New York Majority Leader Urges Aspiring Small Cannabis Business Owners To Prepare “Now”

This was the message of a virtual event in late April hosted by Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, during which Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, co-sponsor of the adult use legalization bill that Gov. Rochester, which counts just over 200,000 residents, is the third-most populous city in the state of New York, following New York City […]

Australian Officials Urge Cannabis Advertising Compliance

And, that same month, in response to a Senate inquiry into “current barriers to patient access to medicinal cannabis in Australia,” the Australian government promised change. As of this March, more than 100,000 approvals have been granted for patients to obtain medical cannabis products, with approvals ramping up each month. Cannabis businesses can, for example, […]

Cannabis Lobbying Spend Remains Flat, Despite Momentum Behind Federal Reform

Major tobacco and alcohol companies are newly lobbying on United States cannabis issues, as Cannabis Wire reported this week, along with other household names like Scotts Miracle-Gro. The peak in spending mapped against the passage of the SAFE Banking Act in the House of Representatives in September 2019, the first vote in Congress on a […]