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by Justin Strekal, NORML Political DirectorMarch 12, 2019 This week, the Minority Cannabis Business Association unveiled their Municipal Ordinance model on how localities can administer new business licenses in a fashion that promote minority entrepreneurs and ensure that the emerging industry...

In the continuing work to diversify the legal cannabis space and include communities that have been hurt the most by the war on drugs, advocates have unveiled a model local ordinance that would help more people of color enter...

Tens of thousands of pot pros, cannabis connoisseurs, and hash hobbyists will descend upon Barcelona for the 2019 Spannabis Hemp Fair — one of the largest cannabis festivals and trade shows in the world, and arguably the annual hub...

Linda Mercado Greene turned the abstract ideal of social and gender equity into political action when she used collaboration, business savvy, and a passion for social justice to open Anacostia Organics, her pioneering marijuana dispensary in the United States...

The 2019 SXSW Festival and Conference steps into America’s legal future later this month, offering three days of insight and debate among cannabis experts, political advocates, scientists, and entrepreneurs. It’s the famed festival’s first-ever foray into cannabis, and it’s...

by NORMLMarch 7, 2019 Representatives Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) and Don Young (AK-AL) introduced today two landmark bipartisan marijuana bills. Introduced was The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2019, to remove marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances list and allow states the...

A study commissioned by Illinois state lawmakers has determined that the state’s licensed medical marijuana growers would not be able to keep up with demand if recreational pot is legalized. The report, by Colorado consulting firm Freeman and Koski,...

If marijuana is legalized, expect Whole Foods Market to start selling cannabis products, the company's CEO said on Feb. 28, 2019. During a conversation hosted by The Texas Tribune, an audience member asked John Mackey whether his company would consider...

After surviving two near-death experiences, veteran hotel executive Roger Bloss became a believer in the healing powers of medical marijuana. Now he's planning a chain of 420-friendly hotels featuring a dispensary and wellness goods and services in each to...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan signed an executive order on Friday that abolishes the Medical Marijuana Licensing Board and creates a single state agency to regulate both medical and recreational cannabis. Whitmer’s order, which is scheduled to go into...