Voters in Westwood (MA) have decided resoundingly to prohibit recreational marijuana businesses in the town, joining a growing number of communities that have outlawed the legal operations within their town borders. Source: Westwood joins growing number in banning marijuana shops – The Boston Globe
The Department of Health has revealed a few new details on the lengthy rollout of its medical marijuana program. The names of dozens of potential dispensaries have been released, though officials won’t say where exactly they’ll be located. The deadline to apply for licenses to grow or sell marijuana was March 20th. According to Source: […]
Colorado may prohibit law enforcement officers from assisting in a potential federal marijuana crackdown. The state House voted 56-7 Wednesday to bar public employees from assisting federal agents in “arresting a Colorado citizen for committing an act that is a Colorado constitutional right.” The Colorado bill doesn’t specifically mention marijuana. But sponsors say it is inspired by […]
According to the Associated Press, A bill allowing local governments to issue permits for marijuana social clubs has passed in the Nevada Senate. The bill passed 12-9 Tuesday and next will be reviewed by the Assembly, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported (http://bit.ly/2plDbsV ). Source: Marijuana Social Clubs Could Become Reality in Nevada | Nevada News […]
Voters may have approved recreational marijuana in the last election, but the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors has voted to prohibit all commercial marijuana growing operations. Source: Commercial Marijuana Growing Operations Banned In Sacramento County – capradio.org
Several CBD / Cannabis companies show promise in the stock exchange. Check out the trending stocks from the Source: Revenues in Lucrative Legal Marijuana and CBD-Oil Markets Contin – Crossroads Today
Both S.B. 375, which advocates for tribes’ rights to establish marijuana facilities, and S.B. 344, which aims to protect children via marijuana packaging mandates, received a 21-0 vote of approval from the Senate floor on Tuesday. Both bills will now head to the Assembly floor. S.B. 236, which would allow businesses to apply for a license for use of marijuana on that businesses […]
According to an abovethelaw.com, California Governor Jerry Brown recently proposed changes to the Budget Trailer Bill. The Bill addresses the Govenors vision for consolidating the regulatory framework for the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (“MCRSA”), approved by California voters in 2015 and the Control, Regulate, and Tax Adult Use of Cannabis Act (“AUMA”), in response to California […]
A tax on medical marijuana is now on it’s way to the governor’s desk after passing out of the House Tuesday morning. The proposed tax on gross sales would start out at 4 percent in July and drop down to 2 percent a year later, funding state regulation over the industry. Caferro says the new […]
DES MOINES — Early Saturday morning, legislators announced an agreement to expand Iowa’s soon-to-expire law that merely decriminalized possession of cannabis oil for treatment of chronic epilepsy. …the proposal won approval in the House on an 83-11 vote. The Senate voted on the plan shortly after 7 a.m. and it passed on a 26-14. The […]
