“Apparently, if you are a Canadian who has investments in U.S. cannabis companies, you may be banned from entering the states for life, even if you have never used marijuana yourself.”
“Pennsylvania State Police killed a man with a bulldozer over a 10-plant marijuana grow ‘operation’ on state lands in Berks County.”
Read more: https://reason.com/blog/2018/07/16/police-run-over-kill-man-with-bulldozer
“A Clinton era federal law called the Adoption of Safe Families Act hands out federal funds to states based on the number of children the state takes from parents.”
“Oklahomans for Health, the folks behind the initiative ought to be feeling pretty good right about now. They have successfully passed a very enlightened medical marijuana law in the face of opposition from the state’s Republican and religious establishment.”
Read more: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2018/jun/27/oklahoma_passes_most_progressive
“In April, an expert advisory panel for the FDA voted unanimously to recommend Epidiolex’s approval and determined that ‘CBD has a negligible abuse potential.’ The DEA did not immediately respond to Ars’ request for comment. But GW said it expects that the DEA will reschedule CBD within 90 days.”
“It’s up to the provinces and territories to determine how to handle distribution, and they’re taking a variety of approaches.”
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/legal-marijuana-will-roll-out-differently-canada-u-s-n885281
“A powerful U.S. Senate panel has moved to block an amendment to let marijuana businesses store their profits in banks.”
“In addition to decriminalization, the party voted to call for marijuana to be rescheduled to a lower class of drug federally and for the legalization of industrial hemp.”
Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/texas-republicans-marijuana-legalization-weed-pot-982324
“The findings support the idea that marijuana is an ‘exit drug,’ rather than a ‘gateway drug,’ as drug warriors used to claim.”
Read more: https://herb.co/marijuana/news/cbd-treat-addiction
“U.S. marijuana companies are not allowed to list on the Nasdaq or the New York Stock Exchange due to federal restrictions, leaving a nascent yet booming market to be traded in Canada.”