A prescription medication made from marijuana might be approved by the Food and Drug Administration this summer. The advance could be a huge step forward for people with epilepsy, which this drug treats. And it would signal a new—some would say long-delayed—embrace of cannabis-based medications in the U.S. Read more »
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States Ask Congress to Allow Cannabis Access to Banks
In the wake of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to rescind a policy that has kept the federal government from interfering in states where marijuana is legal, state leaders have turned to Congress for help. Read more »
Vermont Makes History By Legalizing Marijuana, But Its Law Comes With A Catch
For the first time, a U.S. state has legalized marijuana with the stroke of a pen, not a vote at the ballot box. Read more »
Heightened stock market interest in cannabis persists
Cheryl Reicin says cannabis companies that have grown quickly need to strengthen corporate governance. Earlier this month, some online brokerages in Canada received numerous complaints from customers about delays in placing trades and temporary outages. An unexpected spike in trading volume was blamed in large part on trading in the shares of publicly listed cannabis-related […]