Lakisha Jenkins isn’t one to seek the spotlight, though it’s difficult to find another longtime cannabis industry insider who’s more deserving of one. Jenkins – who holds a doctorate in naturopathy – is a legacy business o…
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The three degrees of marijuana legalization in the United States
In America, well over nine out of 10 inhabitants live in a place where marijuana is legal to some degree.
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How ‘essential’ transformed the US marijuana industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic
During the tumultuous weeks and months of the past year, a nine-letter word emerged as a game changer for the nation’s legal marijuana industry: “essential.” It began about a week after the World Health Organization on March 11 declar…
Barbados eyes January start for medical cannabis industry
Barbados has set January 2021 for the launch of its medical cannabis sector, as the country looks to gain a competitive edge over other Caribbean nations planning to capitalize on the nascent industry. The Eastern Caribbean country will regulate activ…
Bermuda plans adult-use, medical cannabis industry, following in Canada’s wake
Bermuda is taking its first steps to formally lay the legal groundwork for a regulated adult-use and medical cannabis industry, potentially setting up a clash with the United Kingdom, which has thus far stifled an attempt by the British Virgin Islands …
UK reveals it’s withholding approval of BVI cannabis law over treaty obligations, upcoming talks
The United Kingdom will decline to approve a 6-month-old bill to open commercial opportunities involving medical cannabis in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) until a deal is reached between the two nations over the transfer of narcotics licensing autho…
‘Abuse of power’: UK ripped for delaying British Virgin Islands cannabis law
The United Kingdom’s representative in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) is facing backlash over his apparent refusal to allow the country to establish a regulated medical cannabis industry. The country’s elected representatives in June passed the Canna…
UK mum as it holds up British Virgin Islands cannabis law, delaying industry’s launch
The United Kingdom’s representative has so far declined to sign off on a new law in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to permit medical cannabis production and sales, causing an “unnecessary” delay in getting the medical marijuana industry u…
United Nations approves WHO recommendation to reschedule cannabis in historic vote
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on Wednesday accepted a World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.
United Nations approves…
Bahamas panel recommends marijuana and hemp legalization
A Bahamas committee charged with laying out an economic recovery plan recommended the country legalize marijuana for recreational, medical and religious use. The Economic Recovery Committee (ERC) called for the establishment of a regulatory body to ove…