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Jeff Sessions Leaves the Cole Memo Intact, for Now
Bruce Barcott - Published on December 21, 2017Read moreThe Attorney General rescinded 25 previous Justice Department guidance documents late Thursday. The Cole memo, which allowed states to move ahead with cannabis legalization, was not among them.
Massachusetts Panel OKs Draft Cannabis Regulations
The Associated Press - Published on December 21, 2017Read moreMarijuana regulators have signed off on a wide-ranging set of rules for the recreational cannabis industry in Massachusetts.
Rhode Island Officials: Many Medical Cannabis Cultivators Will Fail
The Associated Press - Published on December 20, 2017Read moreRep. Scott Slater expressed his concerns about the large number of cultivators, adding that without an adult-use market, some cultivators are doomed to fail.
Idaho Town Halts Business Permit Over CBD Oil’s Legality
The Associated Press - Published on December 18, 2017Read moreAn Idaho small-business owner is fighting with local officials in the staunchly anti-cannabis state over whether he should be allowed to sell CBD oil.
Maine Lawmakers Face Big Cannabis Decisions
The Associated Press - Published on December 18, 2017Read moreThe sale of recreational marijuana is set to become legal Feb. 1, even though lawmakers failed this year to put a licensing and regulatory structure in place.
Massachusetts Regulators Busy Rolling out the Rules for Legal Cannabis
The Associated Press - Published on December 18, 2017Read moreFrom “cannabis cafes” to “craft cooperatives,” regulators have been laying out a vision for what a potential multibillion dollar marijuana industry might look like.
North Dakota Cannabis Legalization Petition OK’d for Circulation
The Associated Press - Published on December 15, 2017Read moreThe petition seeks to make it legal to grow, possess, use and distribute marijuana for people 21 and older. It also seeks to seal the records of those convicted of certain cannabis crimes.
Cautious Texas Among Last States to OK Medical Marijuana
The Associated Press - Published on December 15, 2017Read moreThough it may seem Texas policymakers have softened their attitude on cannabis, bringing them closer to the US population as a whole, they have not.
The Roll-Up #13: Christmas Will Break Your Heart
Leafly Podcasts - Published on December 15, 2017Read moreThis week we take on net neutrality, Walmart’s ‘Weed Christmas Tree,’ Canada’s plan to tax medical cannabis, the MassRoots implosion, and holiday classics from the Pogues and LCD Soundsystem.
How FCC’s Net Neutrality Rollback Could Hurt Cannabis
Ben Adlin - Published on December 14, 2017Read moreThe new rules pose a big threat to the cannabis movement, which has relied on the internet as a vital tool for education, research, and political organizing.