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Nevada Investigates Cannabis Testing Labs After Failed Product Tests

September 19th, 2019The Nevada Department of Taxation on Tuesday issued a health advisory for four cannabis strains sold at four dispensaries for failed yeast and mold tests, while one strain failed for aspergillus, coliforms, and bile tolerant gram-negative bacteria. The affected batches include strains Gelato #41, Northern Lights Blue Flower, Funky Malawi, and BWID sold at Acres […]

New Mexico Officials Withholding Non-Resident Medical Cannabis ID Cards

September 19th, 2019The New Mexico Department of Health is still refusing to issue medical cannabis patient cards to out-of-state residents as the agency awaits a decision from the judge that ordered the department to begin issuing cards to non-residents, the Albuquerque Journal reports. The ruling stems from an amendment to the medical cannabis law that removed the […]

Longtime Bay Area cannabis trade school sues former CFO

September 18th, 2019The oldest marijuana-focused university in the country, Oakland-based Oaksterdam University, filed a lawsuit against its former chief financial officer. The lawsuit, among other things, alleges: Assault in 2015 and 2018. Breach of contract. Breach of fiduciary duties. Computer fraud. Oaksterdam CEO and owner Dale Sky Jones alleged in the suit that former CFO Aseem Sappal […]

Civil rights groups want ‘holistic’ marijuana reform before banking vote

September 18th, 2019Seven civil rights groups have sent a letter to U.S. House Democratic leadership asking to delay voting on a cannabis banking bill. The groups are requesting a vote be put off until more comprehensive reforms addressing criminal and social justice issues are considered. “We are concerned that if the House approves this bill, it will […]

California cannabis testing lab raises $22.6 million for expansion

September 18th, 2019California-based testing lab Cannalysis raised $22.6 million that will fund its expansion in the state as well as bankroll its entry into other marijuana markets in the U.S. The Santa Ana-based company raised the money from Canlab, a cannabis, hemp and CBD testing laboratory network. The unusually large raise for a lab also will help […]

Two plead guilty in Massachusetts marijuana license extortion case

September 18th, 2019Two men who authorities allege extorted money on behalf of the mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, from companies seeking to obtain a state license to operate cannabis retail businesses have pleaded guilty. Antonio Costa, 51, of Fall River, and David Hebert, 54, of Westport, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of extortion, conspiracy […]

Chicago mayor wants to prohibit rec cannabis stores downtown

September 18th, 2019Chicago’s mayor wants the city to ban recreational marijuana stores in the central business district, a move that could hurt sales downtown. The bans are in zoning rules proposed this week by Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a Democrat. The “exclusion” zones also would prohibit adult-use MJ sales within 500 feet of schools and in residential neighborhoods, […]

First U.S. Hemp Strain Patent Awarded for Charlotte’s Web

September 18th, 2019Charlotte’s Web Holdings (CWB) has received what appears to be first-ever U.S. patent for a hemp plant cultivar. The news was first broken by Leafly on Friday but it appears that the patent was actually awarded on July 2, according to documents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Specifically, the documents reveal that the […]

Health Canada Suspends CannTrust Cannabis License

September 18th, 2019Health Canada has suspended the license of CannTrust Holdings Inc. more than two months after the agency found the company had grown and sold cannabis in and from unlicensed rooms, built two rooms at one of its facilities without approval, and didn’t maintain documents in a way that allowed it to complete an audit in […]

Former Army Camp Approved as Cannabis Manufacturing Site

September 18th, 2019The Pittsburg, California City Council has approved a plan to allow cannabis manufacturing in an industrial area that was once home to the U.S. Army’s Camp Stoneman, the East Bay Times reports. It will be the first cannabis manufacturing site in Pittsburg and was approved by the council 4-1. Stoneman Laboratories LLC. will accept raw […]

Utah Lawmakers Scrap Plan for Health Dept. to Dispense Medical Cannabis

September 18th, 2019Utah lawmakers have scrapped plans to dispense cannabis out of county health departments and, instead, approved a plan to allow 14 privately-run dispensaries, Fox13 reports. The plan, which was approved by lawmakers amending the voter-approved medical cannabis ballot measure, came under fire by county attorneys who said dispensing at health departments would turn state employees […]

Survey: Many Ohio medical cannabis patients ‘very dissatisfied’ with program

September 17th, 2019A survey of Ohio’s registered medical marijuana cardholders found that the price of MMJ remains prohibitively expensive and it’s difficult to buy. According to the Ohio State University’s Drug Enforcement Policy Center and the nonprofit advocacy group Harm Reduction Ohio, patients said the biggest barriers to purchasing medical cannabis, in order, were: High costs of […]