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Legal marijuana is making it harder for local law enforcement officers to keep Rhode Island's roads safe. There's been a dangerous uptick of traffic related deaths this year. In September there were 288 total DUI cases, 71 consented to a chemical test, 206 refused. Sergeant Anthony McHugh with the

Giving back to the community is a priority for many all year long, but during the holidays, contributing receives extra focus. “We know many of our neighbors are facing tough times,” said Jon Marshall, chief operating officer of Deep Roots Harvest. “We must come together to provide assistance to our

It’s been just over five years since Canada legalized the recreational use of cannabis. Since then, hundreds of companies and thousands of stores have popped up across the country. There haven’t been any changes to legislation in those five years, but a cannabis advocacy group is hoping to change

Willie Nelson's cannabis brand Willie's Reserve is now sold in Michigan. What’s in a name? An aging hippie from Texas hill country and mainstay in the "Outlaw Country" music synonymous with weed culture is, perhaps to no surprise, a growing cannabis brand name in Michigan. Willie’s Reserve, a

Snoop Dogg isn't giving up the kind of "smoke" he's been associated with for much of his career. The rapper and entrepreneur's statement shocked fans Thursday after he posted a black-and-white social media post, announcing: "After much consideration & conversation with my family, I've decided to

Japan Takes Major Step Towards Cannabis Reform, Opening Opportunities for CBD and Medical Cannabis Industries. Japan, one of the world’s strictest and most hostile countries in regard to cannabis, recently took a major step towards reform, potentially providing a major boom for the country’s CBD

The driver of a car crashed into a Union City cannabis dispensary early Tuesday morning, leaving products and merchandise scattered all over the ground. The car was abandoned at Flor dispensary on Courthouse Drive in Union Landing Shopping Center – it's unclear if the people inside ran away or were

New York’s Cannabis Control Board (CCB) voted to approve a string of new measures last week which will see a cap on the amount of THC allowed in hemp products, establish fees for licensed cannabis labs, and renew medical cannabis registrations. In July this year, the CCB voted to file an ‘emergency

Marijuana is on track to be a billion-dollar business in Maryland after the state legalized recreational use almost five months ago. Entrepreneurs are taking advantage of the demand—including for private dinner parties where the food is infused with cannabis. WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren takes you

Genes might play a role in the risk of developing cannabis addiction and could be linked to an increased risk of developing several medical conditions, according to a new study. The study conducted by researchers at Yale University School of Medicine and published in Nature Genetics early this week

An analysis of genetic data from more than 1 million people shows that those with cannabis use disorder share similar markers. People who develop a cannabis use disorder share certain genetic markers, and that pattern holds across racial groups, according to the largest study of its kind. Around one

Extraction and processing technologies have played a significant role in the cannabis sector over the last 10 to 15 years. The importance of these technologies to the global cannabis sector is only going to increase over the next five years, which should provide opportunities on many different

Law enforcement says driving while high on marijuana is just as dangerous as driving while drunk, but KCRA 3 investigates found that very few people are actually arrested for driving high. Sara Porter is a criminalist at the Sacramento County Crime Lab. It’s her job to analyze blood and urine

Maryland is the hot spot for cannabis companies right now. The seemingly never-ending bear market may be headed into hibernation after some of the big cannabis MSOs beat revenue estimates this past quarter. “This quarter, we had more operators, not just showing stronger results, but also stronger

Ohio State Senate President Matt Huffman says he is coordinating bipartisan efforts to modify Ohio’s recently approved cannabis legalization law before its main provisions take effect on Dec 7. Huffman, a Republican who contends the initiative is lacking in detail, implied Ohio voters were either

It's no wonder visitors or recent transplants to Tennessee can get lost in the weeds while trying to figure out the state's arcane marijuana laws. Here in Knoxville, for example, Holistic Connection brags that its storefront offers "the best cannabis Tennessee has to offer." Just one small problem

Barcelona-based seed bank Royal Queen Seeds is launching its first dedicated retail space in the US market within The House of Cannabis (THC NYC) in New York City. First established in the Netherlands, Royal Queen Seeds is one of the world’s largest cannabis seed banks. The seed bank is launching

Missouri’s Division of Cannabis Regulation (DCR) is set to revoke the license of Robertsville-based Delta Extraction, whose products were at the heart of the state’s recent recall of tens of thousands of cannabis products. The ongoing legal battle over some 45,000 cannabis products in Missouri took

There’s a big conversation happening right now regarding how cannabis seems to be stealing market share from alcohol, especially among millennials and Gen Z. There is a part of these generations, a somewhat large one at that, who drink rarely or never at all. However, they’re not completely dry

Medical cannabis became Dr Lynn Parodneck’s professional focus in 2016, not long after seeing how the plant helped treat her husband’s Parkinson’s Disease symptoms. But in 2022, Parodneck, a Bedford-based doctor who previously ran a private obstetrics and gynecology practice in Manhattan, noticed