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Illinois Lawmakers Send Governor Bill Legalizing Industrial Hemp
May 25 2018 // The Illinois House has sent the governor a measure legalizing industrial hemp. The House voted 106-3 this week to allow hemp cultivation for commercial use. Hemp is a form of the cannabis plant distinct from marijuana. It...
Alaska Marijuana Business License Applications Outpacing System
May 18 2018 // The number of applications for marijuana business licenses is outgrowing the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office’s approval system. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports a May 8 Marijuana Control Office spreadsheet...
California Approves New Product Liability Program for Cannabis Industry
May 16 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced on Wednesday he has approved a new product liability and product recall program for the cannabis industry in California. This new cannabis insurance policy, offered by...
Drugs in Workforce at Highest in Decade But Opiates Decline: Quest Diagnostics
May 9 2018 // Drug use by the American workforce remains at its highest rate in more than a decade, driven by increases in cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana. However, prescription opiate positivity rates have declined. Nationally,...
California Commissioner Urging Insurers to Offer Coverage for Cannabis Industry
May 7 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is renewing his call for insurers to offer insurance products for California’s legalized cannabis industry in the wake of reports that President Trump has abandoned...
California Commissioner OKs 1st Lessor’s Risk Coverage for Marijuana Industry
May 7 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has approved what his office says is the first insurance coverage for commercial landlords that addresses risks specific to renting to cannabis businesses. California Mutual...
AAIS Files Cannabis Businessowners Insurance Policy in California
May 3 2018 // AAIS (American Association of Insurance Services), a national not-for-profit insurance advisory organization governed by its member companies, has filed a Cannabis Businessowners Policy in the state of California. The...
California Commissioner OKs 1st Lessor’s Risk Coverage for Marijuana Industry
May 1 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has approved what his office says is the first insurance coverage for commercial landlords that addresses risks specific to renting to cannabis businesses. California Mutual...
Iowa Medical Marijuana Industry Unsure About Future
Apr 30 2018 // Serious questions linger about the fate of medical marijuana in Iowa as Republican lawmakers find themselves considering an eleventh-hour deal that would expand the program to more patients. The state’s sole...
California Commissioner Urging Insurers to Offer Coverage for Cannabis Industry
Apr 24 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is renewing his call for insurers to offer insurance products for California’s legalized cannabis industry in the wake of recent reports that President Trump has abandoned...
Medical Marijuana Users May be More at Risk for Non-Medical Drug Use: Study
Apr 24 2018 // Can medical marijuana help to fight the opioid epidemic? Many believe that it can. But a new study finds that people who use medical marijuana actually have higher rates of medical and non-medical prescription drug...
Data Show Rise in Fatal Car Crashes on 4/20 Marijuana ‘Holiday’
Apr 16 2018 // Marijuana users’ self-proclaimed holiday is linked with a slight increase in fatal U.S. car crashes, an analysis of 25 years of data found. The study lacks evidence on whether pot was involved in any of the April 20...
Data Show Rise in Fatal Car Crashes on 4/20 Marijuana ‘Holiday’
Apr 16 2018 // Marijuana users’ self-proclaimed holiday is linked with a slight increase in fatal U.S. car crashes, an analysis of 25 years of data found. The study lacks evidence on whether pot was involved in any of the April 20...
Closing Quote: Legalized Marijuana Looks Like Bad News for Highway Safety
Apr 16 2018 // This past January, adults in California could line up for the first time to legally buy marijuana for personal, nonmedical use. That is when the nation’s largest state joined seven other states and Washington, D.C.,...
Oregon County Wants to Increase Marijuana Enforcement
Apr 13 2018 // An Oregon county is trying to crack down on illegal marijuana production by hiring two enforcement officers, and to limit new legal grows by considering a pause on the processing of applications to produce cannabis. The...
Montana Marijuana Providers Must Start Testing, Labeling
Apr 11 2018 // Medical marijuana providers in Montana will start testing, labeling and tracking their products as new rules took effect this week for state officials to keep close tabs on pot plants from seedlings until they’re...
Marijuana Regulators in California Send Cease Order to Nearly 1K Businesses
Apr 11 2018 // Nearly 1,000 individual cannabis businesses have been sent cease-and-desist letters or emails by California regulators during an ongoing enforcement process, a first step in a long effort to ensure the state’s...
AG: Medical Marijuana Not Subject to North Dakota Corporate Farm Law
Apr 6 2018 // North Dakota’s Great Depression-era law banning corporate farming won’t preclude horticulture operations from growing medical marijuana, provided it’s not done on agricultural land, the state’s...
State Lawmaker Drops Push to Legalize Medical Marijuana in Tennessee
Apr 5 2018 // One of the lead sponsors of a medical-marijuana bill in Tennessee withdrew the measure Tuesday after telling fellow lawmakers the legislation has been so watered down that passing it would actually harm rather than help...
How Medical Marijuana Reduces Opioid Use; Saves Lives, Money
Apr 3 2018 // Medical marijuana laws could be a boon to those battling the opioid epidemic, according to researchers who have identified a link between increased access to medical marijuana and a reduction in opioid prescriptions. The...
