for its recreational pot Recreational Marijuana News Marijuana Politics Aol

‘Word Salad’: Andrew Huberman’s Cannabis Claims Slammed by Experts Image Cannabis NewsMay 10, 2024 It's not the first time the widely followed podcaster and health guru has been accused of peddling pseudoscience. ANDREW HUBERMAN IS such a successful podcaster and wellness guru that his most devoted male followers are known by a teasing nickname: “Huberman Husbands.” But when recording his show Recreational Marijuana News Marijuana Business News Cannabis Jobs Rolling Stone

Hemp-Based Food Market to Soar to Over $8B by 2029 Image Cannabis NewsMay 10, 2024 Maximize Market Research forecasts significant growth in the hemp-based food sector thanks to consumer focus on gluten-free, plant-based diets. Thanks to the rise in gluten-free and plant-based food products popularity, as well as hemp-based protein powders, hemp as a food source is growing rapidly Cannabis Technology News Recreational Marijuana News High Times

Biden’s plan to reschedule Marijuana may finally end ‘Reefer Madness’ Image Cannabis NewsMay 10, 2024 Clearing the Haze: Marijuana Reclassification Brings Hope for Clarity and Research. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency plans to reclassify marijuana from the most restrictive category — Schedule I, up there with heroin — down to Schedule III, in the company of testosterone and Tylenol with codeine Recreational Marijuana News Marijuana Politics LA Times

Missing toddler found at illegal Marijuana grow prompts arrests of parents in Northern California Image Cannabis NewsMay 10, 2024 Parents Arrested After 3-Year-Old Found in Illegal Marijuana Grow. The parents of a 3-year-old child were arrested after the toddler was reported missing and later found in an illegal marijuana grow, according to the Butte County Sheriff’s Office. The agency said the mother reported the child Marijuana Politics Cannabis Jobs KRON 4

Update banking rules around Pot businesses to save lives Image Cannabis NewsMay 9, 2024 Banking Restrictions Endanger Lives in Washington's Cannabis Industry. Washington is a pot pioneer. Voters approved adult recreational use in 2012 and the first retail stores opened two years later. But as proponents get ready to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first shop’s opening, the party Marijuana Business News The Seattle Times

When will Massachusetts allow Cannabis lounges? Image Cannabis NewsMay 9, 2024 Worcester's Summit Lounge Operates in Regulatory Gray Area Amid Delayed Cannabis Social Consumption Regulations. There was a time when it might have been considered surprising: In a state where cannabis lounges were not yet licensed, a Worcester lounge was open for business. Cannabis connoisseurs Recreational Marijuana News Marijuana Business News Mass Live

Efforts to legalize Medical Marijuana in KS failed — but thousands are getting weed from MO Image Cannabis NewsMay 9, 2024 Kansas Lawmakers Fail to Pass Medicinal Marijuana Program as Thousands Cross State Line for Licenses. As Kansas lawmakers fail to pass a medicinal marijuana program, nearly 2,000 Kansans have crossed the state line to obtain medicinal marijuana licenses in Missouri, The Star has learned. Exactly 1 Medical Cannabis News The Kansas City Star