SOUTH BEND, Ind., April 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — A children’s family book series, The Adventures of Cannabis The Cat is designed to begin an open, honest and ongoing conversation about the hemp plant. Beautiful color illustrations by Mike Motz. Cannabis The Cat is an inviting way to help introduce the sometimes difficult conversation with the increasingly complex world of opiate addiction and the marijuana plant. The best medicine …
BURLINGTON, Vt., April 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The fact that Ben & Jerry’s and the American Civil Liberties Union are all-in on cannabis justice this 4/20 may not be shocking. What IS news is that earlier this month the U.S. House of Representative passed legislation that would legalize cannabis and expunge the records of people convicted of cannabis crimes. We’re now calling …
Washington, DC: Tax revenues derived from the licensed retail sale of state-legal, adult-use cannabis products grew by more than 30 percent between 2020 and 2021, totaling over $3.7 billion last year – according to an analysis provided by the Marijuana Policy Project. MPP’s figures do not include revenues derived from the sales of medical cannabis products and/or the collection of state-imposed regulatory fees. Toi …
Washington, DC: More than half of Americans ages 18 and older acknowledge having consumed cannabis, according to nationwide survey data provided by YouGov.com. Fifty-two percent of respondents admitted having tried marijuana during their lifetimes, including 63 percent of those between the ages of 45 and 64. By contrast, those respondents between the ages of 18 and 29 years old were among those least …
Oxford, MS: Adult-use marijuana legalization laws are correlated with a reduction in foster care placements, according to data published in the journal Economic Inquiry. A pair of economists with the University of Mississippi assessed foster care admission trends in states pre and post-legalization. Authors reported: “Legalization may impact foster-care admissions directly by changing the welfare of children or indirectly by changing policies and attitudes towards …
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) introduced legislation with Congressmen Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) and Brian Mast (FL-18) to better prepare the federal government for the inevitable end to cannabis prohibition. Titled the Preparing Regulators Effectively for a Post-Prohibition Adult Use Regulated Environment (PREPARE) Act, Joyce’s bipartisan bill creates a fair, honest and publicly transparent process for the federal government to establish …
On February 11, 2022, Governor Whitmer signed the ERO assigning the regulation of processing, distributing, and selling hemp to the newly formed CRA. The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) will continue to oversee hemp cultivation in the state. At this time, the CRA has no plans to make changes materially affecting the operations of hemp processors and …
FRANKFURT, Germany, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The “green rush” in Europe has commenced, and Americans are ready to invest their time, travel plans and money into the cannabis market across the pond, according to a new study. Today, Bloomwell Group, a Germany-based holding company for medical cannabis companies, released the results of its ‘European Cannabis Market Survey,’ which examined American cannabis consumers’ expectations for, and opinions of, this …
Washington, DC: Members of the US House of Representatives have approved legislation, HR 5657: The Medical Marijuana Research Act, facilitating clinical cannabis research by establishing a process whereby authorized scientists may access flowers and other products manufactured in accordance with state-approved marijuana programs. The bill also expedites the timeline during which federal officials must either approve or reject applicants seeking licensure to conduct …
Farmington, CT: The enactment of laws legalizing adult-use marijuana possession and sales is not associated with any increase in the proportion of marijuana-related substance use treatment admissions, according to data published in The American Journal of Addictions. A pair of researchers affiliated with the University of Connecticut and with the Veterans Administration New England Mental Illness, Research, Education, and Clinical Center assessed marijuana-use related …