Politics

The CDTFA announces increase in cannabis taxes

CDTFA announces higher tax rates for cannabis businesses in 2020

The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration recently announced that it would be increasing the tax rates for cannabis. In an...

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The White House Approves USDA Hemp Production Rules

In October, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) federal hemp production rules....

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Bernie Sanders Pledges to Legalize Cannabis via an Executive Order if Elected

With the 2020 elections coming up, Cannabis is a big factor in how candidates are framing their campaigns. Bernie Sanders (VT) is...

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US House Passes SAFE Banking Act

The U.S. House voted 321-103 to pass the SAFE Banking Act on September 25. It marked the first major floor vote in...

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FDA Launches Criminal Investigation Into Vaping, Massachusetts Bans all Vapes for 4 Months, LA Considers Potentially Indefinite Cannabis Vape Ban

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently launched a criminal investigation into the vaping health crisis, putting added scrutiny to the...

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NCIA Hosts 3,000+ Top Cannabis Entrepreneurs at 3rd Annual California Cannabis Business Conference

100+ Cannabis Thought Leaders and 200+ Exhibitors Discuss Major Changes in the World’s Largest Adult-Use Market Long Beach, Calif. —September 23,...

The Status of Black and Brown People in the Cannabis Industry

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The Status of Black & Brown People in the Cannabis Industry

Thirty-five out of fifty states in the US now have some form of legal cannabis. With national legalization around the corner, who...

Oklahoma Dispensaries Sue Facebook Mark Zuckerberg

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Oklahoma Dispensaries File Lawsuit Against Facebook & Mark Zuckerberg Over ‘Facebook Jail” that Harms Legal Cannabis Businesses

The owners of seven medicinal cannabis dispensaries in Oklahoma have filed suit against Facebook over allegations that the social media website is...

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California SB 51 Canna Banking Bill & Federal SAFE Act Update

Having a bank account, or keeping it, is a real challenge in the cannabis industry. While you might be licensed, if you...

Japan’s Authorities Struggle With Increase in Cannabis Use

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Japan’s Authorities Struggle With Increase in Cannabis Use

In Japan, cannabis is an illegal drug, and little discussion has taken place there on the potential benefits of cannabis legalization. The...

Edible's Magazine Cannabis National Parks

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Black Market Growers Poisoning National Parks

Growers in Northern California are growing cannabis plants on federal land, like national parks and wildlife reserves. Underneath the majestic pine and...

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The Bahamas Next to Legalize Cannabis and Capitalize on the Green Rush & Tourism

The Bahamas may be the next country to legalize cannabis and take advantage of its boundless potential, with CBD, tourism, banking and...

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Uganda Halts Cannabis Licenses

A Ugandan firm, Industrial Hemp (U) Ltd, announced in April that made a 160-million-dollar deal to export medical marijuana products to Canada...

No Country for Old Dogs - You Can’t Teach an Old Dog New Laws - Canine Units Face Retirement As Legal Marijuana Looms

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You Can’t Teach an Old Dog New Laws – Canine Units Face Retirement As Legal Marijuana Looms

The economic benefits of marijuana have been made clear in the states where it has been legalized: hundreds of thousands of jobs...

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Michigan Plans to Issue DUIs

Last year, Michigan was the 10th state in the nation, and the first state in the midwest to approve recreational sales and...

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Kamala Harris Did Smoke Weed, and Her Father is Pissed About It

On January 21, 2019, Kamala Harris announced she was running for president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party,...

Gavin Newsom to use National Guard to Combat Illegal Marijuana Grows

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Gavin Newsom to use National Guard to Combat Illegal MJ Grows

California Governor, Gavin Newsom (formerly dubbed ‘Twosome Newsom’ after he got caught cheating on his wife with his assistant during his term...

Ontario Canada Announces The Winners of Cannabis Retail Lottery

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Ontario, Canada Announces The Winners of Cannabis Retail Lottery

On Saturday January 12th in Canada, Ontario announced the results of the much-anticipated cannabis retail lottery, naming twenty five total entities that...

Attorney General Nominee William Barr Says He Will Not Go After Marijuana Companies

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Attorney General Nominee William Barr Says He Will ‘Not Go After’ Marijuana Companies

U.S. Attorney General nominee William Barr says he would “not go after” marijuana companies in states where cannabis is legal. He is...

While December’s big story was Hemp getting re-legalized by descheduling it off the Controlled Substance List, THC hasn’t made the same headway until now. Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer, introduced bill H.R. 420, otherwise known as the “Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol Act.” “While the bill number may be a bit tongue-in-cheek, the issue is very serious,” Blumenauer told Willamette Weekly. “Our federal marijuana laws are outdated, out of touch and have negatively impacted countless lives. Congress cannot continue to be out of touch with a movement that a growing majority of Americans support. It’s time to end this senseless prohibition.” The bill now has 26 total cosponsors under the 115th Congress. It still needs to pass the Senate in order to get in front of Trump, but who knows how the current government shutdown will affect that, or how long it will take. Should H.R. 420 pass, it would be regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, cannabis businesses could have access to banking, and cannabis could foreseeably, in the future facilitate interstate commerce. H.R. 420 is not the first bill or even the first lawsuit introduced in an attempt to reschedule cannabis over the last 30 years. Many of them have largely been ignored, delayed or dismissed. Perhaps the political climate is right now for real cannabis change.

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Bill H.R. 420 Introduced by Rep. Earl Blumenauer To Re-Schedule Cannabis

While December’s big story was Hemp getting re-legalized by descheduling it off the Controlled Substance List, THC hasn’t made the same headway...

President Trump Signs the US 2018 Farm Bill Legalizing Hemp and CBD

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The Newly Approved U.S. Farm Bill: Hemp and CBD are Now Re-Legalized and De-Scheduled as Companies Rush to The Hemp Market

“You sure gotta climb a lot of steps to get to this Capitol Building here in Washington. But I wonder who that...

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The More Act and What it Might Mean for Cannabis