New York, NY: Employers may no longer sanction workers for their off-hours marijuana use absent evidence of “articulable symptoms of cannabis impairment,” according to newly issued guidelines provided by the New York Department of Labor. The new rules only permit employers to take disciplinary action if there exists “objectively observable indications that [an] employee’s performance of the essential duties or tasks of their position are decreased or …
New York, NY: State officials have sealed nearly 200,000 marijuana-related criminal convictions and are in the process of expunging several hundred thousand more, according to data provided by the New York State Office of Cannabis Management. According to an update provided by the agency at its most recent meeting: “Approximately 203,000 marijuana related charges are presently being suppressed from background searches and in process …
NEW YORK, Oct. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via CannabisNewsWire — The Cannabis World Congress & Business Exposition (“CWCBExpo”) New York, the premier East Coast trade show and conference dedicated to the legalized cannabis industry, will take place at New York City’s Javits Convention Center, Hall 3A, Nov. 4-6, 2021. CWCBExpo is well known for operating as a leading business forum for …
RENO, Nev., Oct. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Extended Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno has partnered with Green Flower to offer four first-of-their-kind noncredit certificates in cannabis education in the state. Each certificate program includes three, eight-week online courses. Programs cover the business of cannabis, agriculture and horticulture, law and policy, and healthcare and medicine. These certificates complement existing credentials and advance the knowledge …
SAN DIEGO, CA, Oct. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC: MJNA) (the “Company”), the first-ever publicly traded cannabis company in the United States that launched the world’s first-ever cannabis-derived nutraceutical products, brands and supply chain, announced today that the Company’s subsidiary Kannaway® has won a historic court case in Finland proving the legality of the importation of the Company’s cannabidiol …
St. Paul, MN: Justices on the state’s Supreme Court have determined that employees cannot be financially reimbursed for their use of medical cannabis to recover from a workplace injury. The ruling reverses an order from the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals which had determined that medical cannabis related costs were eligible for reimbursement. The Court’s decision also strikes down a 2015 administrative rule …
Richmond, VA: State officials have sealed nearly 400,000 marijuana-related criminal records in recent months, according to data provided by the state’s Cannabis Oversight Commission. At the Commission’s most recent meeting, officials announced that regulators have moved to seal some 330,000 low-level marijuana possession convictions and another 64,000 misdemeanor distribution convictions. Regulators were tasked with reviewing and sealing past records when the state first decriminalized and then later legalized adult-use …
New York, NY: A plurality of US adults desire to reside in a jurisdiction where “marijuana is fully legal.” In a survey of new movers compiled by the real estate brokerage firm Redfin, 46 percent of respondents said that they would either “prefer” to live in a jurisdiction where cannabis was legal or that they would “only” live in a legalization state. Twenty-two …