WASHINGTON D.C. – On Thursday, Congressman Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) sent a letter, following up on a previous letter, to President Joe Biden again urging him to pardon all federal non-violent cannabis convictions. All three representatives are members of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, with Representatives Blumenauer and Lee serving as Co-Chairs. “We write to urgently request an update …
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) released the following statement today after the House Rules Committee hearing where the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was not amended to include the SAFE Banking Act: “As has been the case with cannabis reforms nationally, progress takes time but the will of the people will prevail. I thank my colleagues in …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Cannabis Caucus Co-Chairs Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), David Joyce (R-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Don Young (R-AK) today urged the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to allow access to medical cannabis for VA patients as quickly as possible. The push comes amid growing frustration within the veteran community, which has been fighting for the change to help address opioid addiction and manage PTSD and other health issues, …
Washington, D.C. — On Tuesday, it was announced that language that would allow banks to legally work with state-licensed cannabis businesses was eliminated from a must-pass piece of legislation currently under consideration — the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In response to this news, Matthew Schweich, deputy director at the Marijuana Policy Project, the nation’s leading cannabis policy reform organization, …
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. (PRWEB) DECEMBER 07, 2021 WeedTechUS, a state-of-the-art financial technology conference for the emerging cannabis, hemp and CBD industries, will issue a call for speakers for its live annual conference to be held August 2022, in Chicago. Sponsored by industry leaders and organized by the long-standing MPC team, the event will feature thought leaders from across the fast-growing cannabis, hemp …
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Radicle Science, a transformative healthtech B-corp validating natural products for the first time, announces initial findings from the Radicle ACES (Advancing CBD Education and Science) study–history’s largest longitudinal real world evidence (RWE) study of nearly 3,000 participants to determine effectiveness of botanical products containing CBD. This open label RCT examined 13 U.S. brands to determine whether botanical products containing CBD …
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cresco Labs (CSE:CL) (OTCQX:CRLBF) (“Cresco Labs” or “the Company”), a vertically integrated multistate operator and the number one U.S. wholesaler of branded cannabis products, announced today the opening of a new Sunnyside dispensary located at 3900 N 9th Ave. in Pensacola, FL. Sunnyside Pensacola is the Company’s second store in the Panhandle region. With today’s opening, Cresco Labs operates 12 Florida stores and …
LONG BEACH, Calif. and TORONTO, Dec. 6, 2021 /CNW/ – Glass House Brands Inc. (“Glass House” or the “Company”) (NEO: GLAS.A.U) and (NEO: GLAS.WT.U) (OTCQX: GLASF) and (OTCQX: GHBWF), one of the fastest-growing, vertically integrated cannabis companies in the U.S., today announced that Company Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Kyle Kazan, has joined the Board of Directors of The Weldon Project (the ‘Organization’), a non-profit organization …
TORONTO, Dec. 7, 2021 /CNW/ – Humble & Fume Inc. (CSE: HMBL) (OTCQX: HUMBF) (“Humble” or the “Company”), a leading North American distributor of cannabis and cannabis accessories, is pleased to announce that its common shares are now trading on the OTCQX Best Market under the ticker symbol of HUMBF. Humble & Fume Inc. upgraded to OTCQX from the Pink® market. Trading on OTCQX can …
TORONTO, Dec. 7, 2021 /CNW/ – CannCorps, an ongoing study of cannabis use among Canadian Veterans, led by researchers at McGill University has revealed some important findings after less than one month. The online survey allows participants to anonymously describe their use of medical cannabis. Among 192 participants (65% Veterans, 27% women) to date, many individuals suffered from more than one problem. The most common medical …