A blog chronicling the evolution and implementation of marijuana laws in the United States
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
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Startups are finding new ways to tailor technologies specifically to cannabis businesses.
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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
In a major positive step for the cannabis industry, the New York Stock Exchange last month listed a new real…
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
DENVER (AP) — Denver is starting work Wednesday on becoming the first city in the nation to…
On January 10, 2017, Alabama GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions began confirmation hearings with the Senate Judiciary Committee for his potential role as Attorney General in the upcoming Trump administration. During these hearings he was asked questions that shed light on possible differences between the Trump administration Department of Justice’s stance on marijuana as compared to the Obama administration.
In response to a question about federalism as it relates to marijuana laws from Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, Sessions stated:
“One obvious concern is that Congress has made the possession of marijuana in every state an illegal act. If that is not desired any longer, Congress should pass a law to change it. It’s not the attorney general’s job to decide which laws to enforce. We should enforce the laws as effectively as we are able.”
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania officials said Wednesday that they will begin accepting applications early next year for medical marijuana growers and…
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
A field sobriety test is used when a motorist is suspected of reckless driving, and a breathalyzer…
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Opponents of a state ruling that would prevent bars and many restaurants in Denver from offering on-site marijuana consumption…
Now that Massachusetts has voted to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, employers that want to maintain drug-free workplaces, the new marijuana law raises a number of questions regarding employer rights and obligations. In this client alert, we identify a number of issues facing employers in the wake of this new law and offer our…
Tuesday turned out to be a big night for medical marijuana supporters in Florida – with voters overwhelmingly casting their votes in favor of a full-scale medical marijuana program. Florida’s Amendment 2 has the potential to be one of the most permissive medical marijuana rules in the country. Amendment 2 provides that patients with illnesses…
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. And what a week it’s been!
The cannabis industry scored a landslide victory Tuesday as four…
