Marijuana Politics
Health Canada Overhauls Cannabis Licensing Process
Health Canada has overhauled its cannabis licensing process in a bid to cut waiting times and alleviate supply shortages across…
Congress Urges Federal Agencies to Speed Up Cannabis Research
A bipartisan group of 30 U.S. lawmakers has demanded that federal authorities speed up research into the effectiveness of medicinal…
New Zealand Releases Details of Cannabis Legalization Referendum
The people of New Zealand will decide whether recreational cannabis use should be legalized via a “simple yes/no question” on…
Australia Urged to Legalize Recreational Cannabis
Australia is missing out on billions of dollars in tax revenue by failing to legalize recreational cannabis sales, a prominent…
British Doctors Urged To Embrace Cannabis Like Penicillin
The British government’s former drug tsar has called upon doctors to embrace cannabis like they did penicillin 70 years ago.…
Israeli Firm InterCure Setting Up Facility in Canada
Israeli cannabis firm InterCure (TLV: INCR) is expanding into Canada and it will team up with a local producer to grow…
Vermont Edges Closer to Legalizing Recreational Cannabis Sales
Vermont has edged closer to rolling out a recreational cannabis industry after bill S 54 cleared a key House committee.…
Washington D.C. Mayor Aiming to Legalize Cannabis Sales
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has introduced a bill that would legalize recreational cannabis sales across the U.S. capital.…
Oregon Senate Approves Hiatus on Cannabis Cultivation Licenses
A bill that would put a two-year hiatus on new cannabis production licenses in Oregon has passed through the Senate…
Investor Donates $9m for Cannabis Research at Harvard and MIT
Manhattan-based financier Bob Broderick has donated $9 million to Harvard University and MIT to support their research into the effects…