Tag Archives: Politics
Washington state lawmakers bring bill to ban most cannabis concentrates
By Ben Adlin Citing concerns about a suspected connection between cannabis and psychosis, a group [...]
Jan
People on Probation and Parole Are Being Denied Perfectly Legal Medical Weed
Despite statewide legalization, some counties ban probationers and parolees from using medical marijuana. So the [...]
Jan
Newfound Cannabis Compound May Be 30 Times More Potent Than THC
But we still don't know if it causes a high or has medical benefits.
Jan
5 cannabis strains to be excited about in 2020
David Downs and Dante Jordan Each year we try to get ahead of the cannabis [...]
Jan
2020 could be a defining year for the cannabis industry
By Alicia Wallace New York (CNN Business)2019 was a momentous year for the cannabis industry: [...]
Jan
Weed’s Waste Problem: The Perils of Plastic May Haunt the Cannabis Industry
While there are resources to make cannabis companies more sustainable, there’s little incentive to utilize [...]
Jan
Students binge drink less when cannabis is legal: study
BY PATRICK CAIN Students are less likely to drink heavily in U.S. states that have [...]
Jan
Illinois cannabis dispensaries open New Year’s Day for adult-use sales
By David Downs Freedom rings in the New Year, as tens of thousands of cannabis [...]
Dec
Florida man passes out marijuana ‘because it was Christmas’
A St. Pete man was in the sharing spirit Saturday when he was passing out [...]
Dec
House-Passed Marijuana Amendments Stripped From Congressional Spending Bills
By Kyle Jaeger House Democrats failed to get a number of marijuana-related provisions attached to [...]
Dec
Cannabis is a booming industry that is seeing stigma fade
By: Jason Dinant MJ BizCon, the annual marijuana business convention, is happening now in Las [...]
Dec
MLB Officially Removes Marijuana From Banned Substances List For Baseball Players
By Kyle Jaeger Major League Baseball (MLB) and the MLB players union announced on Thursday [...]
Dec
This company filed the first cannabis DNA patent—and nobody knows who they are
By David Bienenstock The world first learned about Biotech Institute LLC two years ago in an [...]
Dec
U.S. Virgin Islands Considering Cannabis Legalization
Gov. Albert Bryan of the U.S. Virgin Islands is considering adult-use cannabis legalization as a [...]
Dec
West Coast Cities Have More Cannabis Users Than Cigarette Smokers
According to polling data from the major metro areas of Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco, [...]
Dec