The Blunt Truth

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Sadly, the big news this week is vaping. In federal news, the Food and Drug Administration seeks comments on the international rescheduling of cannabis. Speaking of licenses, Oklahoma has issued over 7,000 of them for its medical marijuana program. Oakton Community College in Des Plaines, IL has a cannabis certificate course.

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Cannabis Law Report

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Governor Juliana Stratton recently announced that the R3 program that uses marijuana tax dollars to fund grants for community reinvestment now has more than $45 million available. Illinois made adult-use cannabis legal in 2019. What the Illinois R3 Program Does.

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 9, 2023

According to statistics from the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Office (CROO), starting with the cost of dry flower per gram from the beginning of the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act , medical patients in Illinois paid $10.38 On June 25, 2019, Gov. On June 25, 2019, Gov. per gram. in July 2023.

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NORML

JUNE 7, 2019

NORML Announces Plans for 2019 Conference and Lobby Day. “To a large degree, that has been a war on cannabis, but it’s also been a war on people, it’s been disproportionately a war on certain communities,” Read more from WTTW News ! ” Read more from Spectrum News ! Read more from WTKR News 3 !

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Cannabis Law Report

AUGUST 12, 2021

The 14 people who will oversee Alabama’s new medical marijuana program will gather for the first time Thursday. The panel faces several deadlines to set up the rules to launch what will be a fully intrastate program. legislation in 2019. at the State House in Montgomery.

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 12, 2023

Pritzker signed into law the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act on June 25, 2019, Edibles price per gram has steadily increased and peaked at $27.16 April 2019 to peak of $40.28 As reference, Illinois implemented the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act January 2014. On June 25, 2019, Gov.

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Illinois News Joint

AUGUST 10, 2023

Pritzker signed into law the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act on June 25, 2019, and cultivators ramped up production for adult-use sales. in August 2019, the highest since fall of 2016. As reference, Illinois implemented the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act January 2014. On June 25, 2019, Gov.

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Veriheal

JUNE 3, 2022

New York proposed a set of packaging and marketing rules for recreational cannabis, a Fan Controlled Football player was cut for smoking cannabis on the field, and a California program is making medical cannabis more affordable for patients. New York Moves to Regulate Recreational Cannabis Packaging. Let us know in the comments!

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 5, 2022

CONCLUSION: The June 2019 Arizona Department of Health Services—Medical Marijuana Program (Program) performance audit found that the Department did not timely, consistently, or adequately perform several medical marijuana regulatory activities and misallocated some Medical Marijuana Fund (Fund) monies.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Welcome to The Week in Weed’s look back at the news of 2019; whether the year has flown by or seemed to last forever, it’s (almost) over now. Without further ado, here’s a look at the stories that grabbed our attention in 2019. In March, no news was big news.

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SpeedWeed

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) issued 56,448 new patient licenses and 12,062 renewed patient licenses between Dec. 6, 2019, and Dec. 5, 2020, according to the department’s second annual report of the Missouri Medical Marijuana Regulatory Program. dispensaries per 100,000) and New Mexico (5.2

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 8, 2019

We’ll start our news coverage in Louisiana , where medical marijuana has cleared the final hurdle and is shipping out to dispensaries. It’s been a bumpy ride to the sales counter, so any optimism about the success of the program is cautious. The state joins New York and Illinois in allowing this practice.

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Veriheal

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

To participate in Oklahoma’s medical cannabis program, all that patients need to do is meet with a doctor and receive a medical marijuana recommendation. Oklahoma Medical Cannabis Program Prospers. Since the market became operational in 2019, the Oklahoma medical cannabis industry has seen substantial growt h on all fronts.

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The Blunt Truth

MARCH 28, 2019

No news is big news this week, as New Jersey failed to pass legislation legalizing recreational marijuana. You’re spoiled for choice when it comes to news coverage; see for example, here , here and here. It’s not just in New Jersey that setbacks to legalization happened this week.

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The Cannigma

MARCH 21, 2021

USA TODAY reported that a spokesman for Ricketts pointed to two studies that found an increase in marijuana use among teenagers who had committed suicide in states with legal cannabis programs. Fair enough, but should the governor also educate himself? What can we extrapolate from this?

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Illinois News Joint

JANUARY 13, 2024

The newly opened Revolution Dispensary in Moline has kicked off a new Rev+ Rewards program. Revolution Dispensary is offering 30% off for all new customers, $10 birthday bonus, $10 for each referral, and 1 point per $1 spent. Use promo code: news joint 24. For more Illinois cannabis industry news, visit here.

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Veriheal

MAY 31, 2022

With a worsening opioid situation and an emerging acceptance of medical cannabis, the Lone Star State has a unique opportunity to develop a successful medical marijuana (MMJ) program for its millions of residents battling chronic pain and numerous other conditions. A 2019 study found that 76% of patients in the U.S. The Opioid Problem.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 28, 2019

Department should establish and implement process for setting Program fees. Some Department medical marijuana regulatory activities not completed timely or consistently, nor adequately performed. Department misallocated some Medical Marijuana Fund monies. Here’s the 66pp full report. 19-107_Report.

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The Blunt Truth

APRIL 4, 2019

Moving up the East Coast, you will doubtless recall that last week, New Jersey did not legalize recreational cannabis. Now the Governor is saying that he will expand the state’s medical marijuana program if adult-use marijuana is not legalized by May. But it’s not all good news for cannabis proponents.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 19, 2019

The Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA) have announced the details of the state’s Social Equity Program. “The program is designed to encourage participation in the marijuana industry by those in communities that have been disproportionately impacted by marijuana prohibition and enforcement. Reduced Fees.

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 1, 2019

In other federal news, the DEA has, yet again, not approved new suppliers of marijuana for research. Meanwhile, the state of Arizona is experimenting with a new procedure to get around the lack of banking services for marijuana companies. There will have to be a bit more awaiting, it seems.

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The Blunt Truth

OCTOBER 3, 2019

And Michigan is expanding the number of communities eligible for its social equity program. In other judicial news, a judge in New Mexico ruled that the state must accept non-residents into its medical marijuana program. Also in New Mexico , growers of medical cannabis are suing the state over limits on plant-count.

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The Blunt Truth

JULY 25, 2019

In other federal news, hemp is a big topic of discussion, specifically the eagerly anticipated rules on hemp and CBD from the Food and Drug Administration. In other state news, retail sales of medical marijuana are imminent in Louisiana. In Utah , growers have been chosen for their medicinal cannabis program.

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MassRoots

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The gurus at Whole Foods Market have spoken: hemp products, already incredibly popular, will be a top 10 food trend in 2019. So what will be flying off the shelves in 2019? Hemp hearts, seeds and oils are nothing new to food and body care lovers—they’re in everything from waffle mix to dried pastas,” the company wrote.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 5, 2019

There’s lots of news to cover this week, so let’s jump right in. New Jersey is talking about decriminalizing marijuana. In other state news, Michigan ‘s sales of recreational cannabis began on Sunday, amid long lines of customers. Illinois ‘s day in the sun is not far off; sales begin there on January 1.

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The Blunt Truth

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The big news on Capitol Hill this week was the Senate’s lack of action on the banking bill. Turning to appropriations, protections for state-legal medical marijuana programs were once again included in the recently passed funding bill. Protections for recreational programs were not.

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Cannabis Law Report

MARCH 22, 2019

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE MARCH 2019: Here’s a quick rundown of some of what we’ve been working on this session. Expect to hear more news on this soon. As of March 20th, 2019 Oregon has 2086 active licenses an increase of 108 licenses since mid-September 2018. This is an effort we should all be proud of.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 20, 2022

Report shows Maine’s adult use program is ahead of pace set by other states, to serve as foundation for expansion of stakeholder outreach by OCP . The findings of this report serve as an excellent baseline for us to measure the continued evolution of our programs,” added Gundersen. “OCP

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The Blunt Truth

AUGUST 29, 2019

In other federal news, the DEA confirmed that “hemp plants and cannabidiol (CBD) preparations at or below the 0.3 You’ll doubtless recall that the state has already had its share of problems with the program. percent delta-9 THC threshold” are not controlled substances. In this case, a fine feathered friend.

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Americans for Safe Access

APRIL 11, 2019

By Jason Barker for Cannabis News Journal. On Thursday, April 4th 2019, Governor Lujan Grisham made history for the state of New Mexico by signing into law Senate Bill 204, Medical Cannabis in Schools. June 14th 2019 is the effective date of this new law now allowing safe access to medical cannabis at schools for New Mexico.

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Cannabis Law Report

JULY 1, 2019

House Small Business Committee chair Nydia Velázquez – comes just a week after her panel heard industry advocates urge Congress to extend small-business financial assistance programs to marijuana-related companies. Chairwoman Velázquez Announces Bills to Open SBA Programs to Legal Cannabis Businesses. Washington, June 28, 2019.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 31, 2019

January 31, 2019. Portland, OR — Today the Oregon Liquor Control Commission provided the Oregon Legislative Assembly with the 2019 Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Legislative Report required by ORS 475B.548. 2019 Recreational Marijuana Supply and Demand Legislative Report. Here’s the statement in full.

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Canna Law Blog

MAY 20, 2019

Back on March 1, I ran through a legislative forecast and report for Oregon cannabis in 2019. As we move into the home stretch of the 2019 session, each issue has been bandied about: some are close to passage and others have died. This means no cannabis lounges and probably no temporary event permits or tours in 2019.

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Cannabis Law Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GW Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: GWPH), the world leader in the science, development, and commercialization of cannabinoid prescription medicines, today reported preliminary, unaudited net product sales for the fourth quarter and full-year 2019 and key priorities for 2020. Commence clinical program in PTSD.

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Leafwell

JANUARY 7, 2019

First of all, a Happy New Year from Leafwell to all of our readers (and our non-readers as well, even though they’ll not see our message). We hope you had a good 2018, and that 2019 will be even better. 2018 was a momentous year in many respects for cannabis.

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Cannabis Law Report

JUNE 3, 2019

The Los Angeles City Council released some guidelines and new deadlines for applicants interested in participating in the Social Equity Program (SEP). DCR will be accepting SEP verification applications from May 28 until July 29, 2019. Big news out of Coachella: the City Council approved Ordinance 1140!

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Cannabis Life Network

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

11, 2019 /CNW/ - TruTrace Technologies Inc. NASDAQ:TLRY), a global pioneer in cannabis research, cultivation, production and distribution, has joined the Shoppers Drug Mart ("Shoppers") medical cannabis verification pilot program (the "Pilot Program"). TORONTO, Sept. Tilray Canada"), a subsidiary of Tilray, Inc.

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