Month: January 2020

As of Monday cannabis edibles will be available at legal pot shops. Erica Natividad with the ongoing concerns about the products, especially with regards to children.

The ACT has become the first Australian jurisdiction to legalise the possession, use and cultivation of small amounts of cannabis. The laws passed the ACT Legislative Assembly this afternoon, allowing possession of up to 50 grams per person and a maximum of four plants per household. They will come into effect from January 31, 2020.

As of Monday cannabis edibles will be available at legal pot shops. Erica Natividad with the ongoing concerns about the products, especially with regards to children.

Many dreamed of legal recreational marijuana in Illinois, including the politicians who pushed for it.

Illinois dispensaries have encountered problem’s with the state’s tracking software on the first day of recreational sales. FULL STORY: https://abc7chicago.com/business/legal-recreational-marijuana-sales-begin-in-illinois/5804233/

Pot is now legal in Illinois. Charlie Bachtell, Cresco Labs CEO, joins CNBC’s “Power Lunch” team to discuss the cannabis sector. Illinois rings in the new year on Wednesday by joining 10 states and the District of Columbia in allowing the legal sale and purchase of marijuana. Illinois became the 11th state in the nation

Illinois, the largest Midwestern state in the U.S., is beginning 2020 with the implementation of a new law that allows people to legally buy marijuana for recreational use. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act also also allows the governor to pardon thousands for past low-level cannabis convictions. VOA’s Mariama Diallo reports Originally published at –