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Feds relax rules regarding Cannabis use to attract younger workers

Feds relax rules regarding Cannabis use to attract younger workers

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Cannabis NewsMay 3, 2023

But don’t get too excited, they’re your toxic ex who never really changes. No one understands how regressive (and…evil) the feds are. Thanks for burning down all of those fields of pretty plants over the years, guys, not to mention the countless lives ruined by the War on Drugs. It doesn’t make up

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The Cannabis education gap: why patients are left in the dark?

The Cannabis education gap: why patients are left in the dark?

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Cannabis NewsMay 2, 2023

The pain keeps you awake at night so you don’t get much sleep. Lack of sleep most nights and the ensuing chronic fatigue causes you some anxiety during the day. Your primary care physician suggests that she is concerned with the increasing amount of aspirin and ibuprofen you are consuming to manage

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Trump supports death penalty for drug dealers despite popularity of Cannabis among voters

Trump supports death penalty for drug dealers despite popularity of Cannabis among voters

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Cannabis NewsMay 2, 2023

Donald Trump told Newsmax’s “Greg Kelly Reports” in a recent interview that marijuana does “significant damage” although he recognized that legalizing cannabis is a “pretty popular thing” among voters. (Benzinga) Greg Kelly, who seemed slightly irked about the aroma of cannabis in the N.Y. subway

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Potent 'Canadian Loud' Cannabis hidden in cars shipped from Canada is flooding Nigeria

Potent 'Canadian Loud' Cannabis hidden in cars shipped from Canada is flooding Nigeria

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Cannabis NewsMay 2, 2023

Every month, police in Lagos find used cars, usually shipped from Toronto via Montreal, stuffed with popular high-THC Canadian cannabis. When police at a port in Lagos, Nigeria, opened a shipping container arriving Friday from Canada, they saw five used cars crammed inside and knew exactly what else

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Maine’s Medical Cannabis market seeing a ‘mass exodus’ of caregivers

Maine’s Medical Cannabis market seeing a ‘mass exodus’ of caregivers

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Cannabis NewsMay 2, 2023

A new report from the state shows more than one-fourth of the individuals in the occupation have quit since 2021, often in response to an overabundance of cannabis supply. More than one-fourth of the Mainers who dispense medical cannabis have closed shop in the last two years. A new report from the

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Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan quits Marijuana consultancy

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan quits Marijuana consultancy

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Cannabis NewsMay 2, 2023

SALEM - Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan announced Monday she has quit her consultancy with a marijuana company and apologized to Oregonians for "harming the trust that I've worked so hard to build." But she also says she followed state ethics guidelines in taking the outside position to

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Senator Jeremy Cooney on Marijuana Market: 'Building a plane as we fly it'

Senator Jeremy Cooney on Marijuana Market: 'Building a plane as we fly it'

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Cannabis NewsMay 2, 2023

As the Empire State continues to struggle with illicit weed operations, State Senator Jeremy Cooney (D-Rochester), chair of a new state Senate Subcommittee on Cannabis, says there's no time to waste. (Benzinga) “A lot of the debate in the Legislature is about how big the fines may be, what the

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Will a Cannabis user be able to get a public safety job in Baltimore County?

Will a Cannabis user be able to get a public safety job in Baltimore County?

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Cannabis NewsMay 2, 2023

Since recreational marijuana will be legal in Maryland in July, localities are having to come up with new rules involving hiring employees who use cannabis. The issue came up at a recent Baltimore County Council meeting when Councilman Wade Kach, a Republican who represents District 3, asked if the

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Illegal Weed shops in plain sight: what’s the status of Syracuse’s crackdown efforts?

Illegal Weed shops in plain sight: what’s the status of Syracuse’s crackdown efforts?

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Cannabis NewsMay 2, 2023

Syracuse - It’s called Friends of Ours Lounge, and one sign says it’s a “private club”. A smaller sign describes it as a “cannabis lounge.” Another warns you must be 21 to enter. A security camera scans the entrance. The storefront at 103 Nichols Ave. in Eastwood is a few steps down the street from

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Minnesota Senate approves Cannabis legalization bill

Minnesota Senate approves Cannabis legalization bill

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Cannabis NewsMay 2, 2023

The Minnesota Senate on Friday approved a bill to legalize marijuana for adults, only days after the state House of Representatives passed similar legislation. The Minnesota Senate last week voted to approve a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, only days after the House of Representatives

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Oklahoma growers to pay $50K deposit for license under new law

Oklahoma growers to pay $50K deposit for license under new law

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Cannabis NewsMay 2, 2023

Senate Bill 913 aims to force growers to pay for abandoned properties when grow operations fail in Oklahoma. It’s getting a lot more expensive to grow medical cannabis under a new Oklahoma law. Two Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma, Sen. Darcy Jech (R-Kingfisher) and Rep. Anthony Moore (R-Clinton)

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Thailand: Southeast Asia's 'Weed wonderland'

Thailand: Southeast Asia's 'Weed wonderland'

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Cannabis NewsMay 1, 2023

A new symbol has appeared in the kaleidoscopic jumble of neon signs that light up Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok's most international street. The sudden ubiquity of the five-pointed marijuana leaf, in lurid green, announces the spectacular boom there has been in weed-related businesses in Thailand since

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Georgia issues a few Medical Cannabis licenses at last, giving patients access ‘very soon’

Georgia issues a few Medical Cannabis licenses at last, giving patients access ‘very soon’

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Cannabis NewsMay 1, 2023

After years of waiting, thousands of patients on Georgia's medical cannabis registry may soon be able to legally receive their medicine. On Thursday, the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission granted five dispensing licenses to two companies to begin selling low-THC oil to patients on the

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Does Marijuana boost creativity? Make people lazy?

Does Marijuana boost creativity? Make people lazy?

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Cannabis NewsMay 1, 2023

Several studies in recent years offer new insights into common notions about the effects of weed, and what they mean for health and happiness. Beliefs about marijuana are often loaded with opinion, whether the views held are based on personal experience or conventional wisdom about the pros and cons

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80 bags of Marijuana discovered during traffic stop

80 bags of Marijuana discovered during traffic stop

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Cannabis NewsMay 1, 2023

MADISON COUNTY - 80 bags of marijuana are discovered during a traffic stop in Madison County. A narcotics investigator with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office received an anonymous tip at approximately 10:50 p.m. Saturday regarding a large amount of marijuana being transported through the county

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Safe Banking act is key for Illinois Cannabis industry

Safe Banking act is key for Illinois Cannabis industry

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Cannabis NewsMay 1, 2023

After some near misses, it now appears that a bill of crucial importance to the cannabis industry is getting another shot at life in Congress. A group of bipartisan lawmakers reintroduced the Secure & Fair Enforcement, or SAFE, Banking Act on April 25, after the legislation designed to free up

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'Social Equity' policies aren't helping victims of the drug war

'Social Equity' policies aren't helping victims of the drug war

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Cannabis NewsMay 1, 2023

Social equity is a trendy term among lawmakers, regulators, and advocates working to create legal marijuana markets and undo the harms of the War on Drugs. Unfortunately, many of the policies intended to help victims of the drug war are failing miserably. California, New York, New Jersey

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Georgia’s Medical Cannabis dispensaries open for business

Georgia’s Medical Cannabis dispensaries open for business

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Cannabis NewsMay 1, 2023

Trulieve Georgia, one of two companies awarded a state license to produce and sell medical cannabis, opened the doors to its shops in Marietta and Macon on Friday. Why it matters: The 27,000+ Georgians who signed up for the state's medical cannabis registry can now legally — finally — purchase low

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The dark side of working in the Weed industry

The dark side of working in the Weed industry

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Cannabis NewsMay 1, 2023

A Holyoke cannabis worker’s job site death points to safety issues in the booming industry. There’s a memory that haunts Laura Bruneau, like a video playing over and over. She remembers the unremarkable “Have a good one” she gave her only child, Lorna McMurrey, as she dropped her off at the cannabis

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ChatGPT and Weed: Cannabis startups try AI for everything

ChatGPT and Weed: Cannabis startups try AI for everything

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Cannabis NewsMay 1, 2023

There’s been a lot of hope and hand-wringing over how artificial intelligence will reshape medicine, education and our understanding of reality itself. It seems worth asking how it could affect one of the most popular drugs in America. One area where AI can have a significant impact is in optimizing

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