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  • Who Lobbied on Cannabis in New York During the Latest Legalization Push?

    Apr 3, 2020, 6:55 am By Alyson Martin
    The effort to legalize adult use cannabis through New York’s budget process fizzled this week after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday that there’s just “too much, too little time,” given the COVID-19 outbreak in the state. New York has…
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  • Mexico: Senate Asks Supreme Court for More Time on Cannabis Legalization

    Apr 2, 2020, 6:55 am By Laura Gamba
    This was supposed to be a decisive year for the cannabis industry in Mexico. But amid the coronavirus outbreak, a draft bill to legalize cannabis for medical, adult, and industrial uses has been stalled in the Senate one month before a Supreme Court deadline…
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  • Cannabis Regulators Respond to Coronavirus Concerns

    Apr 1, 2020, 4:45 pm By Nushin Rashidian
    Editor’s note: this story was originally published on March 19 and was most recently updated on April 1. We’ll continue to update as regulators announce new policies.  So far, during the COVID-19 pandemic, cannabis sales are through the roof as consumers…
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  • New Zealand Officially Launches its Medicinal Cannabis Program

    Apr 1, 2020, 6:55 am By Sophie Putka
    New Zealanders seeking medicinal cannabis may soon get some relief. The Ministry of Health’s new Medicinal Cannabis Agency will open the application process for prospective cannabis cultivators and manufacturers as planned today, even in the midst of the…
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  • New York’s Budget Is Due Today. Cannabis Legalization Looks Unlikely.

    Mar 31, 2020, 6:55 am By Alyson Martin
    As the window to legalize adult use cannabis through the budget process closes in New York, its chances become more slim.  While New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office told Cannabis Wire that Cuomo is “actively negotiating” a budget that includes adult…
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  • Florida: Cannabis Companies Spent Big to Lobby in 2019. What About 2020?

    Mar 30, 2020, 6:55 am By Shawn Mulcahy
    Cannabis businesses, which have increasingly turned to Florida’s rapidly growing market, spent $3.7 million on lobbying in the state in 2019—more than double the year before—according to a Cannabis Wire analysis. What does that portend for an uncertain…
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  • Cannabis Regulators Respond to Coronavirus Concerns

    Mar 30, 2020, 4:45 am By Nushin Rashidian
    Editor’s note: this story was originally published on March 19 and was most recently updated on March 30. We’ll continue to update as regulators announce new policies.  So far, during the COVID-19 pandemic, cannabis sales are through the roof as…
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  • Coronavirus Delays: Where Do Cannabis Bills Stand Across the US?

    Mar 27, 2020, 6:55 am By Nushin Rashidian
    As 2020 kicked off, advocates were pushing for cannabis law reform along the two main tracks: ballot and bill.  But just as the signature gathering geared up in anticipation of the November election, and lawmakers were deep in debates, the coronavirus…
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  • Cannabis Regulators Respond to Coronavirus Concerns

    Mar 26, 2020, 4:45 pm By Nushin Rashidian
    Editor’s note: this story was originally published on March 19 and was most recently updated on March 26. We’ll continue to update as regulators announce new policies.  So far, during the COVID-19 pandemic, cannabis sales are through the roof as…
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  • The Coronavirus Pandemic is Slowing Cannabis Reform in the Caribbean

    Mar 26, 2020, 6:55 am By Clydeen McDonald
    The Caribbean region has been steadily moving to decriminalize the use and possession of cannabis and establish an industry around the plant—a plant for which it is well known.  But officials admit the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic could push reform…
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  • Cannabis Regulators Respond to Coronavirus Concerns

    Mar 25, 2020, 4:45 pm By Nushin Rashidian
    Editor’s note: this story was originally published on March 19 and was most recently updated on March 25. We’ll continue to update as regulators announce new policies.  So far, during the COVID-19 pandemic, cannabis sales are through the roof as…
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  • Florida: Adult Use Hopes Are Dead For 2020. But It’s Not the End

    Mar 25, 2020, 6:55 am By Shawn Mulcahy
    Earlier in 2020, legal adult use cannabis in Florida appeared likely to become a reality by year’s end. After a well-funded legalization campaign failed to gather enough support or signatures for the 2020 ballot, advocates turned their attention to the state…
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  • The Netherlands: In a Pandemic, Rules for Cannabis Coffee Shops Are Rapidly Evolving

    Mar 24, 2020, 6:55 am By Amel Brahmi
    On Monday evening, March 16, Ben Van Essen brought a roll of white tape to work. With a mask and gloves on, he used the tape to mark several dividing lines, every six feet, on the floor of the cannabis “coffee shop” Metamorphose in Groningen, Holland,…
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  • Cannabis Regulators Respond to Coronavirus Concerns

    Mar 23, 2020, 6:45 pm By Nushin Rashidian
    Editor’s note: this story was originally published on March 19 and was most recently updated on March 23. We’ll continue to update as regulators announce new policies.  So far, during the COVID-19 pandemic, cannabis sales are through the roof as…
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  • Analysis: DEA Releases Long-Awaited Rules for Federal Cannabis Research

    Mar 20, 2020, 4:13 pm By Nushin Rashidian
    Four years after first announcing that, for the first time in history, more than one entity would be federally licensed to grow cannabis for research, the US Drug Enforcement Administration and the US Department of Justice released rules for the road.  On…
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  • Cannabis Regulators Respond to Coronavirus Concerns

    Mar 19, 2020, 6:55 am By Nushin Rashidian
    Editor’s note: this story will be updated with developments. So far, during the COVID-19 pandemic, cannabis sales are through the roof as consumers stock up in anticipation of supply chain disruption. But, despite this upswing, cannabis companies are bracing…
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  • Cannabis Companies Brace for Coronavirus Impact

    6:55am By Alyson Martin
    Editor’s note: this story will be updated with developments. The cannabis industry, like other industries, has been upended as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic worsens. Events have been cancelled. Consumers are stocking up on flower and products. And on…
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  • Q&A: Here’s What the CDC Has Learned About Cannabis Workplace Hazards

    Tue 6:55am By Nushin Rashidian
    Workplace questions involving cannabis have, for more than a decade, been directed toward the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At first, these questions came primarily from…
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  • Maine: Adult Use Cannabis Sales Are Finally In Sight

    Mar 16, 2020, 6:55 am By Sophie Putka
    Three years, four months, and six days after Maine voters passed a ballot measure to legalize adult-use cannabis in November 2016, the state’s first batch of conditional licenses for cannabis businesses have finally been issued. State regulators expect…
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  • Congress Tackles Medical Cannabis for Veterans

    Mar 12, 2020, 11:23 am By Alyson Martin
    On Thursday morning, the House Committee on Veterans Affairs discussed and passed two bills related to medical cannabis and veterans.  The VA Medicinal Cannabis Research Act (H.R. 712), sponsored by California Rep. Lou Correa, was approved in a 15-11 vote.…
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