Hemp Cultivation, Processing & Extraction News

The Charlotte Observer A marijuana joint preserved for 34 years in a police evidence room led to the arrest of a 68-year-old man in the 1989 hit-and-run death of a shopper in uptown Charlotte, police said Friday. Ruth Buchanan and a friend had just left a department store when a driver ran a red light

Independent investigative Massachusets journalist Grant Smith – Ellis has alleged in the following piece published via his Medium that.. A secretive Beacon Hill lobbying firm called The Novus Group, with clients in the cannabis space, was initially formed (under a different entity name) by a group with ties to former Massachusetts CCC Commissioner Jennifer Flanagan

FLYNOTES: EVICTION – Commercial premises – Misrepresentation by tenant – Nature of business – Non-disclosure that tenant would be selling cannabis products – Trading activities inconsistent with trading activities for building – Terminated lease agreement – Agreement was conditional on complete and accurate disclosure – Undertaking only surfaced after breach and valid termination of lease – Manifestly unreasonable

WRRV reports In a renewed effort to undermine New York’s burgeoning cannabis industry, the Cannabis Impact Prevention Coalition and the Cannabis Industry Victims Seeking Justice have taken their fight to the State Supreme Court in Albany County. Their latest lawsuit targets key state agencies, including the Cannabis Control Board (CCB), Office of Cannabis Management (OCM),

A Las Cruces cannabis company filed a civil lawsuit against the city and its administrators saying it blundered the enforcement of codes causing it to lose business. Monster House Smoke LLC filed the suit July 6 in 3rd Judicial District Court. The filing lists the company, a dispensary and lounge business and husband and wife

Green Market Report A Florida-based advertising firm UO Solutions is suing three companies controlled by the company known as Cookies. UO Solution doesn’t say how much the bill is, but it does state that the amount exceeds $75,000. UO Solutions states in the complaint that it provides its clients with professional services related to the creation, development,

          GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Brian Pierce and Vincent Brown were sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Jane Beckering for paying bribes to Rick Vernon Johnson, the former Chairperson of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Licensing Board. Pierce, 45, of

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