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Last week, President Joe Biden pardoned thousands of people with Federal offenses for marijuana possession, reigniting the conversation around marijuana legalization. A finance website called The Motley Fool recently released a report on state tax revenue from legalized recreational weed. In total, all states took in $10.4 billion, not including me

ST. LOUIS - A mother in Missouri says she found cannabis-derived gummy worms in her 5-year-old’s Halloween candy after a trunk-or-treat event Saturday. Tiffany Burroughs took her three young boys to the event held at JJ’s Restaurant, which hosts monthly car shows. Restaurant co-owner Stephen Bell said the Halloween-themed event held in October, in

LAS VEGAS - On October 6, 2022, President Biden announced that he will pardon all prior federal offenses of simple possession of marijuana and will call on federal regulators to review how the drug is classified. The pardons will affect approximately 6,500 people convicted of federal offenses for simple possession from 1992 through 2021, as well as

In early October, President Joe Biden granted a pardon to all people convicted previously of federal offenses of simple marijuana possession. In that same statement, he called on the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General to begin reviewing how marijuana is scheduled under federal law. Currently, cannabis/marijuana is class

With the decriminalization of cannabis comes a list of questions and concerns over its medical and recreational use – including figuring out how long the drug's effects actually last for. While society has had decades to question the relationship between alcohol consumption and intoxication, the duration of impairment from inhaling or ingesting wee

Biden’s cannabis pardon will affect the lives of thousands of people. Does this mean governors will have to follow the president’s lead? President Biden’s pardon of non-violent marijuana offenses feels like a prelude to a new cannabis era. Through a hopeful lens, the move represents a time when more and more states are legalizing cannabis and the d

Dozens of licensed cultivators have about 80,000 marijuana plants growing. Around 1,100 patients have signed up for medical marijuana, and 96 doctors or nurse practitioners are working to certify them. Small growers are complaining a large one has been allowed to skirt the rules. But the Mississippi State Department of Health has zero investigators

Mint Cannabis will soon be the first dispensary in Arizona, and one of a handful of dispensaries in the country, to have the ability to offer 24-hour service, 365 days per year to those 21 and older. The Mint will operate 24-hours a day at this location on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays as a starting point and may expand the extended hours to addi

Under the proposal, the city would obligate 1% of marijuana sales tax dollars to grow the fund. If approved, the fund would be named for Herman Malone, a longtime minority business activist in Denver who died last year. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and the Denver Economic Development & Opportunity department are proposing the creation of a $15 mill

RAPID CITY - With the general election less than a month away, many South Dakota voters are already casting their ballots. One issue voters will be deciding on is Initiated Measure 27. If passed, it would legalize the use of recreational marijuana in the state. According to a report done by the Motley Fool, which broke down the marijuana tax revenu

By all accounts, it appears the first Camp Cannabis festival, which took place Friday and Saturday at Marquette’s Tourist Park, was a success. Recreational marijuana was legalized in Michigan with the 2018 election, so it probably was a matter of time before somebody stepped up with a festival to celebrate it. The event marked the Upper Peninsula’s

One-third of applicants receive funding, many also receive additional TIF funding. Taurance Thomas has sold hospital scrubs to select customers for more than seven years, but his dream is to open a brick-and-mortar retail store in Springfield that focuses on urban clothing. The 50-year-old Springfield resident hopes to bring that dream to fruition

Recently, New York regulators unveiled proposed marijuana packaging and labeling rules that include provisions to boost sustainability in the state’s recreational industry. (Benzinga) A Sustainable Program As part of its sustainability program, New York requires cannabis businesses to incorporate “at least 25% post-recycled consumer content into th

Suella Braverman is really on a roll, eh? First the home secretary made headlines for grinning like a maniac as she declared that it was her “dream” and “obsession” to watch desperate asylum seekers get deported to Rwanda. Now she’s back in the news for reportedly saying she wants to reclassify marijuana from a class B to a class A drug. This would

V.P. Kamala Harris’ comments came days after President Biden’s historic pardons. Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday urged both Congress and state governments to follow the Biden administration’s lead and decriminalize marijuana. Harris’ comments, made during an interview on “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” came less than a week after President Jo

A youth marijuana prevention presentation will take place in Reeds Spring on Thursday, Oct. 13. Laura Stack, the founder and CEO of Johnny’s Ambassadors will be the guest speaker at the free community event, which will take place at the Reeds Spring Middle School from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The event is being presented by several local organizations, inclu

GLOCESTER - Police in Rhode Island have a warning for parents ahead of Halloween. Officers in Glocester pulled over a car and found more than 200 edible marijuana products. They were packaged like cereal snacks similar to Rice Krispies Treats, Cocoa Pebbles and Trix.  "These treats can easily be mistaken for the popular name brand snacks that you c

While states continue moving to legalize cannabis, change has been slower to nonexistent at the federal level. That may have changed last week with President Biden’s statement on marijuana reform, announcing that he was pardoning citizens with federal convictions of simple possession of marijuana. He also directed an administrative review of how ma