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Former NBA All-Star Dwyane Wade releases exclusive Cannabis Box

Former NBA All-Star Dwyane Wade releases exclusive Cannabis Box

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Cannabis NewsAugust 18, 2023

The limited-edition box coincides with Dwyane Wade’s recent induction into the NBA Hall of Fame. Former NBA athlete and Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade recently announced the details regarding his special cannabis box launch in collaboration with Jeeter. “My partners, Jeeter and I, have created this

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Predictions for future Federal Cannabis Laws

Predictions for future Federal Cannabis Laws

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Cannabis NewsAugust 17, 2023

Most Americans favor federal cannabis legalization. Nearly all Americans support medical cannabis legalization. This is not a new development. It has been that way for years. And it is a rare non-partisan issue. Over the past few years while support has been its highest, well, ever, a series of

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Cannabis vendors in Limbo as Judge Halts N.Y. License Program

Cannabis vendors in Limbo as Judge Halts N.Y. License Program

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Cannabis NewsAugust 17, 2023

The state made convicted weed dealers the first legal sellers. Those left out sued, and a judge paused the program. State inspectors visiting a storefront in the Bronx on a recent Thursday were so certain the owners would be cleared in a few days to open a cannabis dispensary that they handed them a

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First responders seek clarity on Recreational Marijuana rules

First responders seek clarity on Recreational Marijuana rules

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Cannabis NewsAugust 16, 2023

First responders seek clarity on recreational marijuana rules Firefighters and EMS workers across New Jersey are expressing frustration over a lack of clear guidelines regulating their recreational use of marijuana when off duty. Unlike law enforcement, first responders say there is no detailed

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Missouri regulators recall thousands of Cannabis Products

Missouri regulators recall thousands of Cannabis Products

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Cannabis NewsAugust 16, 2023

Regulators in Missouri on Monday issued a notice to recall more than 60,000 cannabis products in the state that were insufficiently processed before hitting the market. The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation said that it is “issuing a patient and consumer communication to alert patients and

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N.J. judicial staff barred from taking Cannabis jobs

N.J. judicial staff barred from taking Cannabis jobs

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Cannabis NewsAugust 16, 2023

People who work for New Jersey courts can no longer take any jobs in the medical or recreational cannabis industry. Chief Justice Stuart Rabner last week approved an amendment to Canon 5, which deals with outside employment for judicial employees and exists to avoid impropriety and conflicts of

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Germans stage rally demanding legalization of Cannabis

Germans stage rally demanding legalization of Cannabis

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Cannabis NewsAugust 15, 2023

Chancellor Olaf Scholz's cabinet is due this week to discuss a draft bill that would allow the limited consumption of hashish and marijuana. The plans have been widely criticized as impossible to police. Hundreds of people joined the annual cannabis legalization protest in Germany's capital Berlin

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Michigan Cannabis sales set monthly record in July topping $275M

Michigan Cannabis sales set monthly record in July topping $275M

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Cannabis NewsAugust 15, 2023

Cannabis legal sales in Michigan in July leaped 6,1% from June to a record $275,7 million, putting cannabis sales in 2023 on a $3 billion run rate. Another impressive stat released Friday by the Cannabis Regulatory Agency is on a day-by-day basis, sales increased by 2.7 percent. Taking a closer look

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State auditor launches inquiry into Missouri Marijuana program

State auditor launches inquiry into Missouri Marijuana program

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Cannabis NewsAugust 15, 2023

It was initiated by Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick and began Aug 2 with a meeting with officials at the Department of Health and Senior Services. Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick has begun an investigation into the state’s marijuana program, vowing to assess whether regulators are operating “in a

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Police seize $100M of Cannabis during shutdown of illegal grow op

Police seize $100M of Cannabis during shutdown of illegal grow op

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Cannabis NewsAugust 15, 2023

Close to $100 million in illegal cannabis was seized during a raid on a massive grow op in Brantford, Ont., last Wednesday. Police say 18 people were arrested in connection with the shutdown at an industrial building on the city’s south end at Mohawk Street near Crandell Avenue. Officials with a

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Dwyane Wade celebrates NBA hall of fame induction with Cannabis drop

Dwyane Wade celebrates NBA hall of fame induction with Cannabis drop

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Cannabis NewsAugust 15, 2023

The newly-minted NBA Hall-of-Famer Dwyane Wade just dropped a limited-edition cannabis product with Jeeter, the top-selling preroll brand in the country, to commemorate the occasion. Wade was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday, August 12, 2023. The NBA player

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New York's first Cannabis growers market has opened in New Paltz

New York's first Cannabis growers market has opened in New Paltz

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Cannabis NewsAugust 14, 2023

This is not your typical farmers market. A showcase market for cannabis growers has opened in New Paltz. And until there is a regular dispensary available locally to sell those products, the showcase market will continue to be open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday under tents in a parking lot

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Cannabis-Infused and alcohol-free seltzers now available

Cannabis-Infused and alcohol-free seltzers now available

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Cannabis NewsAugust 11, 2023

Summer 2023 is breaking records when it comes to heat. That might be bad news for Arizona’s dedicated hikers and golfers, but it’s good news for the pool party enthusiasts. And thanks to Cannabis Beverage Company’s High Tide Premium Cannabis Infused Seltzers (which are alcohol-free), Arizonans can

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Michigan Cannabis company founder wants to get products in the hands of seniors

Michigan Cannabis company founder wants to get products in the hands of seniors

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Cannabis NewsAugust 11, 2023

For the Love of Charlie Founder Shares Vision of Life-Changing Cannabis Benefits with Seniors at Baldwin House Senior Living. Tucker Jasso, the founder of the company For the Love of Charlie, had a message for a group of nearly 30 seniors in Hazel Park on a recent August afternoon: "I'm here to tell

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Pot smell and safety concerns ignite disputes over public smoking

Pot smell and safety concerns ignite disputes over public smoking

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Cannabis NewsAugust 11, 2023

Carl Sack is no fan of marijuana. He tried smoking once in high school and hasn’t touched it since. And he doesn’t just dislike the clouds of pot smoke he encounters around Duluth, Minnesota – he hates them. “I can’t stand to be around the stuff,” he said. But he’s still adamantly opposed to local

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Illinois Marijuana sales are highest so far this year at $140M

Illinois Marijuana sales are highest so far this year at $140M

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Cannabis NewsAugust 9, 2023

CHICAGO -- Illinois cannabis sellers sold $140 million worth of weed in July, the highest monthly total so far in 2023. The majority of the cannabis sales were to state residents, totaling $104.3 million. Out-of-state customers bought $35.6 million worth of product, according to sales figures from

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Over 70,000 Cannabis convictions expunged in Missouri

Over 70,000 Cannabis convictions expunged in Missouri

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Cannabis NewsAugust 9, 2023

Missouri has now expunged over 70,000 cannabis convictions, according to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Since President Biden announced in October 2022 that cannabis convictions would be eligible for expungement, states across the US have been enacting the pardons

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Former FDA regulator predicts Cannabis rescheduling this year

Former FDA regulator predicts Cannabis rescheduling this year

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Cannabis NewsAugust 8, 2023

Former regulator Howard Sklamberg believes the business consequences from such a move would all be positive. A longtime attorney at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration who helped found the agency’s Marijuana Working Group in 2014 Howard Sklamberg is now involved in federal cannabis policy on

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New Cannabis law will bring a wave of jobs and opportunities

New Cannabis law will bring a wave of jobs and opportunities

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Cannabis NewsAugust 8, 2023

If past experience is any guide, as many as 20,000 new jobs could be created in Minnesota. ROCHESTER - The ink of Gov. Tim Walz’s signature had no sooner dried on the state’s new marijuana law than Rochester resident P.J. Calkins was open for business as a new “marijuana consultant.” “I was getting

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Noncitizens must be very careful about Minnesota Cannabis legalization

Noncitizens must be very careful about Minnesota Cannabis legalization

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Cannabis NewsAugust 8, 2023

Admitting marijuana use can have devastating immigration consequences. Well, my fears became true: Minnesota legalized cannabis before I was legalized. All joking aside, Minnesota passed a law during the 2023 legislative session legalizing cannabis use for adults. Minnesota is the 23rd state to do

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