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The owners of ambitious California brand Gelato withdrew their lawsuit challenging California’s union-friendly cannabis labor law. The move follows an intervention by the Teamsters Union in the case.California requires cannabis companies with more than 20 employees enter a labor peace… See the story (paywall) at https://www.weedweek.com/stories/scoop-gelato-owners-withdrew-anti-union-lawsuit/

Cannabis Health News reports A medical cannabis patient has been cleared of charges against him on the grounds that he has a legal prescription, after being pulled over by police for a second time.  Nathan Williams was found not guilty of failure to provide a specimen at Welshpool Magistrates Court earlier this month, after he

Blood samples taken from an engineer suggest he could have been impaired by cannabis when he drowned in a Nova Scotia Power reservoir in 2020, according to new arguments by lawyers for the companies charged in relation to his death. Andrew Gnazdowsky, 26, drowned on Oct. 16, 2020, while swimming to retrieve a piece of floating

The Chronicle reports “El Jefe is going to see you in the morning.” Portland firefighter Douglas Bourland uttered those final words of warning as the door of a shipping container clicked shut, according to the testimony of the man who was locked inside those metal walls as punishment for double-crossing Bourland. In reality, there was

The Cannabis Farmer’s Alliance extends its gratitude and thanks to Governor Kathy Hochul, the Cannabis Control Board, and the Office of Cannabis Management for heeding our call to waive licensing fees for the State’s conditional cultivators as we transition to full licensure. Per the Cannabis Control Board: “Adult-Use Conditional Cultivators (AUCCs) applying to transition to

Loop Jamaica Advocacy group, the Caribbean Collective for Justice (CCJ), is calling on government to focus on additional revenue instead of taxes, for example, with the establishment of a Cannabis Licensing Authority, which was stalled since the legislation was approved in the Senate in 2022. In a statement the CCJ, which began a petition to

Since 2017, a law allows a legitimate alternative to treatment with cannabis for people with some medical conditions. However, the graduate José Maes Aponte stressed that it is still necessary to promote education on this legislation.  « People forget all the time that it is a public government policy. That implies that the government encourages cannabis patients. It promotes

He’s retiring so doesn’t need to hold his tongue.. Marijuana Moment A Democratic congressman laid into a top Biden administration official on Wednesday over the “political malpractice” that is the president’s failure to end marijuana prohibition. The top federal health official promised to deliver that message to the White House, but also deferred responsibility for

Nanaimo, Canada-based cannabis production company Tilray Inc. announced on Thursday its appointment of Dara Redler as general counsel. She’ll be based out of Tilray’s Toronto office. “This is an incredibly exciting time as we’re witnessing a global paradigm shift from a state of prohibition to legalization. There are very few opportunities where I would get

Attorneys general from 20 states and Washington, D.C. are asking congressional leaders to take action on intoxicating hemp products that became legal through the 2018 Farm Bill. Federal lawmakers should amend the definition of hemp, they wrote in a letter sent on Wednesday, and clarify that states can take their own measures to regulate the