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Hummingbird Labs is opening on Division Avenue Southeast, to make sure cannabis products are safe before being sold in stores. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A new business is taking shape on the south side of Grand Rapids — a cannabis testing facility to make sure products are safe before being sold in Michigan stores. Hummingbird Labs will be the first Af

A man has been jailed for more than four years after £30,000 worth of cannabis was found at the scene of a house fire in Stafford. Staffordshire fire crews had attended a house fire on Taplin Close on April 29, 2020, and alerted police of a possible drugs set-up inside. They raised concerns after spotting dangerous electrical wiring running from fu

The use of marijuana for health purposes has been a big debate in recent years. It has been confirmed that cannabis can help alleviate certain medical issues, and it seems the following celebrities are aware of the fact. Find out which stars have used marijuana to keep themselves healthy! It's helped them with a variety of symptoms! Sir Patrick Ste

Denver's tax revenue from marijuana sales increased 3 percent in 2021 to $72.4 million, according to the city's annual marijuana tax report.  The figures come as Colorado's marijuana industry is facing a slowdown. So far this year, more than $759 million of marijuana has been sold in Colorado compared to the $962 million sold around the state in th

The Township of Ocean’s governing body is further weeding through the details in making changes to its cannabis business ordinance. The first reading of the proposed amendments and supplements to the ordinance passed unanimously at this month’s committee meeting. Residents will have the opportunity to discuss the changes at the second reading of th

The USA Today editorial board has reversed its past position on cannabis and come out in support of ending cannabis prohibition. While the newspaper flagged potential health problems caused by cannabis use, it argued that the "misguided war on drugs" continues to inflict harm on black and brown communities in the U.S. "Given the risks associated wi

Gains in state legislatures slowed down in 2022, but advocates still have the ballot. State lawmakers are still wary of weed. Last year, four states legalized marijuana through their legislatures. So far in 2022, only one — Rhode Island — has managed to legalize recreational marijuana, even though public support for liberalizing cannabis laws remai

State agencies also won't cooperate in any out-of-state investigations into lawful marijuana conduct that occurs in Colorado. Gov. Jared Polis last week vowed by executive order that Colorado will not hold out-of-state convictions for most marijuana-related offenses against people applying for professional licenses here. The Boulder Democrat wrote

When they called it 'leafy Tubridge Wells', this isn't quite what they had in mind. The leafy Kent town got a bit leafier after pranksters sneaked a cannabis plant into a floral display near the Millennium Clock in Calverley Road. Martin Steers said he was amazed no one had noticed the plant It's thought council gardeners watered the plant for week

Steve Cantwell has been cultivating cannabis for the past seven years through Green Life Productions, his Pahrump-based farm, and had no problems with state regulators when Nevada’s health and taxation departments oversaw the industry. But that all changed when the Cannabis Compliance Board took over two years ago. At a recent routine visit, Cantwe

Kush.com is crowning itself king of Florida's cannabis scene. Driving the news: Just ahead of putting on the state's biggest cannabis-centric trade show, the wholesale cannabis and hemp marketplace tells Axios it's moving its company headquarters from Seattle to Tampa's Embarc Collective. Kush recently acquired Tampa-based TradeCraft Origin, a cann

Township weed officers once sought out dangerous weeds. Some now noxious weeds were imported on purpose. Hemp has gone through cycles of use. Where ag will go, Mychal Wilmes says, is hard to guess. Leafy spurge is a common noxious weed now, but it was brought to North America as an ornamental plant by settlers. The plants with small yellow flowers

While possessing certain amounts of cannabis is now okay, legal stores have not yet opened. Justice-involved applicants vying for a license can submit their information by the end of August. New Yorkers are expected to be able to purchase legal recreational cannabis by the end of the year. The process to getting there has been a long one, with many

Earnings season is just getting started for the cannabis sector and we hope to see a positive response from the market to company results. Last week, Statistics Canada announced that $292.1 million (USD) (C$375.8 million) of recreational cannabis was sold in May. This amount is less than 1% higher than the amount of sales in April and we are favora

Functional health and medicinal products containing CBD (cannabidiol) are growing in popularity, and the UK market is now worth £690 million a year according to trade association ACI, making it the second biggest market in the world after the United States. However traditional extraction processes do not always capitalise on the latest evaporation

 Tennessee’s first cannabis restaurant — “Buds & Brews” — will officially open its doors in Germantown.  The bar and restaurant serves elevated classic American dishes, and if you wish, with a side of special sauce. “You can get chicken tenders and then you can order some THC ranch,” said Mike Solomon part owner of Buds & Brews.  The secret here is

An IT programmer was allegedly forced to store £225,000 worth of herbal cannabis at his home in Belfast to pay off a personal drug debt, a court has heard. Peter Renshaw claimed he had acted under duress after police seized the haul - some of which was in packaging with images of Winnie the Pooh. The 36-year-old civil servant, of Willowbank Park in

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) remains firm in his stance that cannabis reform doesn’t lead to an increase in crime or drug use. (Benzinga) “The overwhelming evidence from the states that have legalized cannabis is there has not been an increase in crime and has not been an increase in drug use,” Schumer said at a recent press briefing