Latest Cannabis Headlines
All the headlines from our Cannabis Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Cannasure Program to Offer All Coverage Lines to Cannabis Industry
Feb 1 2018 // Cannasure Insurance Services, an cannabis insurance MGA and wholesale broker, is launching a new comprehensive coverage program for the cannabis industry. Patrick McManamon, CEO of Cannasure Insurance Services, said the...
Ohio’s Cannasure Launches New Cannabis Program
Jan 31 2018 // Westlake, Ohio-based managing general agent and wholesale broker Cannasure Insurance Services (Cannasure) announced it is launching a comprehensive coverage program to support the cannabis industry. The Cannasure program...
Too Few Legal Pot Operators in California Concern for Those in Pipeline
Jan 29 2018 // Like many pot shops in California, the Urbn Leaf in San Diego bulked up its inventory before legal sales began on Jan. 1, stockpiling enough marijuana to last for months because no one knew what the era of legal pot would...
Tennessee Lawmakers Introduce Medical Marijuana Bill
Jan 22 2018 // Two Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation to make medical marijuana legal in Tennessee, but only in oil-based products. Sen. Steve Dickerson of Nashville and Rep. Jeremy Faison of Cosby announced the...
Bill to Legalize Medical Marijuana Introduced in Kentucky
Jan 17 2018 // Supporters of legalizing medical marijuana in Kentucky touted its potential as a viable alternative to ease the state’s addiction woes from opioid painkillers. Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes joined other...
Vermont Poised to Enact Legal Pot Through Legislature
Jan 12 2018 // The Vermont Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that would allow the recreational use of marijuana, putting the state on course to become the first in the country to legalize pot by an act of the Legislature...
Lawmakers Consider Again Extending Maine Pot Sales Ban
Jan 11 2018 // Maine lawmakers on Tuesday considered a proposal to extend a ban on retail sales of marijuana until May 1 to give the state more time to craft rules about legal pot. Lawmakers in the state are trying once again to sort out...
California Pulls Stoned Driving Ad Critics Argued Promoted Pot Use
Jan 8 2018 // California officials on Friday pulled an ad aimed at discouraging stoned driving after critics said it glorified and promoted marijuana use. The public service announcement was rolled out as California began allowing...
California Company Has Marijuana License, But Its Workers Still Arrested
Jan 8 2018 // The confusing rollout of marijuana regulations in California has been underscored in Mendocino County, where local authorities licensed a company to deliver pot only to have state police arrest two employees who were...
California Commissioner Condemns Session’s Move Against Legal Pot
Jan 5 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is not happy with U.S. Attorney General Sessions’ recent marijuana enforcement memo rescinding Obama administration guidance that enabled states to legalize marijuana...
California’s Marijuana-Tracking System Not Being Used
Jan 4 2018 // California’s legal pot economy was supposed to operate under the umbrella of a vast computerized system to track marijuana from seed to storefronts, ensuring that plants are followed throughout the supply chain and...
New Year Brings Pot Legalization to California
Jan 2 2018 // The arrival of the new year in California brought with it broad legalization of marijuana, a much-anticipated change that comes two decades after the state was the first to allow pot for medical use. The nation’s...
Top Insurance Journal Southeast Stories of 2017
Dec 29 2017 // It was another busy year in the Southeast with storms, workers’ comp, and carrier insolvencies dominating the headlines. Here’s a look back at some of the stories that attracted the most readers in...
California Company Has Marijuana License, But Its Workers Still Arrested
Dec 29 2017 // The confusing rollout of marijuana regulations in California has been underscored in Mendocino County, where local authorities licensed a company to deliver pot only to have state police arrest two employees who were...
Pot-Infused Fare from Wine to Tacos on California’s Menu
Dec 28 2017 // The sauvignon blanc boasts brassy, citrus notes, but with one whiff, it’s apparent this is no normal Sonoma County wine. It’s infused with THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that provides the...
Unions Sees Worker Growth Potential in California’s Marijuana Industry
Dec 27 2017 // Unions have caught a whiff of a rare opportunity to organize a whole new set of workers as recreational marijuana becomes legal in California. The United Farm Workers, Teamsters and United Food and Commercial Workers are...
California Pot Sold Jan. 1 Could be Tainted
Dec 18 2017 // That legal weed you’ll be able to buy in California on New Year’s Day may not be as green as it seems. Any marijuana sold when recreational sales become legal Jan. 1 in the nation’s most populous state...
Massachusetts Cannabis Regulators Busy Rolling Out the Rules for Legal Pot
Dec 18 2017 // From “cannabis cafes” to “craft cooperatives,” regulators have been laying out a vision for what a potential multibillion dollar recreational marijuana industry might look like when retail sales...
Cheech of Cheech & Chong Heralds New Tool for California Pot Businesses
Dec 14 2017 // Comedian and legendary stoner Cheech Marin doesn’t want your pot business to go up in smoke. That’s why he’s in a new public service announcement publicizing a California Secretary of State website for...
Coffee Shop Seeks to Become Denver’s First Legal Marijuana Club
Dec 13 2017 // Colorado’s largest city is reviewing the first application from a business seeking to be among the nation’s first legal marijuana clubs, a step that comes more than a year after voters approved a bring-your-own...
