Garden of Eve

OHIO: The drawings for provisional dispensary licenses (PDLs) were held on Thursday, January 27, 2022. The results of the drawings are available on the dispensary page of the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program (OMMCP) website and can be accessed directly using this link: www.pharmacy.ohio.gov/RFA2drawing. The Board will not be able to announce which applicants are Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/SJ8Bx5

OHIO:  The State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy published updated patient & caregiver numbers for December 2021. These numbers include: 406,511 Recommendations 237,613 Registered patients 15,759 Patients with Veteran Status 17,321 Patients with Indigent Status 984 Patients with a Terminal Diagnosis 130,641 Patients with both an active registration and an active recommendation 215,410 Unique patients Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/SHzxRn

CALIFORNIA:   California’s Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) has ordered a mandatory recall after identifying a batch of packaged cannabis flower contaminated with Aspergillus niger. Consumers who purchased Claybourne Co. flower are urged to check their packaging for the UID and batch numbers listed below and dispose of the flower if affected. To date, no illnesses have Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/SHwc4x

NEW YORK: Rolling paper innovators Curved Papers presents Bodega Bars, a collaborative project with the New York City metro hip hop and bodega communities. The series will create 12 new music video assets with 12 different artists, shot completely at their local bodega, corner store, or smoke shop. Forever in NYC, Hip Hop and the Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/SHnfJy

OREGON:  On December 28, 2021, the OLCC adopted new marijuana rules in OAR Chapter 845, Divisions 25 and 26. Beginning April 1, 2022 recreational consumers will be allowed to purchase marijuana edibles containing up to 100 mg THC in an individual package and up to 10 mg THC per serving. Retailers may not sell 100 Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/SHYzrP

CALIFORNIA:  Dama Financial, the nation’s largest provider of access to banking and payment solutions for the cannabis industry, has entered into an agreement to acquire GrowFlow Corp., whose business management and compliance tools have processed more than $3.3 billion for cannabis retailers, cultivators, processors, and distributors. Dama Financial has entered an agreement to acquire GrowFlow, creating Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/SHWMRH

New rules regulating Oregon’s hemp and licensed marijuana industries took effect January 1st. Since the start of the new year the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission has fielded a lot of questions about what those rules mean, and what OLCC marijuana licensees and Oregon Department of Agriculture registered hemp growers and handlers need to do Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/SHVYJZ

Voters in Austin will cast vote to end enforcement of marijuana possession and ban dangerous “no knock” police warrants TEXAS: On Tuesday, January 18th, 2022, the Austin City Council voted to add the Austin Freedom Act—a ballot measure authored by Ground Game Texas to decriminalize low-level marijuana offenses and ban dangerous ‘no-knock’ police warrants—to the May 7, 2022 Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/SHMtyP

NEVADA:  From old-fashioned to new-fashioned, hemp has done it again and Hemp, Inc. is right on the forefront. The Company announced it will be launching a CBDA and CBGA line of water, tinctures, gummies, capsules, and edibles, as its primary cannabinoids. With 14 years under its belt and counting, the Company has been a consistent Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/SHMRDD

By Michael O’Malley, Curved Papers Founder What a year to look back on, 2021, as was 2020. And if you can remember, 2019 was one we were dying to get out of. But thankfully last year was better than 2020, and 2022, though not a serene vision to look out over, promises to get better Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/SHJkLG

NEW JERSEY:  Almost 500 individuals and entities established accounts in the first four hours after the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission started accepting recreational cannabis license applications. The CRC opened up for applications for recreational cannabis cultivators, manufacturers and testing labs on Wednesday morning at 9 a.m.  By 1 p.m. the application platform was averaging Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/SHJ1Dp

OREGON: Hemp compounds identified by Oregon State University research via a chemical screening technique invented at OSU show the ability to prevent the virus that causes COVID-19 from entering human cells. Findings of the study led by Richard van Breemen, a researcher with Oregon State’s Global Hemp Innovation Center, College of Pharmacy and Linus Pauling Institute, Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/SH0wSD

CONNECTICUT: Agriculture Commissioner Bryan P. Hurlburt announced that the Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CT DoAg) has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the Connecticut State Plan for Hemp Production. The approved plan supports the Connecticut hemp law and governs registration, production, and compliance for hemp cultivation beginning in 2022.  “USDA’s approval Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/SGxRpR

By Andrei McQuillan, VP of Sales and Marketing for EcoGen Biosciences The cannabis, hemp, and CBD industries have all made a massive global impact and changed countless lives. However, some communities in the United States are still left behind. Since cannabis has such a long and complicated history with minority groups in America, it’s no Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/SGsynv

TEXAS: Voter engagement and mobilization organization, Ground Game Texas, announced that the City of Austin has certified the Austin Freedom Act of 2021, a ballot initiative launched by the organization to decriminalize marijuana and ban ‘no knock’ warrants by police. The full text of the city’s certification can be found here.  The Austin Freedom Act of 2021 would Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/SGsRrw

WASHINGTON:  On January 5, during a regularly scheduled meeting, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) took the following action: Approved permanent rules filing: Approved permanent rules (CR 103) allowing the Board to evaluate additives, solvents, ingredients or compounds used in the production of cannabis (marijuana) products and prohibiting the use of substances determined to Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/SGcCrC

Applications for adult-use cannabis establishment licenses will be available beginning in February 2022 CONNECTICUT:  The Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) will begin accepting applications for certain adult-use cannabis establishment license types in 30 days, following the Social Equity Council’s final approval of technical assistance plans on Tuesday morning. The Department is also announcing the number Read the full article... http://dlvr.it/SGbtMK