Author: Marijuana Moment

[ad_1] “Lacing up for a victory lap over rescheduling is premature and short-sighted while federal cannabis prohibition is still alive and well.” By Khurshid Khoja, Greenbridge Corporate Counsel Contrary to decades of reefer madness propagated by our federal government, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now admits that marijuana does have accepted medical use. However, reports of the death of cannabis prohibition are exaggerated. No doubt, the conclusion of FDA’s scientific review of marijuana’s current Schedule I status is a welcome milestone in federal cannabis policy. But while the Department of Health and Human Services’s (HHS) August 29, 2023 recommendation…

[ad_1] “Certainly, it will be another delay for us, and we would choose not to if we had an option, but we’re trying to concur with the judge’s wishes.” By Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) Thursday formally voted to delay granting licenses to growth, manufacture and production of medical cannabis. AMCC Chair Rex Vaughn said the new stay, coming after a Montgomery judge extended a temporary restraining order on the process, will open the door to a third round of license awards. “We’ve put a stay on our current list of licensees. So, if that…

[ad_1] “Even if the Court believes it could lawfully fill a perceived gap in the Legislature’s rules and statutes governing the legislative process, the Lobbying Organizations lack standing.” By Blair Miller, Daily Montanan Montana’s governor and secretary of state have asked a judge to dismiss a legal challenge to Gov. Greg Gianforte’s (R) veto of Senate Bill 442, a broadly supported bill that would have put more of the state’s marijuana revenue toward county roads and conservation efforts across the state. Earlier this month, attorneys for Gianforte and Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen (R) asked Lewis and Clark County District…

[ad_1] “If Dark Horse is prohibited from selling or otherwise using these products,” a lawsuit says, “the financial consequences will be extreme.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent A Missouri judge denied on Wednesday a marijuana company’s effort to stop the recall of 62,000 products containing the company’s THC concentrate that the state deemed a “potential threat to health and safety.” The company, Delta Extraction, is a Robertsville-based licensed marijuana manufacturer that specializes in making THC distillate, a highly potent and pure form of THC used for things like vape pens, infused pre-rolled joints and edibles. On August 2, the state…

[ad_1] “Applicants will have three business days to provide the requested information or the application will be subject to denial.”  By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent The state began the process of doling out small-scale cannabis business licenses on Monday, announcing the winners of a lottery determining who gets to participate in Missouri’s microbusiness program. Six winners were selected in each of Missouri’s eight Congressional districts. Of the six in each district, two will be microbusiness dispensaries, and four will be microbusiness wholesale facilities—where the owners can grow up to 250 plants. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, which…

[ad_1] “We’ve gotten everybody fired up in the state about medical cannabis, and everybody’s been wondering ‘when am I going to get my card,’ and now we can’t even answer that question.” By Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector A Montgomery County circuit judge Monday extended a temporary restraining order preventing the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) from starting the cannabis licensing process. The temporary restraining order will still allow the commission to meet on Thursday as previously scheduled, at which time the AMCC is expected to issue their own administrative stay on the licensing process. “And basically, go back to square…

[ad_1] The proposal would lower the drug-use standards to no marijuana use within one year and no hard drug use within three years. By Paul Hammel, Nebraska Examiner A Nebraska law enforcement panel is still considering whether to adjust its drug-use standards for new recruits after Gov. Jim Pillen (R) recently rejected a proposal to relax them. But one thing is clear—statistics sought by the governor aren’t available to indicate how many potential recruits are deterred by the current standards: no marijuana use in past two years and no hard drug use in the last five years. Both Bryan Tuma,…

[ad_1] “It’s hypocritical that a town that has the well-earned reputation of being a party town is first to jump on the old, debunked reefer madness attitude that it’s somehow perfectly acceptable to get sloshed drunk, but it’s not acceptable to get a little stoned.” By Alexander Lekhtman, Filter Three of Delaware’s six most prominent beach towns have now voted to ban cannabis dispensaries, while the other three are in discussions to do the same. All are located in Sussex County, the state’s Republican stronghold. The first town, Dewey Beach, passed its ordinance in June. On August 18, Rehoboth Beach…

[ad_1] “The challenges in regulating and relying on for-profit cannabis testing labs,” said Missouri’s top cannabis regulator, “is one of the most discussed challenges in the national cannabis regulatory community.” By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent In the marijuana industry, they say potency is king. Producers all over the country are competing to put the most intoxicating product on the shelves. And that can leave the labs who test these products in a tough spot. At least, that’s been the case in California and other states where marijuana is legal, said Josh Swider, co-founder and CEO of Infinite Chemical Analysis Labs…

[ad_1] “We just want to reverse course, put things on a better track so that it avoids the problems.” By Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector A Montgomery County Circuit Judge Thursday dismissed a motion from the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) to lift a temporary restraining order and postpone next week’s preliminary hearing on AMCC’s alleged Open Meetings Act violations. Judge James Anderson did not provide reasons for dismissing the motion but said to the defendant and plaintiffs that if there is “anything y’all can agree on,” to let him know before the next hearing. Anderson then ended the hearing and…

[ad_1] May’s total was the lowest since September 2022, when the state reported sales at $80.9 million. By David Abbott, Arizona Mirror Arizona’s marijuana market trended downward in May, according to the latest numbers released by the Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR), as adult-use, recreational sales dipped to $82.9 million, while medical cannabis sales dropped to just $28.3 million, the lowest since recreational sales began in January 2021. Medical sales have declined consistently since reaching a peak of $73.3 million in April 2021. By July of that year, medical cannabis sales dropped below $40 million for the first time. The…

[ad_1] The audit found CRA didn’t complete disciplinary action for “555 formal complaints with violations that, as of September 30, 2022, had been open an average of 529 days.” By Scott McClallen, The Center Square An audit marked Michigan’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) with one “material condition”—the most severe ranking. The CRA administers the state’s cannabis programs, including licensing, inspection, investigation and enforcement for growing, processing, testing and selling cannabis. The Office of the Auditor General found the CRA “averaged 196 days and took up to 757 days to complete disciplinary action for 123 formal complaints involving licensee violations.” The…