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 […]
The case against taxing medical cannabis
In 2015, research funded by the University of British Columbia Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention found more than half of respondents who use cannabis for medical purposes reported that they can never or only sometimes afford to buy enough cannabis to relieve their symptoms, and a third of respondents stated that they often or […]
Judge orders Illinois to expand medical marijuana qualifying conditions to include pain
judge has ordered Illinois officials to add intractable pain as a qualifying condition for medical marijuana, a ruling that could greatly expand access to the drug. Read more »