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Maine residents approved legal recreational marijuana back in 2016, but have been waiting on the government to approve a regulatory framework for the industry. Happily, the end of that wait is now in sight. Governor Janet Mills has signed...

by NORMLJune 28, 2019 House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velázquez along with Representatives Jared Golden and Dwight Evans introduced a package of legislation, (H.R. 3540, H.R. 3543, and H.R. 3544, to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act and...

Canadian firm Tilray, Inc. has exported its first bulk shipment of medicinal cannabis oil to the United Kingdom, according to a press release from the company. The shipment comes after a controversy over another Tilray product led the U.K....

Faced with a significant cannabis surplus, a new law in Oregon could ultimately enable business owners to export pot to other states. Kate Brown, Oregon’s Democratic governor, has signed Senate Bill 582 into law, which allows the state to negotiate...

Illinois is officially the 11th state to legalize marijuana for adult use, with Democratic Gov. J. B. Pritzker signing the bill, HB 1438, into law on June 25, 2019. Illinois is the first state in the country to pass comprehensive...

Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill Tuesday that allows adults 21 and over in the state to buy and possess small amounts of the drug. Adults will be able to purchase and possess 30 grams of cannabis, five grams...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker made history today by signing a bill legalizing the adult use of cannabis in the Land of Lincoln. Pritzker might as well fire a starting gun. The race is now on to get about 55 Illinois...

Cannabis Queens. Marijuana Moms. The Women of Weed. Those are some of the monikers bestowed upon the four Illinois legislators who collaborated, cajoled, and prodded the United State's most comprehensive adult-use marijuana legislation to the finish line. On June 25, 2019,...

Choom Cannabis in Niagara Falls opened mid-June, joining Ontario’s growing list of legal retailers in the province. Inspired by Choom Gang—a famous group of buds who loved to smoke cannabis in 1970s Honolulu—Choom Cannabis all about inspiring “good times with...

California cannabis regulators launched a new campaign on Friday that aims to combat the illicit marijuana market by educating consumers about the risks of unlicensed operators. Lori Ajax, the Chief of the Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC), said in...