EVEN MORE DEBATE
MORE debate, vote pushed to Friday
The US House of Representatives is now expected to debate and vote on the MORE Act, which would federally legalize cannabis, on Friday, April 1, reports MJBizDaily. It was originally believed to happen on Thursday.
If passed, it will be for the second time. The last time, in 2020, it died in the Senate. David Mangone of lobbyists The Liaison Group said the situation is a little different this time versus the last, when “it was lame duck season.”
“This one is happening at the start of the primary season,” Mangone said.
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STAY POSITIVE
Positive drug tests at two-decade high due to cannabis
Among the six million urine drug tests conducted by Quest Diagnostics Inc. last year, 3.9% came back positive, reports the Wall Street Journal.
The data
- Last year’s number of positive tests are higher than they’ve been in 20 years and 8% higher than last year, according to Quest. It’s a 50% increase from 2017 data
- In 2017, eight states had legalized adult-use cannabis. In 2021, it was up to 18
- Fewer companies are testing employees for THC, according to Quest, to align with local laws and reduce pressure on labor shortages
“So many of our clients were adamant, in pre-Covid, that they would not accept anyone that could not pass a drug test, even if it was THC,” said Tammy Turner, co-owner of Detroit’s Kapstone Employment Services. “We had to encourage some of them to reassess their policy, and they did, and we were able to fill many of those jobs as a result.”
SO LONG, (VALUE) BUDS
Nova Cannabis shakes up board and executive team
Edmonton-based Nova Cannabis announced five resignations from its board and that CEO Darren Karasiuk would also be stepping down. It will also restructure its Ontario retail operations as part of Sundial Growers acquisition of Nova majority shareholder, Alcanna Inc.
The details
- Board chair James Burns, as well as Thomas Bitove, Ross Sinclair, Marvin Singer and Darren Karasiuk resigned from the board. Ron Hozjan will stay on as a director of the company
- Former COO Marcie Kiziak will take over as president and CEO of Nova and president of cannabis retail at Sundial
- The new board consists of chair Zach George, the CEO of Sundial, Anne Fitzgerald, Marcie Kiziak, Christopher Pelyk, Jeffrey Dean and Shari Mogk-Edwards
“Marcie was our first choice to assume the CEO position to fill the void resulting from Darren’s departure,” said Sundial CEO Zach George in a statement. “Marcie was already an integral part of the Nova team before this appointment and continues to be highly focused on maximizing labour efficiency within our store footprint and optimizing the Value Buds customer experience.”
ISN’T IT NOVEL
At last, the UK’s CBD Public List has been published
One year after it was believed it would go up, the UK’s Food Standards Agency has finally published its list of 3,500 validated CBD products, reports BusinessCann.
The list also means “many thousands” of products are not legally permitted to be sold.
But products on the list are not yet fully approved. “While inclusion on the list is no guarantee of authorisation … we wanted to take the step of publishing the list so local authorities, retailers and consumers can make informed judgements about what they stock, and buy, in order to bring this rapidly growing market into compliance with the law,” said FSA’s chief executive Emily Miles.
