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No longer will a prescription from a physician be required for anybody in the nation's capital to purchase cannabis from one of the city's seven medical marijuana clinics. The DC City Council, according to the Washington Examiner, enacted an emergency law on Tuesday that eliminated the requirement that patients 65 and under purchase MMJ, thereby allowing anyone who thinks cannabis can benefit them with any disease to access the legal MMJ market. The amendment, which follows a similar rule passed earlier this …

The nation's cannabis sector appears to be in worse financial shape than when the previous dip occurred two years ago, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the possibility of a recession looming over the U.S. economy. Cannabis businesses fared reasonably well during the 2020 coronavirus-induced recession, with sales surging as a result of federal stimulus payments and stressed-out consumers resorting to cannabis for stress relief. The recession had little impact on the sector. It could be different this time. Executives in the …

A long-desired move by a sector keen to better capitalize on the state's thriving tourism business has finally been made by Nevada officials, who have completed regulations that allow an estimated 60–65 marijuana consumption lounges access to the state's cannabis market.According to a Cannabis Compliance Board news release shared on social media, the first marijuana consumption lounges are predicted to open before the end of the year. A year after lawmakers enacted a measure allowing the lounges and following 15 public …

The cannabis company Tilray Brands, which has its New York headquarters, announced that it will pay for workers who work in the United States but must travel out of the country for reproductive health care to cover their travel and lodging costs as well as give them paid time off. After the famous Roe v. Wade legal decision was overruled by the U.S. Supreme Court, allowing states to outlaw abortions, the cannabis and alcohol manufacturer announced its decision.The first significant permitted …

The appointment of a chief equity officer by New York regulators is a critical step in the state's plan to develop a diverse, multibillion-dollar recreational marijuana industry. Damian Fagon, a third-generation farmer, was appointed to the Cannabis Control Board on Monday, following another significant equity step last week.Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed a 20-member advisory board to help develop a social and economic equity plan, as well as a minority-led investment team to manage a $200 million social equity fund. The state Cannabis …

The legalization of cannabis and COVID lockdowns appear to have increased its regular use, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report finds. Places that have legalized cannabis appear to have increased its regular use, while COVID lockdowns had a similar effect, raising the risk of depression and suicide, a UN report said on Monday. Cannabis has long been the world's most widely used drug. Use is increasing along with potency in terms of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime …

06/25/2022 04:30 AM EDT Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer doesn’t have the votes to pass a sweeping marijuana decriminalization bill — despite repeatedly touting his support for ending federal prohibition. That realization is leading Senate Democrats to look for a compromise on weed. In interviews with more than a dozen lawmakers, staffers, advocates and lobbyists, all agreed that in recent weeks the tone has changed on Capitol Hill. Senators previously opposed to anything but a major marijuana decriminalization bill are slowly warming to another option: …

From the outside, Jose Rivas’s gray, one-story office building seems just as unassuming as Woodlake, the small Tulare County City where it’s located. But once you’ve been escorted inside the wrought iron gate and checked in at the security desk, you’ll see a chemistry lab of so many potheads’ dreams: bubbling evaporators, storage tanks of liquid nitrogen, and trays and trays of drying marijuana buds. But Rivas isn’t a pothead – he’s the CEO of a cannabis company known as Premium …

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Cannabis technology company WM Technology is launching an integrated digital payment service for cannabis retailers in Ontario, Canada’s largest adult-use market, with plans to launch in other provinces. Customers of participating retailers will be able to browse cannabis products on WM Technology’s Weedmaps listing platform, then make direct payments to the retailer using Visa or MasterCard, WM Technology announced Thursday morning. The new functionality follows Ontario’s recent move to make permanent cannabis retail delivery and curbside pickup, cementing a temporary program launched early on in …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Almost 182,000 Missourians have a medicinal cannabis card, and recreational could soon be on the horizon. Three measures that would legalize adult-use cannabis had a chance of moving forward this year, but only one seems likely to see the light of day. The group needed at least 180,000 signatures from 6 of the 8 state congressional districts. "We turned in more than double of that so we're very confident that even with a lot of those being invalid, that …

Acreage Holdings Inc. plans to leverage its cannabis medical market presence as adult use sales open up in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, the company’s chief financial officer said. Adult use sales in selected stores opened up in New Jersey on April 21, as a “huge driver” for growth in 2022, plus New York and Connecticut are also readying their markets as well, CFO Steve Goertz said. “The dominos are stacking up very well for us in the Northeast,” Goertz said. Like …