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NY State Senator Urges Aggressive Action on Unlicensed Cannabis Shops

A New York state senator wrote a letter to the state’s Office of Cannabis Management, urging leadership to engage in…

3 years ago

Ohio Regulators Reject Autism And OCD As Medical Pot Qualifying Conditions

Ohio cannabis regulators last week added irritable bowel syndrome as a qualifying condition to use medical marijuana but declined to…

3 years ago

Coast Guard Seizes 223 Pounds of Cocaine From Boat Headed Towards Long Beach

It’s never a happy ending if you’re a Columbian drug smuggler and your boat breaks down. The feds seized 223…

3 years ago

Reps. AOC and Crenshaw Form ‘Wild Coalition’ in Psychedelics Push

Psychedelics reform is uniting even the most unlikely allies: Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Dan Crenshaw (TX-02) are making some…

3 years ago

Number of Federal Cannabis Prisoners Has Decreased by 61% Over the Past Five Years

Recently the Justice Department Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported that the percentage of people in federal prison for cannabis…

3 years ago

South Dakota Police Commission Approves Officer Applicants with Cannabis Records

Recently in South Dakota, two law enforcement officers were forgiven by the South Dakota Law Enforcement Officers Standards Commission for…

3 years ago

Michigan Ends Weed Testing For Some State Jobs

The Michigan Civil Service Commission adopted a rule change last week that will end drug screenings for marijuana for applicants…

3 years ago

Minnesota-Based Native American Tribe To Begin Selling Recreational Cannabis After August 1

In Minnesota, the Red Lake Nation council recently voted on July 11 to legalize adult-use cannabis starting on August 1.…

3 years ago

Montreal Shroom Shop Raided, Owner Says ‘We’re Just Getting Started’

An unlicensed psilocybin mushroom shop in Montreal, Quebec in Canada was raided during its opening day Tuesday, but the shroom…

3 years ago