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Vermont officially legalized the adult possession and use of cannabis early in 2018 and now legislators are trying to decide on the best way to regulate the sale of the plant. Governor Phil Scott is not a fan of the idea of recreational marijuana however his legislature is handling the transition from legalization to regulation regardless. The governor is expecting a ...

Since the initial legalization of state marijuana programs the price of cannabis has continued to fall cheaper and cheaper. While customers have reaped the benefits of cheaper products many states are experiencing pitfalls in tax revenue due to taxes being added by percentage of price. Many states predicted the price of cannabis to drop, but not nearly as much as it h...

A medical marijuana patient in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who is also a doctor filed a lawsuit this week after being denied the purchase of a gun. Mathew Roman was interested in a Smith & Wesson revolver and during the transaction the gun store owner asked if he used cannabis, to which Mathew answered truthfully and was then denied. In 1968 lawmakers passed a bill...

Nevada's medical and recreational cannabis markets are thriving as industry sales continue to set a new record each month. July set the cannabis tax revenue record for the state at $7.9 million, followed by August breaking that record at $8.1 million. Only last year Nevada's cannabis tax revenue record was $4.9 million in August 2017 with continued growth sinc...

Massachusetts is expected to finally open it's first recreational marijuana dispensary very soon! Located in Leicester, the shop called Cultivate doesn't have an exact opening date yet but they're expected to open with a menu contianing around 15 strains including both flower and edibles. Cultivate will feature lines for both medical and recreational marij...

Despite cannabis legalization sweeping the United States the DEA's marijuana eradication program is still spending many millions of dollars and to make it worse a recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows that the DEA is not properly collecting documentation about it. Without the proper documentation the GAO cannot tell if the DEA is meet...

North Dakota's medical marijuana program was legalized by voters two years ago and the state now hopes to begin sales to patients by summer 2019. Two dispensaries for the state's two largest cities have been awarded their licenses along with dispensaries in Grand Forks and Williston who were pushed forward in the registration process this week. Dispensaries fo...

Texas is widely regarded as one of the most conservative states in the U.S. and yet this year the official Texas Republican Party announced a new platform plank endorsing the decriminalization of cannabis. The incoming 2019 legislative session now has more than 1 bill pre-filed that would advance cannabis policy reform including the decriminalization of less than one ...

It has been debated over and over with many bills being voted on and advanced and none becoming law but the question remains - will the VA ever allow prescriptions of medical marijuana for veterans? The short answer is that the current VA officials in charge would only allow medical marijuana for vets if federal law allowed for medical marijuana prescriptions, even in...

As well over half of the United States continues to develop state legal medical marijuana programs the remaining states are left to debate the reasons they have yet to follow suite. Idaho is one state that has some support, some would say enough support to legalize, but either legislators or advocates have not made the proper effort to do so. Idaho as a state is liter...

Missouri regulators begin preparing for the newly legalized medical marijuana program and discuss almost 200 dispensaries to be ready by 2020. Officials found the appropriate amount of dispensaries and cultivators based on data from other legal cannabis states and their programs estimating that about 2% of the population will need a medical marijuana card. Using that ...

Earlier this week on election day Michigan voters said YES to Proposal 1 which legalized recreational marijuana in the state, however some Universities have already stated that they will not permit students to possess cannabis on campus. Specifically the president of Oakland University spoke out this week saying that due to the college accepting federal financial aid ...