Latest Cannabis Headlines
All the headlines from our Cannabis Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Colorado Edible Pot Company Sued by Hershey
Jun 9 2014 // The Hershey Co. has sued a Colorado marijuana edibles company, claiming it makes four pot-infused candies that too closely resemble iconic products of the chocolate maker. The trademark infringement lawsuit was filed in...
New Mexico Court: Insurer to Pay for Injured Worker’s Medical MJ
Jun 2 2014 // The New Mexico Court of Appeals has ruled that a worker’s employer and its insurer must pay for medical marijuana for treating the employee’s chronic pain from a job-related back injury. The court in May upheld...
New Mexico Court: Insurer to Pay for Injured Worker’s Medical MJ
May 21 2014 // The New Mexico Court of Appeals has ruled that a worker’s employer and its insurer must pay for medical marijuana for treating the employee’s chronic pain from a job-related back injury. The court on Monday...
10 Challenges Ahead for Workers’ Compensation
May 5 2014 // Today’s challenges are also tomorrow’s opportunities depending on the viewpoint. Those same opportunities could also remain tomorrow’s challenges. This special report highlights 10 current workers’...
Top 10 HOT Markets to Watch
Mar 24 2014 // Insurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes and expansions in the past year. Here are the top 10 market sectors that just might deliver hot opportunities for agents and brokers in the property/casualty...
Illinois Medical Marijuana Law Poses Workplace Dilemma
Mar 11 2014 // Illinoisans hoping to make use of the state’s fledgling medical marijuana law may risk their jobs if their employers opt to maintain or adopt zero-tolerance drug policies. The Rockford Register Star reported that the...
MMD Insurance to Offer Protection from Denied Claims for Cannabis Businesses
Jan 29 2014 // MMD Insurance Services has launched products completed operations with health hazards coverage and removed the “marijuana and its derivatives”, explicitly and in writing, for cannabis businesses in concurrence...
Colorado Gets Stoned Driving Prevention Grant
Jan 27 2014 // Colorado plans to advertise the dangers of stoned driving and train more police officers in spotting drivers impaired by marijuana with a new $400,000 federal grant. “It’s ironic we’re using federal...
Colorado Gets Stoned Driving Prevention Grant
Jan 14 2014 // Colorado plans to advertise the dangers of stoned driving and train more police officers in spotting drivers impaired by marijuana with a new $400,000 federal grant. “It’s ironic we’re using federal...
Progressive Insurance Chairman, Former CEO, Philanthropist Lewis Dies
Nov 24 2013 // Progressive Corp. Chairman Peter B. Lewis, the billionaire who turned a company founded by his father into one of the largest U.S. auto insurers, has died. He was 80. Lewis died Saturday at his home in Coconut Grove,...
Synthetic Marijuana Death Prompts Lawsuit Against Colorado Store
Oct 7 2013 // The death of a 19-year-old who died after smoking synthetic marijuana has prompted a wrongful death suit against a Colorado Springs convenience store. Stephane Colbert alleges that her son, Nicholas A. Colbert, died in...
Synthetic Marijuana Death Prompts Lawsuit Against Colorado Store
Sep 25 2013 // The death of a 19-year-old who died after smoking synthetic marijuana has prompted a wrongful death suit against a Colorado Springs convenience store. Stephane Colbert alleges that her son, Nicholas A. Colbert, died in...
New Kentucky Law Reopens Door for Christians-Only Medical Coverage
Jun 25 2013 // Kentuckians will again be able to sign up for a Christians-only medical program under a batch of new laws that take effect Tuesday. Lawmakers passed the law allowing Medi-Share, a Florida-based cost-sharing ministry, to...
Nevada Assembly Approves Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Jun 5 2013 // Nevada lawmakers want to give medical marijuana users a legal way to obtain the drug 13 years after voters legalized medicinal pot in the state constitution. The Assembly voted 28-14 Monday to pass a bill establishing...
Colorado Stoned-Driving Bill Attracts Lawsuit
May 22 2013 // A frequent marijuana user who says Colorado’s pending pot DUI legislation violates the constitution is suing to block the bill. Brandon Baker, of Nunn, said he uses marijuana for religious reasons and that the blood...
Nevada Bill Suggests Removing Part of Marijuana DUI Tests
May 10 2013 // Some Nevada lawmakers say medical marijuana patients shouldn’t be deemed impaired when driving just because they have small amounts of marijuana in their system. The idea sparked intense debate Tuesday when Assembly...
Driving-Stoned Debate Appears Settled In Colorado
May 9 2013 // Colorado’s long debates on marijuana regulation and driving high came to an end Tuesday, when the Senate voted on three pot measures they’ve been debating for months. The Senate gave final approval to a...
Marijuana DUI Bill Advances In Colorado
Apr 2 2013 // Marijuana blood limits for Colorado drivers are closer to approval. A House committee approved the bill Monday after a month-long delay. The bill would say drivers should be considered impaired if their blood contains more...
Christian Health Insurer, Pension Liability Top Kentucky Legislature’s Closing Days
Mar 25 2013 // Lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday with two days remaining to pass legislation intended to shore up Kentucky’s pension plans for state and local government retirees. Restoring solvency to the pension system,...
Marijuana Training Program Approved In Colorado
Mar 22 2013 // A marijuana proposal aimed at training people who work in medical marijuana businesses awaits the governor’s pen in Colorado. The Senate voted 23-12 Tuesday to create a “responsible medical marijuana...
