COVID-19 May Not Get Cannabis Legalized Federally but What about Shipping It Across a State Line? Interesting developments in the cannabis world this week as dispensaries and cannabis providers in California were deemed “essential services and activities” by Governor Newsom and allowed to stay open during the coronavirus lockdown. Granted, it is…
Will the Feds Shut Weedmaps Down? Feds Issue a Wide Range of Subpoenas into Weedmaps’ Businesses as Federal Probe Begins Federal Government Subpoenas Weedmaps over Cannabis Listings and Ordering Platform A Weedmaps IPO could be in trouble as the Feds dig into their records and bookkeeping. Weedmaps, or the Ghost…
Congress Holds Historic Vote Today on Federal Cannabis Legalization in the MORE Act On Wednesday the 20th of November, 2019, The MORE Act or the “Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement Act” is expected to have a Judiciary Committee Vote. While certain analysts says this bill has a 1% chance of…
Let’s Make a Deal – Would You Agree to Full Cannabis Legalization if Trump Gets 4 More Years? Interesting rumblings out of the White House press conferences recently as President Trump was asked if we will see marijuana legalization under his presidency. At a press briefing on the lawn of…
You Can Support Legalization Without Having to Use the Plant You don’t have to like Cannabis, but you should definitely hate prohibition There was a time, not so long ago, where the concept of a Free individual was something of a fantasy. Society was set up in such a way…
Federal Government Will Spend $ 1.5 Million To Study Lesser Known Compounds In Cannabis Meanwhile $ 300 million upwards are dedicated to other kinds of research It’s a little strange that the US federal government has been studying cannabis for decades now, but we have no real idea what they’ve…
Federal Report Shows That More Banks Are Now Welcoming Cannabis Businesses Banking has always been a major hurdle for legal cannabis businesses. Due to the cannabis’s status as a Schedule 1 substance, financial institutions including banks and credit unions, want nothing to do with pot businesses because of the burden…
The Feds want to study the “Entourage Effect” For the longest time, the Federal government has only sanctioned studies that sought to identify the risk factors of cannabis. Now, as we’re seeing prohibition crumble the feds are changing their tune. The two most known and most studied cannabinoids are THC…
Federal and local agents fanned out across an affluent Aurora neighborhood near Cherokee Trail High School on Wednesday morning executing search warrants on suspected illegal marijuana grow houses, authorities say. Federal agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration hit numerous homes built in the posh neighborhood with large, new houses with…
In an aggressive new tactic, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Denver says it’s shifting its marijuana enforcement from busting illegal grow operations to targeting dispensaries that use their licensed businesses and legal grows as fronts for the more lucrative illegal drug trade. This new approach also could lead to federal…