Article by Adrian D. Garcia, Denverite Consuming cannabis in restaurants and bars throughout Denver could continue to be a pipe dream if the Colorado Municipal League gets its way. The group that represents 99 percent of the cities and towns throughout the state plans to introduce a bill during the 2017 legislative session that would finally define what the “open ...

Article by TG Branfalt, Ganjapreneur Oregon’s more stringent cannabis product testing rules have caused supply disruptions and, according to dispensary owners, have forced a 40 to 50 percent decrease in concentrate and edible sales, the Coast River Business Journal reports. The new rules, which took effect on Oct. 1, have created a burden for state-certified testing laboratories, who cannot keep ...

Article by TG Branfalt, Ganjapreneur Pro-cannabis activists in South Dakota are planning to introduce both adult-use and medical cannabis proposals for initiated measures to go to a statewide vote in 2018, according to a KCCR-AM report. A notary error forced a medical cannabis measure off of South Dakota ballots last year. Melissa Mentele, chairperson of New Approach South Dakota, indicated ...

Article by Rick Thompson, Weed News In a year which has been heralded as a time of change for federal marijuana laws and policies, the first federal bill proposing a change has been introduced in the United States Congress. H.R. 331 was introduced January 5th and is sponsored by California Representative Barbara Lee (13th District). The official Congressional description of the ...

Article by Josh Martin, WBNG New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo did not make a stop in the Southern Tier to give one of his six State of the State addresses. While in Syracuse on Wednesday, the governor mentioned the Southern Tier region by name only once, to discuss hemp. “The Southern Tier is actually ideal for hemp farming industry,” Cuomo said. “We ...

Article by Tyler Koslow, Merry Jane Back in November, a majority of the voters in California decided to legalize the use of recreational cannabis in their state, a decision that has thrust the cannabis industry into the national spotlight. The state itself can barely contain its excitement, evident from the recent alteration of the famous Hollywood sign to “HOLLYWeeD”, as well ...

Article by Jennifer Kaplan, Bloomberg Cowen & Co., the nearly century-old firm founded as a bond brokerage, is racing to become Wall Street’s leading provider of cannabis research, staking a claim to an industry generally forsaken by financial institutions. Analysts at the New York-based company have assembled a trove of data on the burgeoning field of semi-legal marijuana. And on ...

Article by Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post In his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Jeff Sessions, President-elect Trump’s nominee for attorney general, declined to say whether he’d adhere to the more lenient marijuana enforcement guidelines adopted by the Obama administration’s Justice Department in states that have legalized medicinal or recreational marijuana use. “Would you use our federal resources to investigate and prosecute sick people who are using ...

Article by Katy Steinmetz, Time Rhode Island lawmakers announced on Wednesday that they will try to legalize pot, again. For the seventh consecutive year, lawmakers will introduce a bill that would allow adults to consume marijuana recreationally. But advocates are hopeful that the proposal might finally get a vote this time, in part because of the wins weed had in ...

Article by Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs The Air Force announced new policies on dress and appearance with regard to tattoos, as well as changes to service medical accession policy Jan. 9. These changes result from a review of Air Force accessions policies directed by Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James in 2016. “As part of our effort ...