Cannabis Approved as Opioid Exit Path in Illinois
Tue / Aug 28th
A measure written to limit barriers for medical cannabis and provide easier access for patients currently taking prescription opioids will… Read More
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Study: Nearly Half of Cannabis Consumers Can’t Name Their Favorite Strain
Tue / Aug 28th
A recent report on cannabis consumer trends by High Yield Insights has found that although a majority (64 percent) of cannabis… Read More
Cannabis Intoxication Roadside Testing Tech Coming to Canada
Tue / Aug 28th
Police in Canada will soon have access to new testing technology to help check drivers for intoxication from cannabis and… Read More
Illinois Gov. Signs Hemp Legalization Bill
Mon / Aug 27th
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) signed a bill to legalize industrial hemp on Saturday, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The Illinois Industrial… Read More
Cannabis Retail Chain Becomes First to Unionize in Washington State
Mon / Aug 27th
Cannabis retailer “Have a Heart” and workers union “United Food and Commercial Workers 21 (UFCW21)” have signed Washington state’s first… Read More
Pennsylvania Gov.’s Office Requests Congressional Cannabis Banking Protections
Mon / Aug 27th
On Friday, the administration of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) wrote a letter to top leaders in Congress calling for… Read More
New Zealand Licenses Its First Cannabis Company
Mon / Aug 27th
New Zealand officials have issued the country’s first medical cannabis cultivation license to Hikurangi Cannabis, a company based in Ruatoria… Read More
Industrial Hemp THC Limit Raised to 1% In Western Australia
Fri / Aug 24th
Regulators in Western Australia have approved new rules for the state’s industrial hemp farmers, raising the upper limit for THC… Read More
Mormon Church Officially Comes Out Against Utah MMJ Initiative
Fri / Aug 24th
On Thursday, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hosted a news conference where they came out unequivocally… Read More
NH Police Take Cannabis, Leave Humor in Illicit Cannabis Grow Bust
Fri / Aug 24th
Police in Marlborough, New Hampshire confiscated 25 cannabis plants growing on private land and then did something unexpected — they… Read More
Cannabis Expungement Bill Passes California Legislature
Thu / Aug 23rd
On Wednesday, the California state legislature approved a bill that requires the state’s Department of Justice to review cannabis convictions… Read More
Treating Cannabis Like Wine, California Plans Region of Origin Regulation
Thu / Aug 23rd
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is planning an “appellation of origin” system to regulate the naming of… Read More
California Teens Have Decreased Their Cannabis Use, Study Shows
Thu / Aug 23rd
A new study from the California Healthy Kids Survey shows that — despite increased legalization, mainstream attention, and a cultural… Read More
New Jersey Lawmakers Positioned for Legalization Vote Next Month
Thu / Aug 23rd
Lawmakers in New Jersey could vote on a cannabis legalization bill as early as next month but its success is… Read More
DEA Wants Even More Cannabis Grown by End of 2018
Wed / Aug 22nd
The DEA is doubling down on a plan announced last week to increase research-grade cannabis production in 2019 and is… Read More
Analyst Pegs U.S. National Cannabis Market at $47 Billion; Stocks Soar
Wed / Aug 22nd
Wall Street Investment bank RBC Capital Markets has estimated that a legal cannabis market in the entire U.S. could generate… Read More
Colorado’s Mandatory Pesticide Testing: Good for Labs, Painful for Growers
Wed / Aug 22nd
Cannabis testing labs in Colorado are seeing a stream of new profits while local cultivators are struggling to absorb the… Read More
Federal Enforcement Fears Shelve CA Banking Bill
Wed / Aug 22nd
Last week, state lawmakers in California ceased consideration of a bill to create state cannabis banks due to an analysis… Read More
WSDA Plans Organic Cannabis Certification Program
Tue / Aug 21st
Cannabis consumers in Washington will have access to state-certified organic cannabis products as early as next year, The Stranger reports. The… Read More
Ohio Citizens Seek Decriminalization; Police Will Continue Arrests
Tue / Aug 21st
Voters in the city of Norwood, Ohio have collected enough signatures to get a cannabis decriminalization measure on the town’s… Read More
World Health Organization Recommends Descheduling CBD
Tue / Aug 21st
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that “preparations considered to be pure cannabidiol CBD should not be scheduled within the… Read More
Confusion Abounds Over “Dr. Gupta” Hemp CBD Product Endorsement
Mon / Aug 20th
CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta is often credited for helping spark a major shift of public opinion regarding… Read More
We Need to Stop Calling K2 ‘Synthetic Marijuana’ as Body Count Rises
Mon / Aug 20th OPINION
Following last week’s mass-casualty event in New Haven, Connecticut, it’s clear that the cannabis community needs to do its part… Read More
Florida Politician’s Accounts Closed for Taking MMJ Advocacy Donations
Mon / Aug 20th
This month, Wells Fargo closed the accounts of Florida agriculture commissioner candidate Nikki Fried due to her receiving money from… Read More