by InfluencER | May 18, 2022 | Politics and Law
As New York’s regulators work on the rules that will guide the launch of the state’s adult-use cannabis industry sometime later in 2022, lawmakers are already introducing bills that could reshape it. Nearly a dozen bills introduced in May cover everything from...
by InfluencER | May 18, 2022 | Politics and Law
King County, home to Seattle, will create a Cannabis Safety Task Force in the wake of recent dispensary robberies and violence. The goal is “to develop strategies to prevent criminal activity targeting cannabis businesses and address security concerns at cannabis...
by InfluencER | May 17, 2022 | Politics and Law
A key congressman involved in bicameral negotiations on a large-scale manufacturing bill says he’s optimistic about the prospects of including marijuana banking reform in the final version of the legislation that gets signed into law. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), a...
by InfluencER | May 17, 2022 | Politics and Law
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) policies on drug testing truckers and other commercial drivers for marijuana are unnecessarily costing people their jobs and contributing to supply chain issues, a congressman said in a letter to the head of the department on...
by InfluencER | May 17, 2022 | Politics and Law
Marijuana legalization is more popular in Texas than the state’s top elected officials and President Joe Biden, according to a new poll. The survey from the University of Texas at Tyler found that an overwhelmingly, bipartisan majority of Texans (83 percent) support...
by InfluencER | May 17, 2022 | Politics and Law
Oklahoma’s GOP Senator Decides To Tangle Cannabis Regulation With Abortion Debate On Floor of The House Dirty politics at its dirtiest or as AC/DC once said .. “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” which about sums up his arguments Republican U.S. Sen. James Lankford of...
