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Marijuana Moment reports Nearly two weeks after a federal judge said he wouldn’t weigh in yet on whether it’s legal for New Jersey cops to use marijuana, the Civil Service Commission is set to decide the fate of another police officer who was terminated for ingesting cannabis. On Wednesday, the commission is expected to hear the

Versant Power has received subpoenas for more than 50 locations suspected of housing illegal marijuana grow houses, the utility company said — and now it’s proposing a controversial tactic it claims could help identify those places faster. Versant wants a rule change allowing the company to report high energy usage to police in an effort

Cannabiz Australia report The barrister who led a review into Victoria’s medicinal cannabis regulations a decade ago is to provide expert guidance to Montu after joining its special advisory board. King’s Counsel Dr Ian Freckelton AO will bring what Montu managing director Christopher Strauch described as “instrumental” knowledge to the business as it aims to

An investment group that includes the rapper alleges that promised dividends were never delivered. Rapper 2 Chainz was allegedly scammed by the owners of Pineapple Ventures Inc. (PVI) to the tune of $1.5 million. A new complaint was filed last week County of Los Angeles court by a group called the Pineapple  Express Antimatter Series

A somewhat bizarre story when you look at the directors, why they can’t manage to raise that amount seems a little odd considering their “experience” and backgrounds. In the end the lawyers will cost more than they currently owe Business of Cannabis reports Hellenic Dynamics is battling to stay afloat after receiving a ‘winding-up petition’

A group of investors has filed a class action lawsuit against High Times Holding Corp., adding to the ongoing struggles of the once-prominent cannabis media company. The lawsuit, filed in late June in the District of Delaware, is led by Mark C. and Jill L. Donius, who claim their $5,500 investment in 2021 was mishandled. The Doniuses

Foley Hoag LLP advised The Cannabist Company Holdings (f/k/a Columbia Care), an experienced cultivator, manufacturer and provider of cannabis products and related services, in a $105 million transaction with Verano Holdings Corp. The deal involves one cultivation and production facility in Virginia and one cultivation facility, one production facility and two dispensaries in Arizona. The

Posted to Linked in by Neil M. Willner- Co-chair, Cannabis Group at Royer Cooper Cohen Braun He writes In the BioGen v. Sarah Huckabee Sanders hashtag#hemp litigation (now on appeal in the 8th Circuit), the Arkansas AG’ office filed a letter, apprising the court about recent district court rulings rejecting preemption challenges to state hashtag#hemp

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The Rise of the Weed Insanity Defense – WeedSanity! The “cannabis made me do it” defense, once a bizarre footnote in legal history, is gaining alarming traction in courtrooms across the globe. When Bryn Spejcher, a California woman, successfully used “transient psychosis” as her get-out-of-jail-free card after brutally stabbing her boyfriend 108 times, it set