In a High Times piece, published in 2016, Chris Roberts compared Florida cannabis to a cartel. For a piece written over five years ago, it isn’t far off. Today, the state is jokingly referred to as a cannabis monopoly. The state’s industry seemed to be decided long before the first licensees were applied for; allowing …
Over the last year, cannabis has made more strides socially. The negative perception is leading more companies and organizations to do away with cannabis drug screening and its repercussions altogether. Most recently, the NBA and NBPA have decided to indefinitely refrain from cannabis drug testing. The choice was to extend a policy created last year …
The director of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority says the agency will undergo a ‘hard reset’ to catch up with licensing numbers. Over the last year, the agency says licenses increased by 25%.
Las Vegas cannabis lounges have officially started the licensing process while the state is prioritizing people of color.
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CA and OK businesses have filed a separate lawsuit against the state or its cannabis program over underlying issues with laws
Oklahoma, a state known for its low barriers of entry and diverse cannabis demographic, struggles to stay and activist-run.
A search warrant for one of the farms near Depew was served before the event occurred. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority aided in the investigation; finding that even though one of the businesses had proper licensing, it was selling cannabis out-of-state as well as on the illicit market. The raids were a result of the state’s health department and the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority looking to expand compliance and enforcement efforts. Bureau spokesman, Mark Woodward, explained that licensing is where they are seeing the most crime at the moment; but, the department has been overwhelmed and stretched to their limit. As a result, illicit growers and “ghost owners” hide behind their lack of manpower.
Over the last few months Amazon announced the company’s new policy on drug testing. If that wasn’t enough, they are now one of the biggest lobbyists for federal cannabis legalization. Despite the effort, smaller mom-and-pop companies who work with the company are having trouble making the transition.
Tobacco giant, Kool, brought a copyright infringement case against a California-based cannabis company, Bloom. The cannabis lawsuit stated that although the Bloom logo was not identical to Kool, it held enough similarity to confuse the two. The likeness refers specifically to the interlocking O’s featured in both logos. Kool has been an established tobacco brand …
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