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Octopuses On Ecstasy, Thailand’s Uncertain Cannabis Future, & CA Loses Out On Psychedelics

Veriheal

Since then, a rush of dispensaries and cannabis-related businesses have opened across the country. The proposed bill would have decriminalized the personal possession of natural psychedelics. Unfortunately, this bill would decriminalize possession prior to these guidelines going into place, and I cannot sign it.”

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Illinois Issues 55 More Cannabis Dispensary Licenses in Second of Three Licensing Lotteries

SpeedWeed

Rather, by the terms of the 184 pages of legislative analysis for the law entitled “AN ACT CONCERNING RESPONSIBLE AND EQUITABLE REGULATION OF ADULT-USE CANNABIS,” as of July 1, 2021, possession of small amounts of cannabis would be decriminalized. View original article.

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Weekly Legislative Roundup 2/29/20

NORML

2227) is bipartisan legislation that removes marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, thus decriminalizing the substance at the federal level and enabling states to set their own policies. Legislation is pending, HB 2097 / SB 2024, which would authorize licensed medical cannabis facilities to sell edible products. HI resident?

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Weekly Cannabis Roundup April 2

Veriheal

History has been made as the first Black woman-owned recreational dispensary in Massachusetts opens up. Note: We want to celebrate Massachusetts’s first Black woman-owned recreational dispensary. And the first ever Black-Woman-owned dispensary opens on the East Coast. of cannabis is decriminalized. Next in news, .

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Weekly Cannabis Roundup April 16

Veriheal

But just last year, possession became decriminalized and the vote for legalized recreational use just passed. However, there was one caveat… legalization wouldn’t go into effect until 2024. Northam’s decision to move the date is going to appease the masses until retail dispensaries are established in the coming years. .

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Virginia is For Adult Use Cannabis Lovers

Veriheal

Another vote will finalize the legal framework of the program that will hopefully be functioning by 2024. But the state eventually decriminalized cannabis possession in July of 2020 and expanded its severely limiting medical cannabis program. Virginia’s Adult-Use Cannabis Dispensaries Coming Soon (Not Really).

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New Report: 66% of Americans Would Purchase Cannabis in Germany

Cannabis Law Report

Experts predict adult-use cannabis to come online by 2024, but regulators have not yet determined tourism policies. However, more than 66 percent of the Americans surveyed said they “would visit a cannabis dispensary or social consumption lounge” in Germany.