A Manitoba man is continuing his fight to grow recreational cannabis, challenging the provincial government’s ban on homegrown pot. Jesse Lavoie filed eight affidavits on Friday, seven from experts and one from himself, addressing government concerns o…
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Set CBD Oil Free From the Restrictive Cannabis Act
Despite providing no high, it’s as strictly regulated as THC. Perhaps due to the thriving marijuana black market — cheaper prices, higher THC content, a reliable dealer? — BNN Bloomberg announced this week a billion grams of legal pot is sitting unsold…
Cedar Park Mom Credits Medical Marijuana For Helping Her Son Live A Better Life After Rare Disease Diagnosis
Texas lawmakers are back in session and some of the bills headed their way have to do with medical marijuana reform. A Cedar Park mother and Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation are working to encourage state legislators to remove restrictions on q…
Is France Moving Towards A Legalization Of Cannabis?
France has some of the harshest cannabis laws in Europe–it has been illegal in the country since 1970, the state doesn’t allow medicinal use, and there is no distinction in law between personal use and trafficking, as there is in some countries. Howeve…
At Last, Mexico Publishes Medical Cannabis Regulations
Last week, our neighbor to the South took a significant step forward in cannabis reform, when Mexico’s health ministry published rules regulating the use of medicinal cannabis. This will hopefully be the first of many major cannabis reform measures in …
All About Playboy’s Cannabis Law Reform Advocacy And Social Equity Grants
Famed publisher Playboy has been expanding into many other verticals in recent years, incorporating branded products, gaming and hospitality offerings into its portfolio. Most recently, the company entered the CBD market with the launch of a line of pr…
Last Prisoner Project to expand operations into six additional U.S. states, receives boost from Greenlane Holdings
“Greenlane recognizes its responsibility to assist in rectifying the inequality and injustice that persists in the cannabis space.” Greenlane Holdings, a global cannabis platform that sells cannabis accessories and owns a suite of cannabis brands, has …
New Jersey Legalized Cannabis—But Marijuana Is Still Illegal. What Went Wrong With Legalization?
Cannabis became legal in New Jersey on Friday morning, January 1. Or did it? New Year’s Day was when a constitutional amendment legalizing the extremely popular plant—approved by more than two-thirds of New Jersey voters on Election Day—went into effec…
Illinois Erases 500,000 Low-Level Cannabis Charges
State completes the legal process four years ahead of 2025 deadline. The governor of Iliinois has erased nearly 500,000 cannabis-related criminal records in the state. J B Pritzker cleared the state’s non-felony marijuana cases, along with 9,219 low-le…
Mexico Set to Become World’s Largest Legal Cannabis Market
Mexico is home to the world’s most powerful drug cartels, who have terrorized the country for years. But the country is poised to try something different in tackling the gangs by legalizing at least one of their products: marijuana. Mexico is set to be…