Cannabis Biz Could List On Stock Exchanges Under New Congressional Bill
Reps. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) and Troy Carter (D-LA) filed a bipartisan bill that would let state-legal marijuana businesses list on stock exchanges like Nasdaq and NYSE—and more broadly shield companies from being punished for providing financial, accounting,...
Swiss Cannabis Experiment Yields Positive Results After 3 Years
The cannabis experiment in one of the Swiss cantons is showing positive results three years after its launch, highlighting the need to reconsider the national cannabis policy. The Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt published today the results of its cannabis...
Boston: Lawmakers Skeptical About Rolling Back Recreational Marijuana Law
Lawmakers cast a skeptical eye Monday towards a ballot initiative that would essentially undo 2016’s vote to legalize marijuana, an idea the one supporter who testified framed as a matter of comfort. Massachusetts voters legalized recreational cannabis through a 2016...
Cannabis Compounds Could Help Treat A Common Liver Condition That Affects Nearly A Quarter Of US Adults
NAFLD, also known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), is a common condition that the US National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases estimates affects about 24 percent of US adults. It is strongly linked to obesity,...
New York Approves Cannabis For Anxiety — Science Says It May Not Help
He was 18, on a rooftop overlooking the Old City in Israel during a gap year program. The nighttime view, ancient stone buildings lit up against the dark, pulsed and blurred. His anxiety, the shapeless dread of an uncertain future, lifted for the first time he could...
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.,...
