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More than 50 leading marijuana advocacy and civil rights organizations sent a letter to congressional leaders and appropriators on Friday, asking that they finally allow recreational cannabis sales to begin in Washington, D.C.—eight years after voters approved a local legalization ballot measure. Specifically, the groups—led by the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA)—say they want to “maintain” the removal of the D.C. language in a spending bill approved by the House last year and circulated in draft form in the Senate. The District is currently prohibited from using its local tax dollars to implement a system of regulated marijuana sales due to…

Editors’ Note: This is the transcript version of the podcast we posted last Wednesday. Please note that due to time and audio constraints, transcription may not be perfect. We encourage you to listen to the podcast embedded below, if you need any clarification. Enjoy! Rena Sherbill: We’re talking to Jay Czarkowski out of Colorado, and we talked with him last year. I mentioned on the podcast a little bit over a year, actually a little bit under a year. Talked to him last April. He is an expert, a longtime expert in the cannabis industry, has had his hands in…

Pennington Borough Council conducted a Special Meeting on the evening of Monday, February 28, to hear applications seeking Ccouncil support for a State of New Jersey retail cannabis license.  Three companies presented applications to the Council seeking a Resolution of Support. At a previous meeting, Pennington approved one retail cannabis location, without a consumption area, in the designated Highway Business Zone on Route 31. Before the meeting Monday night, applicants were required to submit a completed questionnaire to clarify critical issues for Council members.  First to present their plan was Jersey Meds, represented by cannabis attorney Alana Hans-Cohen.  Hans-Cohen stated…

Rhode Island lawmakers introduced a pair of drug decriminalization bills last week—including one focused on psilocybin and buprenorphine that would authorize doctors to prescribe the psychedelic mushroom. The new legislation comes as momentum to pass marijuana legalization legislation this year increases in the House and Senate. The first of the bills, sponsored by Rep. Brandon Potter (D), would expand on the state’s existing decriminalization policy for marijuana by adding both psilocybin and buprenorphine to list controlled substances that do no carry criminal penalties. Buprenorphine is an opioid often used as a harm reduction tool to help people transition away from…

Sunday, March 06, 2022 GoLocalProv News Team View Larger + PHOTO: Providence police bodycam file footage Providence police report making a half-dozen gun arrests in the city over the weekend so far. The battle against illegal guns is a type priority of the Providence Police Department. Sunday  On Sunday shortly before 2:30 AM, police were patrolling the north end of the city when they observed a sedan with a brake light not functioning on Chalkstone Avenue. According to police, the vehicle then turned off its headlines and sped off towards Chad Brown. When police stopped the vehicle at Ruggles Street,…

Fred McKinney announcing the Cannabis Manifesto at a Feb. 24 press conference.Photo by Justin McGown. The Alliance for Cannabis Equity (ACE), a collaboration between Connecticut Community Outreach Revitalization Program (ConnCORP) and The WorkPlace, a Bridgeport-based incubator and workforce development board, has released the Cannabis Manifesto, a document designed to aid Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs and workers in understanding how they can take full advantage of the emerging recreational marijuana industry in Connecticut. The 93-page manifesto, which was published online, is designed to lay out the organization’s mission and goals and serve as a reference document for those seeking to understand…

With at least five competing cannabis legalization bills in play this session in Maryland, the state’s Senate president weighed in on Friday about how he’d like to see lawmakers proceed during the remaining weeks of the legislative session. The House of Delegates passed legislation last week that would ask voters whether to legalize cannabis for adults in the state, as well as a separate bill that lays out related criminal justice reforms. On the Senate side, two competing proposals have been introduced and are pending in committee: One that would legalize cannabis directly later this year as well as another…

For several years, Innovative Industrial Properties (NYSE:IIPR) was the only publicly traded REIT to specialize in the operation and leasing of real estate in medical marijuana properties. Being the first and only company in the space paid off big for IIPR and its shareholders, myself included. IIPR produced an annualized return of 67% for the past five years, and share prices grew over 1,000% during that time. IIPR’s explosive growth has left some investors feeling they missed their chance to invest in this budding sector, but IIPR has new competition. NewLake Capital Partners (OTC:NLCP) is the latest publicly traded REIT…