Latest Cannabis Headlines
All the headlines from our Cannabis Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Doctors in Missouri Reluctant to Certify Patients for Medical Marijuana
Jun 24 2019 // Missourians looking for physicians to certify them to buy medical marijuana when it becomes available next year are running into resistance from doctors who are reluctant to prescribe the substance. Instead, would-be users...
Viewpoint: Why Medical Marijuana Laws Are Not a Gateway to Adult Use Legislation
Jun 24 2019 // The 2018-2019 legislative sessions of Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania have all but ended without the passage of adult use cannabis legislation. This was especially surprising in New York and New Jersey,...
Most Local Governments on Sidelines of California Cannabis Rush, But for How Long?
Jun 20 2019 // The number of licensed cannabis businesses in California continues to rise. For the state’s three types of licenses – temporary, provisional and annual – the latest figures show roughly 2,700 businesses licensed...
New York Effort to Legalize Marijuana Fails; Decriminalization Possible
Jun 19 2019 // New York state lawmakers couldn’t approve marijuana legalization this session, and the legislature is now considering a back-up bill that would expand access to the drug for medical reasons and decriminalize its...
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Jun 17 2019 // National Pioneer Underwriters, the underwriting group within Minova Insurance Holdings, has appointed Nick Greggains CEO of Pioneer’s U.S. operation, effective March 25. Greggains succeeds previous U.S. CEO Gene...
Early Cannabis Insurance Claims Experience Differs from Expectations
Jun 17 2019 // It’s still early, but claims experience thus far in the cannabis insurance market is encouraging, according to one leading writer. “So far, we’re optimistic that we’re going to see that our...
Insurance Journal to Launch Insuring Cannabis
Jun 12 2019 // San Diego, CA, June 12, 2019 – Today Insurance Journal premiers Insuring Cannabis, a newsletter for insurance professionals and risk managers who need a full view of what’s happening with marijuana on state,...
Study Debunks Theory That Legalized Marijuana Helps Prevent Opioid Deaths
Jun 12 2019 // A new study shoots down the notion that medical marijuana laws can prevent opioid overdose deaths, challenging a favorite talking point of legal pot advocates. Researchers repeated an analysis that sparked excitement years...
Some Claims of Medical Cannabis Lack Scientific Evidence
Jun 11 2019 // Marijuana has been shown to help ease pain and a few other health problems, yet two-thirds of U.S. states have decided pot should be legal to treat many other conditions with little scientific backing. At least 1.4 million...
Insurance Journal to Launch Insuring Cannabis
Jun 10 2019 // San Diego, CA, June 10, 2019 – Today Insurance Journal premiers Insuring Cannabis, a newsletter for insurance professionals and risk managers who need a full view of what’s happening with marijuana on state,...
Welcome to Insuring Cannabis
Jun 7 2019 // Welcome to Insuring Cannabis, a newsletter for insurance professionals and risk managers who want to know what’s happening with the budding industry on the state, national and international levels. Each week you will...
Marijuana Legalization Front and Center in 3 States
Jun 7 2019 // Recreational marijuana use is grabbing attention in three states that appear poised at some point to clear the way for adults to buy and possess cannabis for reasons other than medicinal purposes. Illinois is set to become...
Alabama Lawmakers to Form Medical Marijuana Study Commission
Jun 3 2019 // Alabama lawmakers voted Friday to create a medical marijuana commission that will make recommendations for a bill they might consider in the 2020 legislative session. The measure was a compromise after an original medical...
Early Cannabis Insurance Claims Experience Differs from Expectations
May 29 2019 // It’s still early, but claims experience thus far in the cannabis insurance market is encouraging, according to one leading writer. “So far, we’re optimistic that we’re going to see that our...
The Impact Of State-Level Legalization of Marijuana on the Insurance Industry
May 20 2019 // The changing legal status of marijuana in the U.S. is prompting insurers to begin offering coverages, despite having extremely limited loss data to inform them. While marijuana remains illegal at the federal level, action...
Louisiana House Gives Nod to Medical Marijuana Inhaler Bill
May 17 2019 // Louisiana’s medical marijuana patients would be able to inhale cannabis, if senators agree to a proposal that won overwhelming support from lawmakers in the House. Rep. Ted James, a Baton Rouge Democrat, says his...
Alabama Senate Approves Medical Marijuana Bill
May 10 2019 // The Alabama Senate has approved a bill authorizing the use of medical marijuana for some medical conditions. Senators swiftly approved the bill Thursday morning on a 17-6 vote. It now moves to the House of...
Ohio’s International Excess Taps Brown-Hurtado to Lead Cannabis Division
May 9 2019 // Beachwood, Ohio-based insurance program manager, International Excess, has appointed Kathleen Brown-Hurtado vice president of Specialty Programs. She will be spearheading the company’s Cannabis Insurance...
Advocates’ Suit No Longer Says Mormon Church Swayed Medical Pot Changes
May 8 2019 // Marijuana advocates dropped legal claims that Utah lawmakers conspired with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to make sweeping changes to a voter-approved ballot initiative legalizing medical pot. Their...
Keesey Joins Cannasure Insurance Services as Sr. Underwriter in Ohio
Apr 25 2019 // Cannasure Insurance Services (Cannasure), a Cleveland, Ohio-based managing general agent and wholesale insurance broker for the cannabis and hemp industries, hired Jenna Keesey as a senior underwriter in its growing MGA...
