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Aurora Cannabis Aims For Health Plans In Canada Canadian companies are focusing on selling medical cannabis to patients whose purchases are covered by employee health benefit plans, reported MJBizDaily. Cannabis producer Aurora Cannabis (NASDAQ: ACB) has adopted a benefits-focused strategy...

About 10 people died after an assailant opened fire late on Tuesday at a Walmart store in Sam's Circle, Virginia, the authorities said. What Happened: In a brief news conference, Leo Kosinski, a spokesman with the Police Department, said that police received reports of a shooting at 10 pm and...

Virginia is preparing for recreational marijuana sales, even though the cannabis market for adults 21 and over is not likely to launch before 2024, reported 13News Now. Meanwhile, officials from Virginia Beach have proposed setting up a "Marijuana Task Force," to inform...

New Marijuana Crime To End Up In Virginia’s Spending Plan It seems that lawmakers in Virginia are seeking a way to criminalize cannabis consumers. According to the proposition which came with a recently revealed two-year state budget, possession of over 4 ounces of cannabis in public would be...

An amendment to Virginia’s Senate Bill 591, proposed by Gov. Glen Youngkin (R), would have made marijuana possession a more serious matter than it is today. However, Youngkin’s efforts fell flat because lawmakers refused to advance the bill altogether, advocacy group NORML ...

Marcus Sotiriou, Analyst at the UK based digital asset broker GlobalBlock Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) made a lower low on the daily time frame last week as it failed to hold above the key $44,600 level, with many analysts calling for lower prices as macro headwinds mount up. Downside...

It seems that Virginians won’t be able to legally buy cannabis just yet, as a House of Delegates subcommittee voted down legislation that would allow recreational marijuana sales that were meant to begin this September. Earlier in February, the Senate passed a 451-page bill...

Adults in Virginia will be able to legally buy cannabis starting on Sept. 15 if a 451-page bill passed by the state Senate on Tuesday afternoon becomes law. Though its path remains uncertain in the House of Delegates, where the GOP-controlled committees have so far avoided taking up the...

Virginia lawmakers, Del. Dawn Adams (D), and Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D) along with Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D), introduced new bills to decriminalize the possession of psychedelics. The proposals in the House of Delegates and Senate are nearly identical, except that the measure in the former chamber...

Vertically integrated cannabis company Jushi Holdings Inc. (CSE: JUSH) (OTCQX: JUSHF) is poised to launch a series of its branded cannabis products in Virginia. Kicking off with The Lab's .5g and .3g vaporizable cartridges, the company's Tasteology chewables line is expected to hit...

Virginia To Become 16th U.S. State To Legalize Marijuana Virginia policymakers have reached a deal to legalize recreational marijuana. According to Marijuana Business Daily, lawmakers approved a bill to legalize the commercial marijuana program on Saturday, in a 47 to 44 vote in the House and 20 to...

Minnesota Legalization Bill Goes Before House Committee Next Week Minnesotans are one step closer toward the legalization of marijuana. Cannabis reform legislation in the Gopher State is poised to receive its first hearing in the House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee on Wednesday, Feb.17...

Trulieve Hits Milestone, Opens 70th Florida Dispensary Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (OTCQX: TCNNF) has cut the ribbon on its 75th U.S. retail location. The new store, located at 801 W Martin Luther King Blvd in Seffner, is the 70th dispensary the Tallahassee-based company opted to launch in...

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Sunday that has signed a set of criminal justice reform bills that were proposed in January into law, including one that decriminalizes cannabis.  House Bill 972 decriminalizes simple possession of marijuana and institutes a $25 civil penalty. Northam...

The Virginia House of Representatives approved a bill Monday that would decriminalize marijuana possession in small amounts. Under the state's current laws, anyone charged with simple possession of marijuana can be arrested and face up to 30 days of jail time and a maximum fine of $500....