Five years later, legal marijuana remains unfinished business in Massachusetts

Nov 9, 2021 | News, States

On Nov. 8, 2016, Massachusetts voters legalized marijuana, closing a door on more than a century of prohibition and opening one to an uncertain new era. In doing so, they brushed past gloomy prophecies from opponents — a spike in youth consumption, a rash of stoned...

5 years after California legalized weed, the illicit market dominates

Nov 8, 2021 | States

NPR California voters legalized recreational marijuana, but its cannabis market remains largely illicit. NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with reporter Amanda Chicago Lewis about why. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Tomorrow marks five years since California voters passed...

Leaked Document Shows How Legal Weed Could Go Horribly Wrong

Nov 7, 2021 | Federal, News

As an emerging industry with sky-high revenue projections, lofty social-justice promises, and ground rules currently being written from scratch, no business in America prompts ready comparisons to Silicon Valley like legal cannabis. But though analysts project legal...

Landowners risk consequences from cannabis

Nov 7, 2021 | News, Oregon

Attention Southern Oregon agricultural property owners: Consider yourself on notice. It’s been common knowledge for some time that Jackson and Josephine counties are the scene of illegal marijuana growing. Some of them are massive operations featuring multiple...

New York Regulators Approve New Rules for Hemp Products, Prohibit the Sale of Delta-8 THC

Nov 4, 2021 | News, States

In a Nov. 3 meeting, the New York Cannabis Control Board (CCB) approved new rules for the state’s hemp program, allowing for the sale of hemp flower but prohibiting the sale of delta-8 THC products in the state. During the meeting, the CCB addressed several...