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Funding proposals for the state’s medical marijuana program have moved away from a tax and toward a fee structure as groups continue to debate how money will move within the system.
It’s part of Senate Bill 333, a large regulatory bill that’s moving through the Montana Legislature.
The Montana House of Representatives passed the bill on Wednesday by a 65-35 vote, keeping it alive for further discussion and likely more changes.
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has been on a mission to ensure state-legal cannabis businesses have commercial insurance coverage and with his announcement of the first California cannabis surety bond program on Feb. 21, 2018, he continues to make progress.
More strife is on the horizon for Ohio’s troubled medical cannabis program. On Feb. 20, 2018, a group of unsuccessful medical cannabis applicants, led by Jimmy Gould of CannAscend Ohio LLC, filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s medical cannabis licensing process.
While the province of Newfoundland and Labrador has its key policies in place for recreational legalization and has secured a supply agreement with Canopy Growth Corporation (TSX:WEED) to provide cannabis for the province, it is now ready to hear from prospective cannabis retailers.
