Medical Marijuana Program Connection

Legal marijuana is now a $1 billion industry in Missouri

MMP News AuthorDecember 8, 2023

YOU KNOW HOW MUCH COLDER WE’RE GOING TO BE FOR YOUR SATURDAY AND YOUR SUNDAY. THAT’S COMING UP. WELL, MARIJUANA IN MISSOURI IS NOW $1 BILLION INDUSTRY, AND THAT BRINGS IN ROUGHLY $100 BILLION IN TAXES. KMBC NINE’S REBECCA GANNON IS TRACKING THOSE DOLLARS. I MEAN, WE’RE JUST BOOMING RIGHT ... Read More

NY bill would ban public use of marijuana, including edibles

MMP News AuthorJuly 23, 2023

In New York State, most municipalities ban the use of alcohol on public streets or outside of venues that specifically allow it. Yet the state’s relatively new marijuana law doesn’t let local governments impose the same restrictions on public consumption of THC, the psychoactive component in marijuana. New York State ... Read More

Ottawa, municipalities can’t co-operate on cannabis, Norfolk police board told

MMP News AuthorOctober 10, 2020

Members of Norfolk’s Police Services Board discussed problems with Health Canada’s designated grower program for legal users of medicinal cannabis during a video conference at Governor Simcoe Square Wednesday. Among those speaking on behalf of the federal agency’s cannabis program was Benoit Seguin. Monte Sonnenberg/Postmedia Network jpeg, TN Problem producers ... Read More

Ottawa, municipalities can’t co-operate on cannabis

MMP News AuthorOctober 8, 2020

Members of Norfolk’s Police Services Board discussed problems with Health Canada’s designated grower program for legal users of medicinal cannabis during a video conference at Governor Simcoe Square Wednesday. Among those speaking on behalf of the federal agency’s cannabis program was Benoit Seguin. Monte Sonnenberg / Simcoe Reformer Problem producers ... Read More

B.C. municipalities want province to share cannabis tax money

MMP News AuthorSeptember 25, 2020

A group advocating on behalf of municipalities and some First Nations across B.C. wants the province to share its cannabis excise tax revenue. The Union of B.C. Municipalities’ outgoing president Maja Tait said Friday that 99 per cent of the group’s 189 members voted in favour of seeking a portion ... Read More

B.C. municipalities want province to share cannabis tax money from Feds

MMP News AuthorSeptember 25, 2020

A group advocating on behalf of municipalities and some First Nations across B.C. wants the province to share its cannabis excise tax revenue. The Union of B.C. Municipalities’ outgoing president Maja Tait said Friday that 99 per cent of the group’s 189 members voted in favour of seeking a portion of the revenue ... Read More