All the headlines from our Cannabis Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 29 2018 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Josephine County against the state of Oregon over legalized marijuana.The Daily Courier reported that U.S. District Judge Michael McShane earlier this week signed a formal...
Oct 25 2018 // A Utah lawmaker drove to Las Vegas and tried marijuana for the first time ahead of an upcoming vote on a proposition that would legalize its use in his state for individuals with qualifying medical conditions.Salt Lake...
Oct 25 2018 // Rancho Cordova, CA August 8, 2018 – MyCEcourse announces a new way to provide insurance brokers looking to enter and service the cannabis industry with online courses they can use. With the launch of Express Courses,...
Oct 22 2018 // A Colorado reports shows marijuana sales in the state have exceeded $1 billion as of August of this year, with tax revenue from those sales reaching $200 million.The Denver Post reports the state Department of Revenue...
Oct 22 2018 // California moved a step closer Friday to allowing marijuana deliveries in communities that have banned retail sales of the drug as regulators rebuffed cities and police chiefs who are opposed to the rule.The proposal is a...
Oct 18 2018 // U.S. transportation safety officials are sounding the alarm on drug-impaired driving, calling for state and federal regulators to do more to tackle the growing problem as states grapple with prescription drug abuse and...
Oct 17 2018 // Rancho Cucamonga, CA, October 17, 2018- Anyone who wants to partner with a forward-thinking insurance agency should look no further than Rancho Cucamonga’s Big Pine Insurance. Cannabis-related insurance coverage used...
Oct 16 2018 // Mat Beren and his friends used to drive by the vast greenhouses of southern British Columbia and joke about how much weed they could grow there.Years later, it’s no joke. The tomato and pepper plants that once filled...
Oct 10 2018 // Backers of broad marijuana legalization are looking to break through a geographic barrier in November and get their first foothold in the Midwest after a string of election victories in Northeastern and Western...
Oct 9 2018 // A new medical marijuana health clinic is opening in northwest Louisiana.News outlets reported the Total Health Clinic was opening in Bossier City this week. Dr. Chad Rossitter, an internal medicine doctor in Acadiana, said...
Oct 8 2018 // Monthly marijuana tax revenue in Alaska hit $1.5 million in August, another new high.The state says the only time this year that tax revenue was below $1 million was in February. Cultivators pay the tax, imposed when...
Oct 5 2018 // Colorado’s system for regulating marijuana has too many loopholes that disguise illegal activity and jeopardize public safety, a federal prosecutor said, detailing his motivation for boosting scrutiny in the first...
Oct 3 2018 // Don’t expect Intact Financial Corp., Canada’s largest property and casualty insurer, to insure the recreational-cannabis industry anytime soon.“It’s not seen as the pot of gold that we should chase...
Oct 2 2018 // Lloyd’s is set to get into Canada’s cannabis market when recreational marijuana becomes legal there on Oct. 17, according to Hank Watkins, president of Lloyd’s America Inc.Watkins was speaking today at...
Oct 1 2018 // Colorado’s top federal prosecutor says his office may take legal action against licensed marijuana businesses that violate state law or use their status under state law “as a shield” while selling their...
Sep 26 2018 // Despite more marijuana licenses available from the state, parts of rural Nevada continue to shun the business.But in other parts of rural Nevada, seeds of industry might be sprouting. Las Vegas dispensary Acres Cannabis...
Sep 26 2018 // NutraRisk, a division of Worldwide Facilities, has expanded its cannabis offering to include an exclusive cannabis program providing general and product liability for medicinal and recreational operations.NutraRisk can...
Sep 19 2018 // Amid concerns about bottlenecks to access, Louisiana regulators have agreed to loosen limits on how many medical marijuana patients doctors authorized to dispense cannabis can treat.Louisiana’s State Board of Medical...
Sep 17 2018 // Currently, 30 states and the District of Columbia have legalized the use of cannabis in some form. Some states restrict use to medically necessary uses, while other states have legalized recreational use. Still other...
Sep 17 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones in early September announced a new workers’ compensation insurance program for California’s cannabis industry.The program was created by Atlas General Insurance...