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MJ Biz Report: Health Canada referred almost 500 cannabis-related cases to federal police over 2-year period

Cannabis Law Report

Health Canada referred nearly 500 cannabis business-related cases to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for possible enforcement action during the two years ending in March 2021, a major increase over fiscal year 2018-19. Here’s the introduction to the piece.

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Jamaican Lion: The Industry’s First Comprehensive Cannabis Reference Genome

Medicinal Genomics

Medicinal Genomics Corporation (MGC), a pioneer in using genomics to improve the transparency, safety and yield of cannabis has today announced the industry’s most comprehensive Cannabis reference genome, a high quality de novo genome assembly of the Jamaican Lion cannabis strain.

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Australia: Making A Submission To “The Senate Community Affairs References Committee” On Medical Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

On 14 November 2019, the Senate referred an inquiry into the current barriers to patient access to medicinal cannabis in Australia to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 12 February 2020. Further detail about the scope of the inquiry is provided in the terms of reference.

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Marijuana reform is budding in New Hampshire!

NORML

It passed the House on 2/27/2019 by a vote of 209-147. 175 was referred to the Health and Human Services Committee and HB 461 was referred to the Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs Committee on 1/03/2019. It was referred to the Environment and Agriculture Committee on 1/03/2019.

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The Year in Weed: 2019 Edition

The Blunt Truth

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. Note that McConnell still refers to marijuana as hemp’s “illicit cousin.”

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Planet 13 Announces Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results

Cannabis Law Report

Planet 13 Announces Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results Press Release | 11/25/2019. Planet 13 Announces Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results. million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. of all Nevada cannabis dispensary revenue in Q3 2019 1. million , 24% sequential growth over Q2 2019.

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What’s in a name? Marijuana, Cannabis, and Hemp

Americans for Safe Access

Adapted from The Medicalization of Marijuana: Legitimacy, Stigma, and the Patient Experience (Routledge, 2019) by Michelle Newhart and William Dolphin. As with all things involving social controversy, dispute over what to properly call the plant known by the botanical name Cannabis Sativa L. comes with the territory.

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