Category: Hemp Legalization & Regulatory News for Hemp Businesses

Jason Wilson talks pot stocks following the U.S. House approving legislation on the banking reform for state-legal marijuana businesses. He looks at cannabis stocks’ rally on Monday, and what this bill could mean for the nation-wide efforts to regulate the industry. ======== TD Ameritrade Network ======== Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Watch… Continue reading Latest On Nation-Wide Legalization Cannabis Efforts

This week the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to mark up the Marijuana, Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act. It’s the latest step in what many hope will be the removal of marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act. That change will allow state policy to take precedence, and means the 18 states… Continue reading Marijuana Legalization Won’t Necessarily Change Agency Bans on Drug Use for Employees

Americans can now purchase recreational marijuana products legally in 19 states. As availability becomes more widespread, researchers are studying its impact on everything from crime, cost and usage to job creation and revenue generation. One important question is what legal marijuana use means for road safety. What should families, employers and policymakers know about marijuana… Continue reading High Risk? Marijuana Legalization and Roadway Safety

Marijuana Banking Reform Passes House…Again Amazon relaxed its drug testing policies for applicants, leaked documents reveal a prohibitionist congresswoman is quietly investing in cannabis stocks, and the House approved marijuana banking reform…for the fifth time. All that and more cannabis news today at 2 PM CST! 🌱 Want help with your cannabis business? Get in… Continue reading Marijuana Banking Reform Passes House…Again

The House eyes new legislation to protect banks that deal with cannabis businesses in states where it’s legal. With CNBC’s Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders, Guy Adami, Tim Seymour, Steve Grasso and Karen Finerman.

Federal Cannabis Legalization Will Happen Before 2022, According to Rohrabacher The FBI has loosened marijuana policy for agents, Rohrabacher predicts cannabis will be federally legal before 2022, Lil Baby and James Harden got “caught” with weed in France, and more cannabis news. Today at 3 PM CST! ______________________________________________ Footnotes: 0:00 – Start of Cannabis Legalization… Continue reading Federal Cannabis Legalization Will Happen Before 2022, According to Rohrabacher

On Tuesday morning, the Alabama Democratic Party made a statement on legalizing recreational marijuana. The party’s executive director explains their position and if it’s possible in Alabama.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and fellow Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the outline of the proposed Cannabis Administration & Opportunity Act on Wednesday. The proposal includes plans to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act. If passed, the bill would also expunge prior convictions and allow people who are… Continue reading WATCH LIVE: Senator Schumer Unveils Cannabis Legalization Bill

Some lawmakers want to change laws that criminalize getting caught driving with marijuana in your system after you legally consumed it in another state.

Aurora Cannabis CEO Miguel Martin joins Closing Bell to discuss the future of vaping and the U.S. CBD market in the United States. Martin believes medical marijuana will be first to be approved at the federal level. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/2NGeIvi » Subscribe to CNBC… Continue reading You’ll see medical marijuana first at the federal level in the U.S.: Aurora Cannabis CEO

States Legalizing Marijuana This Week Bills, bills, bills. There are currently over 900 cannabis and psilocybin bills in state legislatures and Congress for 2021 sessions. Cuomo just signed New York’s bill which means effectively at around 10 AM this morning weed became legal in New York! Who’s next? Also, during this recording, the New Mexico… Continue reading States Legalizing Marijuana This Week

Around four million people in Germany use cannabis regularly or occasionally. Countries like Mexico and Portugal have already legalized cannabis. Should Germany follow in their footsteps? That’s what we want to discuss with our two debaters. Max Plennert has previously worked for the German Hemp Association and is a cannabis patient himself. He says that… Continue reading Should Germany legalize cannabis? | Flipping the Script

Four more states voted to legalize recreational marijuana for adults in November, and late Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level.

Should Alabama legalize medical marijuana?

Marijuana advocates are celebrating after Virginia votes to legalize it, hoping it will help with criminal justice equity.

Starting a weed business isn’t easy. It can take $1 million in startup capital to even get a license. And to keep a cannabis business going? That means jumping through complicated regulation hoops. If they can play the game right, cannabis entrepreneurs could be set up for success in an exploding marijuana industry. But with… Continue reading Why Starting A Marijuana Business Is So Hard | Big Business

North Carolina Medical Marijuana news! Senators Approve Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill In Committee The bill still has a bit to go: next to the Senate Health Care and Rules and Operations Committees in order to reach the floor, then heading to the House of Representatives and then to the governor’s desk. This is still big… Continue reading North Carolina Medical Marijuana Legalization Bill Approved by Senators in Committee

In 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the world to legalize marijuana. Results have been mixed for the small South American nation of around 3.5 million people. But the industry, from plantation to market, is growing and diversifying steadily. While some would like to see aspects of the law modified, others are pushing for… Continue reading Cannabis business in Uruguay still grows six years after legalization

What does marijuana legalization mean for employers and employees

All across the country, states are passing bills to legalize marijuana both for recreational and medicinal use. While support for legal pot is on the rise, Dr. Samuel Ball of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASAColumbia) contends that there’s at least one big problem with legalizing marijuana. ————————————————– For… Continue reading Marijuana Legalization Has A Big Problem

Please Take My Survey: http://testu.be/shotsofawesurvey “The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world.” – Carl Sagan More Info: National Drug Policy Alliance http://www.DrugPolicy.org NORML http://www.NORML.org FLOW KANA http://www.FlowKana.com Maps… Continue reading The Future of Marijuana Legalization

Schumer’s Federal Legalization Bill Will Kill Mom and Pops, According to Experts Leafly challenges Florida over their online cannabis ban, Hawaii bans smokable hemp, and some cannabis industry experts say that Schumer’s federal legalization bill gives a leg up to MSOs. Today at 3 PM CST! 🌱 We can help with your cannabis business. Get… Continue reading Schumer’s Federal Legalization Bill Will Kill Mom and Pops, According to Experts

Thursday October 13, 2016 Panelists: Kelly Kefauver, Senior Legislative Aide to Senator Kenny Yuko, Ohio Senate Breanna Stabler, Administrative Aide to Senator Kenny Yuko, Ohio Senate Dr. Brian Bachelder, President of OSMA and Family Physician at Akron Gen Hosp Garett Fortune, CEO, FunkSac, Compliant Packaging for the Cannabis Industry Thomas G. Haren, Seeley, Savidge, Ebert… Continue reading Marijuana Legalization in Ohio

At the Denver Marijuana Management Symposium 2018, officials had a national discussion: Measuring the Impacts of Legalization.

Aug.19 — More than half of the states in the U.S. have legalized recreational and medical marijuana use. However, cannabis remains just as illegal as heroin on the federal level. This environment can be tricky to navigate, both for cannabis businesses and for the lawyers who advise them. In this video, Boston University law professor Jay… Continue reading How Marijuana Is Both Legal and Illegal in the U.S.

A look at the impact of the coronavirus on legal pot.

This presentation provides an overview of marijuana legalization (I-502) in Washington State and summarizes recent data on trends in marijuana use, perceptions, access, harm, and emerging topics among youth, young adults, adults, and older adult populations.

Why Does America Love Its Military So Much? http://testu.be/1HUgQ5D » Subscribe to NowThis World: http://go.nowth.is/World_Subscribe Since the 1980s, police departments received billions of dollars of ex-Vietnam military gear to patrol U.S. streets. What is militarization? Learn More: Pentagon orders Ferguson to return Humvees amid concerns about police militarization https://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/pentagon-orders-ferguson-to-return-humvees-amid-concerns-about-police-militarization/ “The city of Ferguson, Missouri, is… Continue reading What Are the Real Effects of Legalizing Weed?

With marijuana and recreational cannabis use now legal in Canada, many new users are experimenting with the drug. One issue newcomers may face in using weed is how best to consume it – Smoke it or take it orally? Smoking can pose some problems if you do not have the proper paraphernalia or lack the… Continue reading Cannabis legalization 101: How to roll a marijuana joint

More than half of the states in the U.S. have legalized recreational and medical marijuana use. However, cannabis remains just as illegal as heroin on the federal level. This environment can be tricky to navigate, both for cannabis businesses and for the lawyers who advise them. In this video, Boston University law professor Jay Wexler… Continue reading How Marijuana Is Both Legal and Illegal in the U.S.