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#1 Adults in Ohio Can Legally Possess and Grow Marijuana – But There’s Nowhere to Buy It
Dec 11 2023 // COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohioans woke up Thursday in a land of recreational marijuana limbo, in which adults can legally grow and possess cannabis at home, but cannot legally buy it. That combination of factors related to a...
#2 Cannabis Insurance Specialists See Optimism in 2024 Data, Planning for Growth and More Capacity
Dec 15 2023 // From a broad view, data from the cannabis industry fails to paint an informative picture of what lies ahead for the business in 2024 or what the year holds for insurance professionals specializing in servicing the...
#3 Lawsuit Blames Negligence by Plant Owner, HVAC Contractors for Cannabis Worker’s Asthma Death
Nov 29 2023 // A lawsuit has been filed over what has been identified as the cannabis industry’s first asthma workplace death. The mother of a worker who died from an asthma attack at a Massachusetts cannabis processing plant in...
#4 Cannabis Industry Reports First Worker Death From Asthma Attack
Nov 20 2023 // The U.S. cannabis production industry’s first reported occupational asthma death took the life of a worker in Massachusetts, federal health and safety officials said. The woman, 27, was working in a cannabis...
#5 Ohio Voters to Decide on Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
Nov 7 2023 // COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Voters in Ohio will decide next week whether to legalize recreational marijuana, but people on both sides of the issue say more hangs in the balance than simply decriminalizing the drug. Supporters...
#6 Summit: Insuring Cannabis Specialists Talk Trends, Risks and Coverage Challenges
Oct 11 2023 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Unique vapes, infused cocktails and even personal hygiene items — the variety of new and emerging cannabis products is a clear sign the industry is maturing and innovating. And more...
#7 Reporting High Electric Bills Helps Nab Illegal Marijuana Farms But Raises Privacy Issues
Aug 14 2024 // Operators of illegal marijuana grow enterprises hidden inside rural homes in Maine don’t have to worry much about prying neighbors. But their staggering electric bills may give rise to a new snitch. An electric...
#8 Summit: How Cannabis Brokers Can Get SMB Clients Better Insurance
Oct 13 2023 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Big multistate operators often get the bend-over-backward treatment from all service providers, but what are insurance brokers looking to get the same treatment for their small-to-midsize...
#9 Takeaways from Our Conversation with Insuring Cannabis Pro About His Son’s CBD Trial
Nov 30 2023 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Erich Schutz has been a cannabis insurance specialist since around the time it first became legal, dropping into a competitive business with acumen, knowledge and passion. He even adopted a...
#10 Texas Lawmakers Zero In on Exploding Hemp Industry
May 15 2024 // Austin hemp entrepreneur Shayda Torabi is looking at a year filled with uncertainty. For the six years they’ve been in business, Torabi and her two sisters have operated Restart, their hemp dispensary, in a modest...
#11 Summit: Cannabis Data A Key to Growing, Retaining Client Base
Oct 10 2023 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Data and technology are becoming more important to the cannabis market as it matures, and insurance professionals specializing in the segment would benefit from keeping that at top of mind. A...
#12 New Mexico Revoked Licenses of Cannabis Growers and Fined Them $2M for Safety, Other Violations
Jan 9 2024 // New Mexico marijuana regulators revoked the licenses of two growing operations in a rural county for numerous violations and have levied a $1 million fine against each business. One of the businesses, Native American...
#13 Cannabis Firm Fights Insurer’s Denial of Business Income Loss Claim Following Fire
Jul 29 2024 // A Berkshire Hathaway insurer is insisting it does not owe $1.3 million in claimed business income losses to a cannabis growing company after a building fire shuttered one of its “flowering” rooms for 68...
#14 Ohio Votes to Legalize Marijuana For Adult Recreational Use
Nov 9 2023 // COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio voters approved a measure legalizing recreational marijuana on Tuesday, defying Republican legislative leaders who had failed to pass the proposed law. Passage of Issue 2 makes Ohio the 24th...
#15 Medical Cannabis User Fired After Failing Drug Test Appeals Denial of Job Benefits
Jun 3 2024 // A Vermont man who lost his job after he said a random drug test showed he had used medical marijuana off duty for chronic pain has appealed to the Vermont Supreme Court saying he should not have been denied a portion of...
#16 After Crash Killed 6 Teens, NTSB Says Marijuana’s Impact on Drivers Underestimated
Jul 23 2024 // A horrific crash that killed six high school girls in Oklahoma two years ago has the head of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board urging parents to warn teenagers about the risk of driving after using...
#17 Maine Has No Medical Cannabis Testing Requirement. Health Advocates Urge Change.
Jul 10 2024 // Keri-Jon Wilson started as a hobbyist, making medical marijuana edibles on a small scale for patients suffering from chronic pain and cancer. But in 2015 she expanded her business, Portland-based Pot + Pan Manufacturing,...
#18 Claim on Seized Hemp Shipment Barred, Showing Trickiness of Coverage
Aug 1 2024 // International treaties preempt state-based legal actions, giving an air transport company an escape from claims on what a hemp producer said was botched paperwork for an overseas hemp shipment, a federal appeals court...
#19 Virginia Gov. Youngkin Vetoes Retail Marijuana, Minimum Wage Hike, Workers’ Comp Bills
Apr 3 2024 // Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two top Democratic legislative priorities last Thursday: bills that would have allowed the recreational retail sales of marijuana to begin next year and measures mandating a...
#20 Summit: Big Picture Trends Driving Insuring Cannabis Conditions
Oct 12 2023 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Certain exclusions that were once prevalent in cannabis insurance seem to be eroding, possibly a sign of some good news for businesses in the industry. A group of experts gathered during...
