New York, NY: Lawyers are petitioning the Supreme Court to rule on the issue of whether employees can be reimbursed for their medical marijuana-related costs through their workers’ compensation insurance plans following divergent rulings from various state supreme courts. A friend-of-the-court (amicus) brief filed on behalf of Empire State NORML and two other groups – the New York City Cannabis Industry Association and the Hudson Valley Cannabis …
OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 23, 2021 /CNW/ – The Government of Canada takes a public health approach to cannabis regulation, which includes collecting data to better understand how Canadians view and use cannabis. Today, Health Canada published the results of its 2021 Canadian Cannabis Survey (CCS). Health Canada has conducted the Canadian Cannabis Survey every year since 2017. This is the fifth cycle of the survey. Data for the …
Washington, DC — Today, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) alerted all healthcare facilities in California that SB311 or “Ryan’s Law” will go into effect on January 1, 2022 and provided tools for facilities to implement the law. This is part of a broader campaign to ensure smooth implementation state-wide. On September 28, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB311 into law, requiring healthcare …
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Bureau of Land Management Rangers and Special Agents, alongside various law enforcement partners, eradicated more than one-million marijuana plants and close to 180,300 pounds of processed marijuana this year from illegal grow sites statewide on BLM lands as part of the California Department of Justice’s annual Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (CAMP) program. In addition to marijuana and …
SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cannabis entrepreneurs affected by the War on Drugs can have their license or renewal fee waived, following the approval of emergency regulations issued by the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC). These regulations implement Senate Bill (SB) 166, signed into law on September 23, 2021, which outlined broad criteria for the waivers and mandated that DCC have a fee waiver …
PR212248en 18/12/2021 PRESS RELEASE BY THE MINISTRY FOR EQUALITY, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION New law on the responsible use of cannabis enters into force Act LXVI of 2021 (Chapter 628 of the Laws of Malta), which establishes the Authority on the Responsible Use of Cannabis and amends various laws relating to certain cannabis activities, has entered into force today, thereby a strong and …
OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today urged county prosecuting agencies to work with superior courts to prioritize the updating of cannabis convictions under AB 1793 so that Californians can promptly obtain the relief they are entitled to under the law. Before July 2019, the California Department of Justice (DOJ) identified and provided county prosecuting agencies with a list of Californians that might have convictions eligible to be reduced or removed under AB 1793. But, to …
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Don Young (R-AK) and Congressman Dave Joyce (R-OH), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, sent a letter to President Joseph R. Biden and Vice President Kamala D. Harris, urging them to remove cannabis as a Schedule I substance and to engage in legislative efforts to reform federal cannabis policies. Click here for the full letter. Under current law, cannabis is …
Albuquerque, NM: Local jurisdictions that permit licensed marijuana operations experience job growth at higher rates than do localities that prohibit them, according to data published in the IZA Journal of Labor Economics. A team of economists affiliated with the University of New Mexico and with California Polytech State University compared county-level economic data in Colorado between the years 2011 and 2018. They reported that unemployment fell in counties …
Valletta, Malta: Lawmakers in the island nation of Malta (population 525,000) have approved legislation permitting the personal possession of marijuana by adults without penalty. Members of Parliament voted in favor of the legislation Tuesday and it is expected to be signed into law imminently. Under the measure, those ages 18 and older may legally possess up to seven grams of cannabis and/or home-cultivate up to four plants …