Holyoke Community College: Cannabis Education

Resource Innovation Institute Releases Best Practices Guides for Cannabis Cultivators

The cannabis industry’s knowledge base has largely proliferated through word of mouth and community consensus, but now, the Resource Innovation Institute (RII) is introducing multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed Best Practices Guides to…

Michigan Governor Signs Legislation to Automatically Expunge Cannabis-Related Convictions

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed multiple “clean slate” bills into law Oct. 12 that will automatically expunge criminal records for those convicted of certain cannabis-related offenses, according to a FOX…

Canndescent CEO Adrian Sedlin on Justice Joints Partnership with Last Prisoner Project

This year, Canndescent’s leadership decided to address cannabis incarceration and its disproportionate effects on black and brown people. To determine how best to do that, the company looked within. Adrian…

Bernie’s Cannabis Plan

Here’s what he says https://berniesanders.com/issues/legalizing-marijuana/ Key Points Legalize marijuana in the first 100 days with executive action Vacate and expunge all past marijuana-related convictions Ensure that revenue from legal marijuana…

Cannabis Trade Organizations Sue Los Angeles Over Delivery Licenses

Two cannabis trade organizations, Southern California Coalition and the California Cannabis Couriers Association, filed a lawsuit Oct. 19 against Los Angeles over the city’s delivery licenses, according to an AP…

Racial Quotas in Ohio Medical Cannabis Program

A judge has ruled that racial quotas in Ohio’s medical cannabis law that requires 15 percent of licensed companies to be owned by members of “economically disadvantaged groups” is unconstitutional.…

Finalists announced for Cannabis Start-Up competition

The five finalists in the Cannabis Start-Up Competition, an annual contest hosted by Innovate@BU, were released Friday. The third annual Cannabis Start-Up Competition, which is hosted by Innovate@BU and Green Lion…

Slavery & Illegal Cannabis Farms

The discovery last week of 39 people who died being smuggled into the UK in the back of a articulated freezer lorry from Zeebrugge has begun to unravel and it…

California’s New Housing Laws & Cannabis

Recently, Governor Newsom signed 18 bills aimed to combat the housing crisis in California, including the Tenant Protection Act of 2019. The California Association of Realtors argues this new statewide rent…