WeedLife News Network
Hot off the press cannabis, marijuana, cbd and hemp news from around the world on the WeedLife Social Network.
The California Supreme Court ruled this week that inmates in the state prison system do not have a right to possess marijuana under Proposition 64, the landmark 2016 ballot initiative that legalized cannabis in the state. The ruling overturns a lower court decision in 2019 that found that prisoners could possess marijuana but could not smoke or oth
Bennett Leckrone August 16, 2021, 8:43 AM As efforts to legalize cannabis in Maryland ramp up, Democratic comptroller candidates are looking to create an equitable marijuana industry in the state. House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) said last month that she would support a referendum next year on whether recreational marijuana shou...
CALGARY -- The death of 15-year-old Mia Wilkinson has rocked her family and friends, the teen girl passed away suddenly on August 12. “It really hits home and it's gut wrenching,” said Kendra Myhre, a long-time friend of the family. “I am so upset and hurt and devastated.” Mia was diagnosed with Ohtahara syndrome when she was a baby, which causes
DETROIT, Aug. 16, 2021 /CNW/ - Gage Growth Corp. ("Gage" or the "Company") (CSE: GAGE) a leading high-quality cannabis brand and operator in Michigan, today announced their third social equity grant recipient, Margaeux Bruner, Founder of Holi Smokeables, who will be awarded the grant for her product The Holi Flower, an exclusive hemp wrap cone. "Mi
London, UK, Aug. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Link Reservations Inc. (OTC Pink: LRSV) (the “Company”), a provider of medicinal mushroom and cannabidiol (CBD) wellness products for both humans and pets, announces its LinkResPet and DailyLifeCBD products will be available for purchase in all four retail locations of Collins Tobacco & Vape Stores. Thi
August 16, 2021 at 7:37 am Published by NCV Newswire VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – Village Farms International, Inc. ("Village Farms" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: VFF) (TSX: VFF) today announced that it has acquired 100% interest of privately-held, Colorado-based CBD-platform Balanced Health Botanicals ("Balanced Health") in a transacti...
By Carol Ryan Aug. 16, 2021 6:40 am ET A little-known organic garden center supplier has outpaced the likes of Amazon and Netflix on the stock market throughout the pandemic. Knotty cannabis laws should continue to fertilize its growth. Nasdaq-listed GrowGeneration owns a chain of 58 stores across the U.S. that sell "hydroponic" equipment inc...
The Center Square Mon, August 16, 2021, 7:00 AM Amazon recently eliminated marijuana from its drug testing and now treats employee use of it the same as alcohol. Other businesses are changing their marijuana screening policies as well. Todd Maisch, president and CEO of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, says attitudes are definitely relaxing i...
Epileptic seizures trigger the rapid synthesis and release of a substance mimicked by marijuana’s most psychoactive component, investigators have learned. This substance is called 2-arachidonoylglycerol, or 2-AG, and has the beneficial effect of damping down seizure intensity. But there’s a downside. The similarly rapid breakdown of 2-AG after its
By El Planteo. "What's in your life’s black box?" In tune with the new winds of communication 2.0, generational change and new ways of relating to content, the famous Spanish streamer, Ibai Llanos, interviewed Lionel Messi after his arrival to Paris. On the same day, one of the most popular journalists on the Internet was able to do the same with t
Individual consumers in Arizona seem to be safe in possessing it. The Smart and Safe Act that voters approved last year allows people 21 and older to legally have five grams or less of any marijuana concentrate. That includes a Delta 8 gummy or vape cartridge. The first thing to know about the increasingly popular cannabinoid called Delta 8 THC is
Cannabis farmers tend to aim for high THC content cultivars of weed when they’re creating a new strain, without giving much thought to the effect these compounds have on the user’s body. The potency of cannabis is determined by the content level of CBD and THC compounds present in the plant. So, it is normal to be curious about the exact amount of
The gateway theory is not necessarily a concept that ensures a person who uses weed today will shoot heroin tomorrow. The cannabis industry seems to be moving across the U.S. with the power of a Mack Truck screaming down the highway with a sign on the back that reads, “red-eye express.” The business of growing and selling weed has matured into a mu
Written by: Javier Hasse The long-standing, negative stereotypes about cannabis consumers have contributed to a decades-long stigma that lingers to this date, even as legalization spreads across the world while birthing one of the fastest-growing industries of our time. But new data out today, shared exclusively with Forbes ahead of its official re
A notification to FDA by Charlotte’s Web to demonstrate the safety of its full-spectrum hemp extract was met with objections in a letter made public Wednesday, underscoring regulatory challenges plaguing the hemp-based CBD market in the U.S. The development highlights Congress must intervene to clear a pathway for hemp-based CBD products, several i
Recreational cannabis sales began in January 2018, and while many have played by the rules, the illegal growth and sale of the plant continues to undermine those following the rules. Licensed to grow, manufacture and sell State license issuance began in 2018, but data isn’t available for that initial year because they were issued as temporary licen
The North Carolina Senate is considering Senate Bill 711, The Compassionate Care Act, which would legalize medical marijuana in this state. The sponsors say this act would give North Carolina the strictest medical marijuana law in the country. Below are some questions and answers about who could get medical marijuana and how a medical marijuana law
Chris Vela dances with fire as he twirls molten glass over a glowing flame. He likens the mesmerizing effects to a campfire – a hypnotic incandescence. As a contemporary marijuana glass artist, Vela makes translucent electric green bubblers and glistening salmon pink Sherlock pipes. He has hollow-sculpted a real-life horned lizard skull – a blazing