April 21, 2025
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s auditor said Thursday that her office will investigate the state’s medical cannabis program after receiving complaints about the lottery system used to award highly sought-after licenses to grow, process and sell the medicinal products to …
June 19, 2024
Michael Diaz-Rivera’s experience simultaneously represents the promise and failure of social equity licenses for the cannabis industry. Diaz-Rivera’s conviction in 2006 for marijuana possession made him eligible when Colorado agreed in 2020 to set aside licenses for members of historically …
July 13, 2023
Legislation that would legalize marijuana use for medicinal purposes in North Carolina is probably dead for the rest of this year`s General Assembly session, House Speaker Tim Moore said Tuesday, citing opposition by many fellow Republicans in his chamber. A …
December 4, 2020
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during Insurance Journal’s 2020 Insuring Cannabis Summit on Nov. 19. One election takeaway beyond the fact that cannabis initiatives went five-for-five in November, is the …
December 31, 2019
With 2019 nearly rolled up, it is time to exhale and recap the latest dose of marijuana laws affecting the workplace. In the last twelve months, Illinois became the eleventh state to legalize recreational marijuana use by adult[1] and several …