The American Bar Association (ABA) has passed a resolution in support of ending federal marijuana prohibition and removing the substance from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). In language that does not mince words, the proposal reads: FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges Congress to enact legislation to remove marijuana from Schedule I [read more]
Below is a statement from Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno, Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance, in response to an attempt by the Trump Administration to require drug testing in order to receive unemployment benefits: “This latest push to require people seeking unemployment benefits to undergo drug testing is invasive, cruel, and [read more]
Leading Edge Pharms, Inc. (Leading Edge), a biotechnology company developing novel cannabinoid therapies and innovative delivery systems, announced today that former professional basketball player and cannabis advocate John Salley has been appointed as Executive Vice President of marketing, effective immediately. Salley will help Leading Edge market CANNAVERA®, its lineup of CBD-based topical pain and [read more]
Democratic Gov. John Carney has signed legislation amending criminal penalties for juveniles who violate the state’s marijuana possession laws. Senate Bill 45 eliminates criminal penalties for low-level marijuana possession offenses (up to one ounce) for those under the age of 21. Instead, juvenile offenders will face a fine-only civil penalty. Those [read more]
By Randy Smith Green Entrepreneur, the cannabis-focused division of Entrepreneur Magazine, has named the International Cannabis Business Conference as one of the “Top One Hundred Cannabis Companies” of 2019. According to Green Entrepreneur, this list showcases businesses that “offer the industry’s most innovative, influential, and impactful products and services.” When [read more]
A federal court has ordered the Drug Enforcement Administration to respond to a lawsuit charging the agency with failing to move forward with a 2016 policy to expand the total number of federally licensed marijuana cultivators. In August 2016, DEA officials adopted a policy “to increase the number of entities registered under the Controlled [read more]
The campaign to legalize adult-use marijuana in Arizona filed its initiative with the Secretary of State today. A copy of the initiative is attached. In a nutshell, here’s what the Smart & Safe Arizona Initiative does. In a smart, safe and responsible way, this initiative will legalize the sale, possession [read more]
Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has released its 2019 report card titled, “2019 State of the States Report: An Analysis of Medical Cannabis Access in the United States” in conjunction with the start of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Legislative Summit in Nashville, Tennessee. The nearly 200-page report provides [read more]
The Canadian government has established a new online system for those seeking to obtain pardons for low-level marijuana convictions. Under the newly initiated process, applicants can seek an expedited record suspension for possession convictions involving up to 30 grams of cannabis. Under the historical system, applicants would have needed to wait several [read more]
The use of cannabis during adolescence is not associated with structural brain differences in adulthood, according to longitudinal data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Investigators from Arizona State University and the University of Pittsburgh assessed the impact of adolescent cannabis exposure on brain morphology in adulthood. Researchers tracked differing adolescent [read more]
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