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Jan 28
The International Medical Cannabis Conference Bern (IMCCB-25) 13 and 14 February 2025 at the University of Bern,

Via Canna Reporter   The International Medical Cannabis Conference Bern (IMCCB-25), which will take place on 13 and 14 February 2025 at the University of Bern, Switzerland, will bring together some of the world’s leading researchers to discuss advances in the research and application of medicinal cannabis. The event, chaired by Professors Jürg Gertsch and […]

Jan 28
NY: Sen Jeremy Cooney New York State Senate Announces He’ll Be Leading The Cannabis Senate Subcommittee Again

He writes Proud to be appointed to two senate subcommittee. I will be again leading the hashtag#cannabis subcommittee and serving on the hashtag#MWBE taskforce.

Jan 28
Michigan Strips Hongrui Enterprises Inc. of Their License & Ban Owners Kevin Sea and Connie Zhao From Working In The Industry. They Never Made A Sale & Had A “grow operation full of mold and dog feces”

Excellent report from Crains.. Michigan regulators have stripped the marijuana grower licenses from an Albion operation under scrutiny from law enforcement. The state’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency announced a consent order Thursday against Albion-based Hongrui Enterprises Inc. prohibiting the grower from operating in the state and permanently banning its owners, Kevin Sea and Connie Zhao, from […]

Jan 28
Never Get Out of This Maze? Or a Path Forward for Alabama’s Medical Cannabis Program?

By Whitt Steineker on January 27, 2025 Posted in Licensing & Applications, Medical Marijuana, State Law Developments “The overhead view is of me in a maze.” I don’t know what it says about me that the great Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall of Phish fame were able to encapsulate my feelings so neatly – and the feelings of so many participants in the […]

Jan 28
Himachal Pradesh, advances to hemp pilot.. Controlled cannabis cultivation will be undertaken jointly by two agricultural universities

Hemp Today T he government in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh has approved a pilot study to assess the feasibility of cannabis cultivation for medicinal and industrial purposes. This decision follows the state’s landmark resolution in September 2024, which amended its Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) rules to legalize controlled cannabis cultivation for […]

Jan 28
Driving THCa Hemp Across the Country? Here’s How to Reduce the Risk.

Under the 2018 Farm Bill and the US Department of Agriculture USDA rules, it is clear that a state may not prohibit the transport of hemp through its borders. That being said, law enforcement (LE) routinely stops hemp shipments. I have seen many shipments get seized and many drivers get arrested over the years despite […]

Jan 28
Media Article: Legal Psychedelics Set to Follow Cannabis Regulatory Blueprint

This is what MG magazine thinks Twenty-five years after Colorado legalized medical cannabis and a decade since greenlighting adult-use sales, the Centennial State made history again as one of the first to legalize psychedelics. The passage of the Natural Medicine Regulation and Legalization bill in May 2023, however, created more questions than answers—first and foremost, what the emerging […]

Jan 28
CCB Weekly Newsletter – Jan Board meeting – Staff Recommendations for Initial Licensure – Staff Recommendations for License Renewal

The Board will convene this coming Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 1:00pm. For January, the Board will be meeting in the OPR Board Room, which is just down the hall from the CCB office on the 3rd floor of 89 Main St., Montpelier. Click here for meeting details and Microsoft Teams link. The list of […]

Jan 28
The Race for All-Powerful Pot

Inside the $32 billion industry transforming marijuana, its consumption and beliefs about its ability to heal. At Stiiizy, the best-selling cannabis brand in America, the goal is explicit: producing powerful… The post The Race for All-Powerful Pot appeared first on Cannabis Business Executive – Cannabis and Marijuana industry news.

Jan 28
Michigan: Cannabis Regulatory Agency Files New Formal Complaint Against Sky Labs LLC

January 09, 2025 The Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) has filed a formal complaint against Sky Labs, LLC (License No. AU-P-000157), located at 9421 N. Dort Highway, Mt. Morris, MI 48458. The CRA also filed a formal complaint against Sky Labs, LLC on July 31, 2024. On July 6, 2023, Sky Labs surrendered its medical processor license and had stringent compliance requirements […]