Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Stebbins, Camargo named to state cannabis commission

MMP News AuthorDecember 16, 2020

BOSTON (SHNS) – The Cannabis Control Commission will gain two new members when the calendar flips to 2021, but it will come at the Mass. Gaming Commission’s expense. Gov. Charlie Baker, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg and Attorney General Maura Healey appointed Gaming Commissioner Bruce Stebbins to a five-year term on the ... Read More

Six Nations Cannabis Commission under fire

MMP News AuthorDecember 10, 2020

Sparks fly, questions surface around Six Nations Cannabis Commission spending By Lynda Powless Editor The Six Nations Cannabis Commission (SNCC) will be meeting with band staff to develop a compensation policy after a stormy meeting with Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) centred ... Read More

Medical Marijuana Commission licenses state’s 38th dispensary, declines to award two remai…

MMP News AuthorDecember 9, 2020

The state Medical Marijuana Commission licensed the state’s 38th dispensary Tuesday but decided not to act on the state’s final two license applications, which expire Jan. 9. The license went to 3J Investments, owned by Jeffery Catlett Fitch and Jeremy Ruiz, who will open the facility in Lamar (Johnson County). ... Read More

Stanton Planning Commission sets limit for number of retail marijuana facilities

MMP News AuthorDecember 4, 2020

STANTON — The Stanton Planning Commission opted to allow only two retail marijuana facilities within the city in marijuana ordinances drafts, which still require the City Commission’s approval before being made official. The Stanton Planning Commission looks over its draft ordinances for allowing medical and adult-use marijuana establishments, which still ... Read More

UN commission removes cannabis from list of risky narcotics

MMP News AuthorDecember 3, 2020

The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) has removed cannabis from the most dangerous category of drugs, where it had been placed for 59 years, the UN said in a statement. This happened as a result of a historic vote of 27 in favour and 25 against has removed cannabis ... Read More

UN commission reclassifies cannabis, no longer considered risky narcotic

MMP News AuthorDecember 2, 2020

In reviewing a series of World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations on marijuana and its derivatives, the CND zeroed-in on the decision to remove cannabis from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs — where it was listed alongside deadly, addictive opioids, including heroin. The CND’s 53 Member States voted ... Read More