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While entrepreneurs and investors rush to set up cannabis businesses throughout the Garden State, how will New Jersey regulate the environmental impacts of the industry?

Whitmer Governor Whitmer Signs Marijuana Legislation Putting Michiganders Health and Safety First FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     LANSING, Mich. - Today, Governor Whitmer signed legislation that protects the public health and safety of Michigan residents by regulating the intoxicating substance delta-8 THC derivative that is currently being sold - untested and unregulated - in convenience stores, gas stores, and tobacco/smoke shops throughout the state.     Starting on October 11, 2021, th...

Retailer License License to purchase cannabis from producers and sell cannabis to retail customers (but not to other retailers) Application fee: $500 To receive a final license: $25,000 To renew a final license: $25,000 Hybrid Retailer License Application fee: $500 To receive a final license: $25,000 To renew a final license: $25,000 Cultivator License License to engage in the cultivation, growing and propagation of the cannabis plant at an establishment with not less than fifteen thousand squa...

What will it take to get a Medical Marijuana Card in Alabama? Medical marijuana bill passes Ala. Senate, heads to Gov. Ivey By Cassie Fambro | May 6, 2021 at 10:19 PM CDT - Updated May 6 at 10:31 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Medical Marijuana Program’s passage in the Alabama state legislation, today moves legalization forward, sending it to Governor Ivey’s desk for signing. In order to meet eligibility to get medical marijuana, you’ll need to go through steps to get clea...

WHAT HAPPENED. On April 16, 2021, the Mississippi State Department of Health published in draft form Regulations for Advertising and Marketing Medical Marijuana and Regulations for Labelling, Packaging and Tracking Medical Marijuana.  On the same date, the Department also filed administrative filing notices setting these proposed regulations for oral proceeding on May 11, 2021. WHAT IT MEANS.  As reported previously, the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law (APL) requires state agencies ...

TRENTON — Medical marijuana advocates have notched another courtroom victory, as the state’s highest court has ruled that employers can be ordered to pay for prescribed pot stemming from a work-related accident. The state Supreme Court unanimously upheld an appellate decision that medical marijuana was a “reasonable and necessary” form of treatment for injuries, despite the fact that marijuana use remains against federal laws. The court found that private employers are not exempt from s...

PHOEBE TOLLEFSON A medical marijuana business with a history of disputes with the city of Billings is suing, saying a police detective engaged in “judicial deception” amid ongoing efforts to shut down the dispensary. Montana Organic Medical Supply, or MOMS, sued in U.S. District Court on Tuesday, naming the state, the Department of Health and Human Services, two of its employees, the city of Billings and a police detective. MOMS is owned by Steven Palmer. Palmer said that ...

The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, the state regulatory body overseeing the adult-use and medical marijuana cannabis programs, announced on Monday it has revamped its website. “The commission has accomplished so much in just three years—from standing up the region’s first regulated adult-use cannabis industry and opening more than 200 marijuana establishments, to transferring the Medical Use of Marijuana Program and expanding it to approximately 100,000 patients,” said Execu...

Iowa has lowered penalties for those caught with small amounts of marijuana. Under Senate Study Bill 1226, which passed subcommittee by a unanimous vote, possession of under five grams of marijuana is considered as a simple misdemeanor for a first offense, Marijuana Moment reports. Meaning, Iowans arrested for possession would face up to 30 days in jail as well as a fine ranging between $65 and $625. Even though Sen. Brad Zaun, who chaired the subcommittee, called the legislation a “common s...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: New Jersey Cannabis had itself a week. Following a recent decision permitting the New Jersey Department of Health, Medical Marijuana Division (“DOH”) to continue scoring its 2019 Request for Applications (“2019 RFA”) and award twenty-four (24) additional medical cannabis licenses, New Jersey doubled down; with Governor Murphy not only signing into law the adult-use enabling legislation, but also finally appointing the remainde...