by InfluencER | Oct 1, 2021 | Politics and Law
ASTM International’s cannabis committee (D37) has formed a new subcommittee on sustainability. The new subcommittee seeks to develop sustainability standards tied to key United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to help the cannabis industry be more...
by InfluencER | Oct 1, 2021 | Politics and Law
The Malay Mail reports….The government must muster the moral courage to openly discuss the pros and cons of approving the use of hemp and medical marijuana in Malaysia, Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said today. Malaysian United Democratic Alliance’s (Muda)...
by InfluencER | Sep 30, 2021 | Politics and Law
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) says he and colleagues working to advance a federal marijuana legalization bill have an “agreement” that the body will not take up cannabis banking legislation until more comprehensive reform advances. That said, he’s open...
by InfluencER | Sep 30, 2021 | Politics and Law
The governor of California on Tuesday signed a bill to require hospitals to permit medical marijuana use by certain patients. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) approved the legislation, signaling that his prior concerns about an earlier version that he reluctantly vetoed in 2019...
by InfluencER | Sep 30, 2021 | Politics and Law
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) on Wednesday said he’ll call lawmakers into special session on medical marijuana legislation “sooner rather than later,” but would not speculate a date or whether he’ll also let legislators tackle pandemic pay for nurses or other...
by InfluencER | Sep 30, 2021 | Politics and Law
Massachusetts town charges local cannabis companies $866,000 for “policing” Janessa Bailey September 29, 2021, The news this week that a small Massachusetts town is charging more than $1.3 million in “impact fees” to the three cannabis companies operating within its...
