by InfluencER | Aug 30, 2021 | Politics and Law
As lawmakers haggle over a medical marijuana program to replace one passed by voters but shot down by the Mississippi Supreme Court, state Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson (R) says because marijuana is still federally illegal, he doesn’t want to...
by InfluencER | Aug 30, 2021 | Politics and Law
The governor of Colorado on Friday sent a letter to the Senate sponsors of a federal marijuana legalization bill, urging them to pass incremental cannabis banking and tax reform first before moving forward with the comprehensive legislation to end prohibition. Gov....
by InfluencER | Aug 30, 2021 | Politics and Law
Tokyo Web reports the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to issue a notification to prefectures in mid-September to ease regulations beyond rational guidance regarding industrial cannabis, which is being cultivated. At the same time, from October, a...
by InfluencER | Aug 30, 2021 | Politics and Law
If successful, advocates of the state’s Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) — which forms the regulatory ecosystem for the production and sale of cannabis, creates a new adult-use cannabis program and could provide 30,000-60,000 jobs citywide — believe it can...
by InfluencER | Aug 27, 2021 | Politics and Law
The newly inaugurated governor of New York is committed to expediently filling regulatory positions to implement marijuana legalization in the state, her office says. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), who replaced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) this week after he resigned amid a...
by InfluencER | Aug 27, 2021 | Politics and Law
Another North Carolina Senate committee has approved a bill to legalize marijuana, getting the measure one step closer to the floor. Members of the Senate Health Care Committee on Thursday advanced the legislation in a voice vote. This comes two days after the...
