Move to Legalize Adult-Use Cannabis in Pennsylvania Could Bring in $1 Billion US in Tax Revenue – LPC Two bipartisan senators in Pennsylvania introduced a bill on Wednesday to legalize adult-use cannabis. State senators Shari Street (D-Philadelphia) and Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) propose legal-use cannabis for adults 21 and older as well as decriminalize a to-be-determined…
Hexo Will Acquire Zenabis for $235 Million – LPC The cannabis consolidation movement in Canada marked another milestone. Hexo Corp. announced that it will acquire Zenabis Global Inc. for $235 million. Hexo claims the deal will help it strengthen its market position in Canada and globally, particularly in the US. “Hexo’s growth strategy includes expanding…
Australians Amazed the Sky Didn’t Fall After Semi-Legalization of Cannabis – LPC Cannabis law changes in Australia a year ago didn’t exactly legalize cannabis fully. But they did legalize possession and the ability to grow at home for personal use. It’s perhaps a toe-dip to test public reaction. And, perhaps more to the point, to…
NYT Finds Canada Largely Delivered on Promises of Inequity, but There Are Gaping Holes – LPC The New York Times (NYT) slammed Canada’s cannabis conviction clean-up efforts in an article published over the weekend. “Legal pot has made Canadian justice a little fairer, with ‘heavily racialized’ arrests for possession mostly ending,” the article starts. “But…
What is Biden’s Cannabis Policy? As New US President Sworn In, Cannabis Insiders Think They Have Answers – LPC The US has a new president in Joe Biden this week. Many Americans – and the world – will be expecting big changes in a wide range of policies. Biden has already canceled the Keystone XL…
Many See Medical Cannabis Regulations as a Step Towards Full Legalization – LPC On January 12, 2021, Mexio’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador signed new medical cannabis regulations for the country. Now, pharmaceutical companies will be able to do medical research on cannabis products. However, that research will be strictly managed by Mexican health regulator,…
Canada Can Learn from the Illinois Experience When It Comes to Erasing Minor Cannabis Offences – LPC Less than one year after legalization, Illinois expunged cannabis records for almost 500,000 people. That move also included pardoning over 9,200 “low-level” conviction records. “We will never be able to fully remedy the depth of the damage in…
Not Everyone is Convinced Legalizing Cannabis in Mexico Will Work – LPC It’s the moment for which advocates of legal marijuana here have been waiting: Mexican lawmakers, working under a court order, have until mid-December to finalize rules that will make the country the world’s largest market for legal pot. Advocates have long argued that…
Cannabis Can’t Be Used as Treatment for Hard Drugs Because It Gets Her High – LPC REGINA – For Shelby Curtis, keeping away from hard drugs starts with quieting her thoughts. The 26-year-old got a prescription to use cannabis medicinally earlier this year while in recovery and living in Regina’s Raising Hope housing program for…
