by InfluencER | Jan 12, 2021 | General
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2020 proposal – to merge the three regulatory agencies that oversee the state’s marijuana industry into one new department – has finally been rescheduled and is now slated to be completed by July. Although the merger is pending approval...
by InfluencER | Jan 11, 2021 | General
On Friday, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it will be taking steps in the coming months to fill gaps in research about the safety and efficacy of CBD. Since hemp and its derivatives, such as cannabidiol, were federally legalized under the 2018 Farm...
by InfluencER | Jan 11, 2021 | General
While the wildfire season has been over for a few months on the West Coast, several marijuana businesses are still picking up the pieces from an unprecedented wave of blazes that caused thousands in California, Oregon, and Washington state to evacuate and threaten...
by InfluencER | Dec 18, 2020 | General
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Thursday that it launched the first law enforcement crackdown on “deceptive” claims being made about CBD products. The new action involves complaints against six companies. As part of “Operation CBDeceit,” FTC is...
by InfluencER | Dec 17, 2020 | General, Politics and Law
North Carolina’s cannabis legalization efforts have stopped at allowing CBD hemp, a low-to-to-no-THC form of the plant. In the past 10 years, the state’s stance on the still federally illegal drug has gone from the norm to an outlier. On November 18th, the North...
by InfluencER | Dec 14, 2020 | General
In November 2018, Michigan voters had approved the Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act, making the Great Lake State the 10th in the U.S. to legalize recreational cannabis. Although medical marijuana has been legal in Michigan since 2008, there was no allowance...
