Search results for "republican"
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Medical
‘False Positives’ Drug Testing Scandal Emerges in New Orleans
June 3, 2019A scandal in New Orleans over false positives in the city's drug testing program comes just...
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Economics
Northern Swan’s Newest Appointees Vindicate AOC’s Critique of Cannabis Legalization
May 23, 2019Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won praise from activists when she decried a white-dominated legal cannabis industry. As if...
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Medical
Texas May Finally Be Serious About Medical Cannabis, But There’s a Problem
May 15, 2019An expansion of the Lone Star State’s limited medical marijuana bill is heading to the state’s...
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Cultivation
Oregon’s Solution for Cannabis Over-Supply: Quit Growing It
May 13, 2019State’s six-year cannabis supply and resulting price crash is triggering government intervention into the market.
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Politics
Conservative-Led North Dakota Lowers Pot Possession Penalties
May 13, 2019North Dakota’s Republican governor and legislature just lowered the penalty for possessing marijuana.
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Industry Events
ICBC Joins Forces with Europe’s Oldest Hemp Fair for First Swiss-Based Event
May 7, 2019The International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) is teaming up with the CannaTrade hemp fair for its...
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Legal
How Hemp Could Block Federal Cannabis Legalization
May 7, 2019There are a couple four-letter words standing between cannabis and federal legalization — literally and metaphorically.
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Economics
PayPal Wants To Help You Buy Marijuana (& Bank)
May 1, 2019The online payments platform has officially joined a lobbying effort in support of federal banking reform.
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Politics
Dana Rohrabacher Talks Trump & Why He Thinks Cannabis Will Likely Be Legal By 2020
April 30, 2019Dana Rohrabacher, former Republican Congressman from Southern California, speaks to Cannabis Now about the outlook for...
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Legal
Georgia Passes Law to Allow Medical Marijuana Cultivation
April 23, 2019A new law in Georgia will allow the production of cannabis for medical purposes, giving teeth...
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Industry Events
National Cannabis Policy Summit Looks to Define the Future of Cannabis
April 15, 2019On the eve of 420, a National Cannabis Policy Summit will convene in the nation's capital,...
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Legal
Trump Administration Uses Cannabis Careers to Block Immigrants from U.S. Citizenship
April 10, 2019Like he even needed another excuse.
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Economics
Boston’s First Dispensary Opens as Massachusetts Struggles With Growing Pot Industry
April 5, 2019As Massachusetts navigates the unfolding of its legal cannabis market, the Boston area got its first...
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Legal
Amid Equity Rhetoric, California Blocks Tribal Participation in Cannabis Industry
April 4, 2019California's Native American nations were completely overlooked in the text of Proposition 64, and its enabling...
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Politics
Idaho Prohibitionists Block Cannabis Ballot Initiative
April 3, 2019Idaho is considering legislation that would raise the number of signatures needed to get an initiative...
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Joint Opinions
Some Cannabis Users Want to Make Weed Illegal Again
March 29, 2019Legal cannabis is making some people nostalgic for the ways of the past.
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In The Magazine
Let’s Mess With Texas: The Lone Star State on Pot
March 28, 2019Here’s why 2019 may be the year Texas gets a real medical cannabis program.
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Politics
Bill Filed to Expand Veterans’ Access to Medical Marijuana Has Promising Path to Passage
March 20, 2019Advocates say that, unlike in years past, this time the bill could be championed by the...
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Politics
New Mexico House Votes Yes On Legal Marijuana
March 9, 2019Thursday night saw New Mexico’s Cannabis Regulation Act win a close one in the state’s House...
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Joint Opinions
The SAM Old Half-Truths About Cannabis Legalization
March 1, 2019New Project SAM poll finds only 11% support for marijuana prohibition.