Policy & Regulation
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- Cultivation
California tackles its illicit cannabis problem
A NEW APPROACH California tackles its illicit cannabis problem California’s cannabis industry is now four years old – and the State is still seeing issues with illegal cannabis farms.
- Adult-Use
US cannabis industry still face huge risks
RISKY BUSINESS US cannabis industry still face huge risks Insurance Business Magazine explores some of the top risks facing cannabis businesses in the US today.
- Adult-Use
Cannabis legalization needs to be priority says NORML
PRIORITIZE CANNABIS Cannabis legalization needs to be priority says NORML Deputy director of NORML, Paul Armentano, writes that, although President Biden took partial steps by announcing pardons for individuals with federal convictions for simple cannabis possession and has called for a review of how cannabis is scheduled, “the efforts don’t nearly go far enough.”
- Adult-Use
Biden to pardon convictions for cannabis possession
The President will also be urging a review of how cannabis is scheduled.
- Cultivation
Top cannabis lawyer predicts legalization will remain a state issue
NOT FEDERAL Top cannabis lawyer predicts legalization will remain a state issue While legal cannabis is a reality, either medical or adult-use, for two thirds of the US, without federal legislation, there is still no uniformity between state laws, reports Forbes.
- Cultivation
Cannabis packaging becomes an issue on the streets of America
NOT SO GREEN Cannabis packaging becomes an issue on the streets of America Waste packaging from a burgeoning and newly legalized cannabis industry litters streets across the country, adding to a global crisis of plastic waste, reports Inside Climate News.
- Hemp Industry
Cannabis taxes overtook alcohol and cigarettes in Colorado and Washington this year
FRONT RUNNER Cannabis taxes overtook alcohol and cigarettes in Colorado and Washington this year Marijuana Moment reports that Colorado and Washington State took in more revenue from cannabis sales than from either alcohol or cigarettes in Fiscal Year 2022, according to a new report.
- Adult-Use
German SPD Representatives Confident A Solution To International Legal Hurdles Will Be Found
EARLIER this month news broke that recent analysis conducted by the Bundestag’s scientific service suggested the creation of a legal recreational cannabis market could contravene a number of European treaties which Germany had signed.
- Policy & Regulation
Former NY cannabis policy maker is FDA’s new cannabis research and regulation advisor
NEW HIRE Former NY cannabis policy maker is FDA’s new cannabis research and regulation advisor The FDA has appointed Norman Birenbaum to be its senior public health advisor on cannabis research and regulatory actions, reports Benzinga.
- CBD Market
‘Collaborative Vertical Integration Has To Be The Way Forward For the European Cannabis Industry’
BACK in 2019 at a US industry conference while discussing cannabis business models a top executive from JP Morgan said ‘Gap do not grow their own cotton’.
- CBD Market
New Leafly report reveals the unintended support of the illicit market
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES New Leafly report reveals the unintended support of the illicit market Benzinga reports on a new Leafly report which details the unintended and harmful consequences that occur when local municipalities choose to opt out of legal and regulated cannabis sales.
- Pharmaceutical
Schumer is still committed to cannabis banking reform
COMMITED TO SAFE Schumer is still committed to cannabis banking reform The House sponsor of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, Rep.
