Sponsor ‘confident’ cannabis banking will pass this year (Newsletter: February 14, 2022) – Marijuana Moment
UT House approves psychedelics bill; OH Senate leader will block legalization; Twitch’s marijuana-friendly policy; Willie Nelson Super Bowl ad Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… BREAKING: Journalism is often consumed for free, but costs money to produce! While this newsletter is proudly sent without cost to you, our ability to send it each day depends on the financial support of readers who can afford to give it. So if you’ve got a few…
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Jonathan L. Wharton (opinion): What to look out for this legislative session – Thehour.com
The Connecticut General Assembly has begun another term. Before highlighting some of the proposals to consider this year, I must cover the particulars of our state legislature. First off, the General Assembly meets from the beginning of the calendar year until late spring. They can still hold special legislative sessions beyond springtime months, but we technically have a hybrid legislature, since it’s not a full-time legislative body. There have been proposals to change that, but full-time legislatures are often for larger states that require lawmakers to stay over in their state capitals. (For example, Albany and Boston.) In my former…
Read More »If Bars And Restaurants Can Sell Alcohol, They Should Also Be Allowed To Serve Marijuana (Op-Ed) – Marijuana Moment
A Rhode Island Senate committee on Tuesday held the first hearing on a much-anticipated bill to legalize marijuana in the state. But while activists are eager to end cannabis criminalization, the measure faced pushback over a key provision concerning the proposed process for expunging prior convictions. The bill from Sen. Joshua Miller (D), which was unveiled earlier this month, was heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee. A companion House version from Rep. Scott Slater (D) has not yet been scheduled for a committee hearing. This development also comes two months after Gov. Dan McKee (D) included a proposal to end cannabis…
Read More »Driver Found With Fentanyl-Laced Marijuana: Middletown Police – Middletown, CT Patch
MIDDLETOWN, CT — A man was found to be in the possession of fentanyl-laced marijuana during a traffic stop early Saturday morning on Route 9 in Middletown, according to police. An officer tried to stop a 2021 Ford Escape with a Massachusetts registration around 2:15 a.m. after the driver failed to stop for a traffic light on Hartford Avenue and Route 9, according to police. The driver didn’t initially pull over for the officers but stopped on Route 9 North after a brief pursuit, police said. The officer saw two large plastic bags containing what appeared to be marijuana as…
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Top Marijuana Stocks To Watch For Valentine’s Day 2022 – StreetInsider.com
Best Cannabis Stocks To Watch Next Week In February the best marijuana stocks to watch have experienced some upside after establishing new lows to start 2022. This month another attempt by Rep. Ed Perlmutter to get the SAFE Banking Act attached to a large manufacturing and innovation bill in the House became a catalyst for top cannabis stocks. In addition, Charles Schumer announced he will introduce his bill in April also has sparked renewed interest in the cannabis sector. In 2021 most of the cannabis sector suffered significant declines as the year progressed. For cannabis investors, this has been an…
Read More »Hemp-derived Cannabinoids Create Controversy in Washington State
In the plant world, hemp is cannabis and cannabis is hemp—a simple and straightforward situation, until humans (and money) become involved. Then, hemp becomes an existential threat to cannabis. Since the 2018 Farm Bill legalized the production of “hemp”—a term legally defined as cannabis sativa with 0.3% or less THC; anything with more is “marijuana” under federal law—the U.S. hemp industry has been on a near non-stop rollercoaster of boom and bust. After the great CBD crash, the latest boom cycle is powered by intoxicating products made with hemp-derived cannabinoids: Delta-8 THC, hemp-derived Delta-9 THC and a few others, such as THC-O. …
Read More »NFL Awards $1M to Study Cannabinoids and Pain Management
Just days ahead of the Super Bowl, the National Football League (NFL) announced the award of $1 million in funding for two teams of medical researchers tasked with investigating the effects of cannabinoids in pain management and their potential for neuroprotection from concussion in “elite football players.” The move represents a breakthrough given the NFL’s longstanding zero-tolerance stance on cannabis use. The award follows a first request for research proposals issued by the Pain Management Committee (PMC), jointly overseen by the NFL and the NFL Players Association (NFLPA). Issued by the PMC in June 2021, the call for proposals resulted in over 100 submissions….
Read More »Exclusive: The Ricky Williams Experiment Rolls On
When Ricky Williams officially retired from professional football a decade ago, I sat up and took notice. As an avid fan of the sport—and a lifelong Miami Dolphins diehard—this particular exit from the NFL hit hard as the former Heisman Trophy winner had a lot of life left in those massive legs and, at his best, few running backs were ever as fun to watch as Ricky Williams. Period. “Run, Ricky! Run!” became the unofficial rallying cry for all Dolphins fans for the seven seasons Williams played in South Florida. To witness him running with a head of steam behind…
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