New federal budget bill includes medical marijuana protections
admin A key federal law that prohibits the Department of Justice from using federal funds to prosecute medical marijuana companies looks likely to remain in place under a new federal budget…
Week in Review: MedMen-Cronos alliance, California MJ business licensing & Arkansas’ MMJ woes
MedMen strikes up a cannabis partnership with Canada’s Cronos Group, California’s Humboldt County considers reopening its licensing process, and a judge tells Arkansas to stop issuing medical marijuana licenses. Here’s…
Here’s What Uruguay Has Learned From Legalizing Cannabis
Uruguay became the world’s first country to legalize cannabis when pharmacies started selling the product last summer. Things have worked out well so far, the country’s top marijuana regulator said,…
Eden Labs Adds Orange Photonics’ Lightlab Validation Components to Extraction Systems
PRESS RELEASE Eden Labs, in response to the extraction industry’s continuing demand for increased precision, will be offering the proven LightLab cannabis analyzer from Orange Photonics as part of their…
Arkansas Appeals Judge’s Order Halting Marijuana Grow Licenses
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ attorney general said Friday she’s appealing a judge’s decision to prevent the state from issuing its first licenses to grow medical marijuana after ruling…
3 plead guilty to trying to ship 11 pounds of marijuana from Colorado to Mississippi
ST. MARTIN, Miss. (AP) — A third man has pleaded guilty to trying to FedEx 11 pounds (5 kilograms) of marijuana from Colorado to a Mississippi home. The Sun Herald…
Anti-marijuana Virginia man accused of threatening to kill congressman
A constituent threatened to kill U.S. Rep. Scott Taylor, R-Va., over a disagreement on marijuana policy, according to law enforcement authorities. Wallace Godwin, 69, of Virginia Beach, was arrested Friday…