Latest Cannabis Headlines
All the headlines from our Cannabis Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Alaska Marijuana Board to Revisit On-Site Consumption
Jun 27 2017 // The Alaska Marijuana Control Board will discuss three different options for on-site marijuana consumption proposed by board members at its next meeting. Board member Loren Jones’s proposal would make it legal to try...
Florida Medical Marijuana Law Signed by Scott
Jun 26 2017 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation Friday to implement the medical marijuana amendment voters approved last year. Amendment 2, approved by 71 percent of the voters in November, took effect on Jan. 3 and required...
Massachusetts House Approves Bill to Redo Recreational Marijuana Law
Jun 23 2017 // A bill that would repeal and replace the recreational marijuana law approved by Massachusetts voters in November cleared the House late Wednesday. Critics who lashed out at the proposal accused lawmakers of ignoring the...
Weed Warning: Legalizing Marijuana Tied to Rise in Crashes in 3 States by HLDI
Jun 23 2017 // Legalizing recreational marijuana use in Colorado, Oregon and Washington has resulted in collision claim frequencies that are about three percent higher overall than would have been expected without legalization, a new...
California Surplus Lines Don’t Want to be Left out of State’s Marijuana Regs
Jun 20 2017 // California’s surplus lines industry is trying to clear up the haze over a proposed regulation that would require medical marijuana businesses to purchase insurance only from admitted carriers. The regulation is one...
Nevada’s Recreational Marijuana Sales Launch Hinges on Court Decision
Jun 20 2017 // Nevada’s marijuana regulators are working furiously to launch recreational sales on July 1, a fast-approaching deadline that could hinge on a court deciding whether the powerful liquor industry should be guaranteed a...
Massachusetts Marijuana Proposal Seeks Higher Taxes, More Local Control
Jun 15 2017 // Lawmakers reviewing the state’s new recreational marijuana law plan to recommend sharply higher taxes and more control for city and town officials over retail pot shops in their communities, according to a copy of a...
Florida Gov Pledges to Sign Medical Marijuana Bill Passed During Special Session
Jun 13 2017 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott said he “absolutely” intends to sign the medical marijuana bill passed Friday by the state Legislature. After the original legislation fell apart on the final day of the regular session...
Ohio Village: No Space Left for Medical Marijuana Growers
Jun 9 2017 // A central Ohio village that embraced potential medical marijuana business while some other communities rejected it saw such interest from prospective growers that it has run out of space for that sector. The Columbus...
Vermont Governor Vetoes Marijuana Bill, Wants Changes Made
May 26 2017 // Vermont Republican Gov. Phil Scott on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have made Vermont the ninth state to legalize recreational marijuana but indicated that he was willing to work with the Legislature on a...
Bipartisan Senators Look to Address Banking Risk for Marijuana Industry
May 18 2017 // Republican and Democratic senators on Wednesday renewed their drive to make banking easier for marijuana-based businesses in those U.S. states where the drug is legal, undeterred by signals from the Trump administration...
Drug Use at Work at Highest Rate in 12 Years: Quest
May 17 2017 // Drug use in the American workforce, fueled by illicit drugs including cocaine, reached the highest positivity rate in 12 years last year, according to an analysis of more than 10 million workforce drug test...
Denver Proposes Rules for Businesses to Allow Social Marijuana Use
May 15 2017 // Denver, Colo. has proposed a set of rules for businesses that get permits to allow social marijuana use. The Denver Post reported that among the rules presented, businesses owners would have to require customers to sign...
Nevada Lawmakers Pushing Blood-Only Detection of Marijuana DUIs
May 15 2017 // Weighing in on how Nevada should test people for stoned driving, lawmakers advanced a measure to eliminate urine samples as a viable measure for police to show a driver to be impaired by marijuana. Under the bipartisan...
Lawmakers in Nevada Pushing Blood-Only Detection Of Marijuana DUIs
May 8 2017 // Weighing in on how Nevada should test people for stoned driving, lawmakers advanced a measure to eliminate urine samples as a viable measure for police to show a driver to be impaired by marijuana. Under the bipartisan...
Continental Heritage Insurance Launches Ohio Medical Marijuana Bond Program
May 3 2017 // Ohio’s Continental Heritage Insurance Co. has rolled out a program to provide surety bonds to applicants for Ohio’s Medical Marijuana Program. Edward Feighan, an owner and director of Continental Heritage, is...
Legal Marijuana Stores Linked to Increased Property Crime
May 1 2017 // Legal marijuana shops are linked to higher levels of property crime in nearby areas, according to a nearly three-year study in Denver. Researchers found that crime isn’t higher in the area immediately surrounding...
Sheriffs: Raise Massachusetts Pot Tax, Use Money for Addiction Treatment
Apr 26 2017 // Sheriffs urged Massachusetts lawmakers Monday to boost the tax consumers will pay on recreational marijuana and earmark the additional revenue for substance abuse prevention and treatment. The proposal was discussed at the...
Massachusetts Lawmakers Debate Pot Regulators’ Independence
Apr 24 2017 // Recreational marijuana may be legal for adults in Massachusetts but who ultimately will be in charge of regulating and enforcing the new law remains the subject of behind-the-scenes maneuvering on Beacon Hill. A...
Police, Advocates Clash Over New Hampshire Pot Decriminalization Bill
Apr 18 2017 // With Republican Gov. Chris Sununu on board, advocates for marijuana decriminalization hope this is the year New Hampshire joins its New England neighbors in removing criminal penalties for possessing pot. But the measure...
