Virginia Lawmakers Who Sponsored Marijuana Sales Legalization Bill Celebrate Its Passage
Five years after Virginia legalized possession of small amounts of marijuana but failed to create a way for people to legally buy it, state lawmakers last week approved legislation establishing a regulated retail market for adult-use cannabis, potentially ending years...
Report: Marijuana Doesn’t Ease Anxiety Or Other Mental Health Conditions
Using medical or recreational marijuana to ease symptoms of numerous mental health conditions doesn’t work, according to two new analyses of existing gold-standard research. Medical marijuana includes products with cannabidiol, or CBD, and...
Feds Keep Marijuana Tests For Workers Despite Trump Reclassification Order
Should the federal government remove marijuana from its list of Schedule I drugs, employers might see their obligations under federal laws change, such as those dealing with workers with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act, attorneys with Littler...
Ohio To Ban THC Drinks, Hemp Products After Group Fails To Block New Law
Ohio businesses won't be able to sell THC drinks or hemp gummies after advocates failed to block a law banning those products. Ohioans for Cannabis Choice didn't collect enough signatures for its proposed referendum on Senate Bill 56, which Gov. Mike DeWine signed in...
Pontiac Gets Its First Cannabis Dispensary Years After Legalization Delays
Pontiac is finally entering Michigan’s recreational cannabis market more than six years after sales began statewide with the opening of Kulture 81, the city’s first licensed dispensary. The provisioning center, located inside a converted building at 81 N. Saginaw St.,...
Michigan’s New 24% Marijuana Tax — When 1st Payment Is Due, What Businesses Need To Know
The Michigan Department of Treasury released new guidance, explaining how the new 24% wholesale marijuana tax works and what cannabis businesses need to do as quarterly payments begin this year. The tax took effect on Jan. 1, 2026, and applies to the first sale or...
Marijuana Not Allowed On Campus, University Of Michigan Warns Ahead Of Hash Bash
The University of Michigan is allowing the annual Ann Arbor Hash Bash to take place once again on the Central Campus Diag on Saturday, April 4. But marijuana isn’t allowed, the University of Michigan Police Department is warning ahead of the event. While marijuana is...
Popular Hemp Products Set To Be Banned In Texas By End Of The Month Under New State Rules
Popular smokable hemp products are set to be effectively banned by the state of Texas at the end of March under new rules put in place by the Department of State Health Services, causing a ripple effect on the consumers who use them and the businesses that sell them. ...
Bill Would Prevent Housing Discrimination Against People Convicted Of Marijuana, Other Drug Offenses
The Business of Cannabis The measure would strike a section of the 1988 Fair Housing Amendments Act that the lawmakers say has prevented more than nine million people from accessing rental housing no matter how serious the offense was or how long it’s been since...
Little Known Travel Rules For UK Tourists Going To Amsterdam On Holiday
The UK Foreign Office website says: "The Netherlands has a reputation for being tolerant on the use of ‘soft drugs’, such as cannabis. However, drug use is only tolerated in designated premises in the major cities. "Buying or possessing prohibited drugs and substances...
