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September 20, 2023 Hold lifted on cannabis products with detected Aspergillus mold Agency action follows litigation on Oregon Health Authority rule Test results don’t prohibit the sale of cannabis with mold PORTLAND, Ore. – Today the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission notified its current 2,790 OLCC recreational marijuana licensees that detections of Aspergillus mold in marijuana items […]

Article by: Associate Michael A. Carlin Several major legal cannabis companies in California are facing allegations of violating state law by collaborating with and signing labor peace agreements with organizations claiming to be labor unions but who have failed to genuinely advocate for workers’ rights. According to California law, cannabis companies with over 20 employees are […]

Be warned there’s 202 pages of this for you to digest!   Green Market Report writes Mississippi cannabis regulators announced new revisions to industry regulations, with 202 pages of red-lined changes to the former rules released by the state Department of Health on Thursday. The agency will accept industry comments and public feedback until Oct. 2, The National Law […]

The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority announced Tuesday the agency along with law enforcement in Kay County recently shut down five marijuana businesses. This comes after the authority recently increased scrutiny of Oklahoma’s potential to overproduce and export the product, likely fed by illegal grows. According to the orders, on Sept. 11, investigators at Polar Lights LLC found […]

Rather than spend time working out common sense regulation this is the sort of thing that Australians call cannabis research If Monty Python were still around this would be perfect fodder for a sketch    As the article points out A) ‘These metrics do not account for variations in the quantity or potency of cannabis […]

Sen. Menendez Statement on Bipartisan SAFER Banking Act   WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement on the bipartisan Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act:   “I am glad we finally reached a compromise to solve the public safety threat faced by cannabis businesses operating exclusively in cash and the communities […]

Before we get to the story here are some strikers who staryed on the picket line a little longer!   MJ Biz report Workers at a Curaleaf Holdings marijuana store in central Phoenix went on a daylong strike Friday to protest a wrongful termination and operational policies, organizers told MJBizDaily. In conjunction with the strike, the […]

Remember those days where every day of the week there was a new celeb touting their cannabis biz .. only Tyson went all the rounds! Radar Online reports The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg, 67, decided to try her hand at the cannabis industry again and has poured a fortune into a new marijuana business, RadarOnline.com has learned. The 67-year-old […]

Cannabis Culture explains… No arrests are to be made for private or personal and private cultivation and/or possession of cannabis, which activities are not criminal,” an internal memo from the South Africa police commander to the force’s rank and file was issued on 23 August. Weak link The South Africa police has been cited as the […]

Michigan Live reports FLUSHING, MI — Five years ago, marijuana advocate Dale “Rick” Thompson and others delivered petitions that would lead to marijuana legalization in Michigan. He was proud. As Michigan’s multi-billion-dollar marijuana industry continues to grow and thrive, Thompson recently lay dying of cancer reflecting on his life. Through the pain and sickness, Thompson […]