National Expungement Week

A Michigan-based cannabis company, Fluresh, will contribute $1 from every pack of its new Creamberry 1/8 Jars and 5ct Pre-Rolls to help with expungement activities across the state. In December 2018, Michigan legalized recreational cannabis, and almost two years later, Gov. Gretchen...

The United States continues to have the largest prison population globally. Some 2.1 million Americans were incarcerated as of November 2018. On the federal level, marijuana sentencing has dropped sharply in recent years. Just 92 individuals were sentenced for possession in 2017. Yet according...

The third iteration of the National Expungement Week (N.E.W.), focused on offering expungement and other forms of legal relief to some of the 77 million Americans with criminal records, is currently underway. Between Monday and Friday, people will be able to attend virtual and in-person clinics...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. The legal cannabis industry is on the rise. Some of this success due in part to cannabis being deemed essential during the pandemic. Yet,...

Can a prominent person create change with a statement alone? To an extent, it appears so, though experts say more is required to move the needle when creating change. Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk became one of the latest notable names to use their platform to stoke conversation. In...

Organizers for National Expungement Week (N.E.W.), a grassroots movement to clear and/or seal eligible convictions from among the 77 million Americans disenfranchised by criminal records, have announced N.E.W. 2020 will take place Sept. 19-26, 2020. The group also released a 2019 Impact Report that...

Cannabis jobs are more popular than ever. Vangst, a Denver based cannabis recruitment firm, reports a 690% increase in job listings from January 2017 to August 2018. On Sept. 21 at Golden Gate University, Vangst will be hosting a cannabis career fair that will provide a unique opportunity for job...