Without question, the US cannabis industry is in trouble, at least if you judge from the continuing closure of cultivation facilities and dispensaries and stock prices of the companies in our portfolio purchased in January 2022. At that time, StockWatchIndex (SWI)...
With a suite of bipartisan bills moving through Congress that could be pillars in a regulatory framework for CBD, what would it look like if they all became law? First of all, should any or all of the measures pass, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Governor Newsom signed the bill after his concerns about second-hand smoke were addressed. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1775 into law, which will allow local municipalities to begin permitting “cannabis cafes” to serve...
Vice President Kamala Harris further positioned herself as a pro-cannabis candidate on Monday in an interview with sports and culture podcast “All the Smoke” — but industry leaders aren’t convinced her administration would lead to the reform she has...
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul has again introduced legislation that would triple the THC limit for industrial hemp, an act of poor timing if we ever saw one. Rand has refloated the Hemp Economic Mobilization Plan (“HEMP” Act), which suggests an increase from 0.3% to 1.0%...
Law enforcement officials made well over 200,000 arrests for marijuana-related violations in 2023, according to data compiled by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and posted on its Crime Data Explorer website. According to the online database, which was...
