Author: Eric Sheetz

Legal Weed Sales In Minnesota Expected To Hit $1.5 Billion By 2029

The regulated marijuana market in Minnesota is expected to grow to more than $1.5 billion per year by 2029, according to a projection from a leading cannabis law firm. As the market matures, Minnesota cannabis businesses are projected to serve nearly 700,000 adult-use cannabis customers and medical marijuana patients across the state.  At a recent […]

Three States in Australia Push for Adult-Use Cannabis

Leaders in three state parliaments in Australia—Victoria, NSW, and Western Australia—introduced draft laws simultaneously on June 20 to push for adult-use cannabis.  Cannabis remains illegal under federal law in Australia, though a growing number of city and state governments have legalized recreational cannabis use, thus creating a checkerboard of cannabis laws. Sound familiar to what […]

White Supremacist Says MDMA Drove Him Away From Extremist Beliefs

The scholarly research surrounding psychedelics remains fairly limited. While our understanding of the likes of MDMA and psilocybin has broadened in recent years, academics are still in some ways playing catch-up from the decades in which such drugs were strictly verboten –– even in a scientific setting.  That means that, in an age when policymakers and […]

Study: As Cannabis Reform Spreads, Young People Still Try Tobacco, Alcohol First

It goes without saying that spreading reform and adult-use legalization over the past decade is transforming the way we look at cannabis and increasing its accessibility. Throughout this new journey, the opposition has regularly brought up concerns around increased underage access. While many studies have already worked to debunk that more legal cannabis innately means […]

Government Study Finds Aboriginal Australians More Likely To Be Charged For Pot

A new study from a government agency in Australia is highlighting how aboriginal people in the country are treated far differently than non-aboriginals when caught using cannabis by police. The research, released earlier this month by the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), was based on “a dataset of 38,813 observations […]

Georgia Clears Way for Independent Pharmacies To Sell Cannabis Oil

Regulators in Georgia have opened the door for medical cannabis patients in the state to have far greater access to treatment.  The state Board of Pharmacy “has released a set of regulations that will allow Georgia’s independent pharmacies to dispense cannabis oil to eligible patients enrolled in a registry maintained by the state Department of […]

New Hampshire Rep. Goes from Republican to Independent Due to Rejection of Pot Legalization Bill

New Hampshire Representative Dan Hynes announced on Facebook that he is officially switching parties from Republican to Independent due to his belief that the Republican party no longer values priorities such as the defense of the Constitution or individual freedom. In his post, he explained that there were three examples that led to his decision. […]

Santa Monica, California’s First Licensed Dispensary Opens Years After Approval

Though delivery services and dozens of dispensaries are open close by, steps away in Venice and surrounding areas, Santa Monica, California’s first medical cannabis dispensary with a permit will open. Though Santa Monica falls smack dab in the middle of “America’s largest legal weed market,” the McReynolds firm reports that The City of Santa Monica […]

Utah Appoints Medical Cannabis Policy Advisory Board

Utah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Executive Director Tracy Gruber announced the appointment of nine board members to the recently formed Medical Cannabis Policy Advisory Board.  The advisory board will make policy change recommendations to DHHS, the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF), and state lawmakers.  “The Medical Cannabis Policy Advisory Board […]