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RICHMOND - Virginia won’t begin retail sales of marijuana by 2024 after the last remaining bill to set up the market failed. A Republican-controlled House of Delegates subcommittee voted 5-3 along party lines Tuesday to kill legislation from state Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria) that would have paved

BHO, or butane hash oil, is a potent form of cannabis concentrate that comes in various forms. BHO, or butane hash oil, is a cannabis concentrate that’s made through using butane to dissolve and isolate the substances within the plant’s resinous trichomes. To remove the trace amounts of butane

Some brands stand out from the rest in the thriving market of hemp-derived products. One of them is Top Shelf. This brand manufactured more than 2 million pre-rolls in 2022. Can you picture them? The most impressive fact about it is that the staff grew the hemp flowers sun-grown and preserved the

Elon Musk Takes Twitter To Another Level: Greenlights Paid Ads For Cannabis & THC Products In USA. The second richest man on the planet, Elon Musk, is making significant changes on the popular social media platform he recently acquired – Twitter, now allowing ads for CBD and THC products. (Benzinga)

If you’re a cannabis consumer in California tired of having to sneak outside for a toke or worry about your hidden edibles melting in your pocket at events, there may be welcome news coming your way. According to KTLA 5, a new bill in the California legislature could finally allow private events to

Ventura shared personal stories with Minnesota Senate committee Thursday. Actor, wrestler and former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura made an unexpected appearance at the state Capitol Thursday to testify in a Senate committee in favor of legislation to legalize cannabis for adult recreational use. “I’m

TOUTED as the most "intoxicating" job on earth, one company is searching for employees to be "professional smokers". A German company has advertised a position for a "cannabis sommelier", offering a salary up to £88,000. The company claims it's looking for a weed expert for quality assurance of its

John Williams, the leading beer lobbyist in Louisiana, emailed all of the state’s lawmakers in November with the ominous subject line “Recreational THC is now legal in Louisiana.” Photos of gas stations and smoke shops promoting items containing THC, the psychoactive ingredient present in marijuana

Scott Prisco is an entrepreneur at heart. And Prisco’s most recent idea — which has since turned into a full-on company based in Albuquerque — may be a boon for Albuquerque’s cannabis industry. Prisco, 27, earlier this month launched a cannabis delivery service that brings products from local

A chain of cannabis stores that was once described as the “Apple store of weed” and valued as high as $1.7 billion as a public company, is near financial collapse, according to a regulatory filing as the once-hot pot industry faces a major reckoning. The company, MedMen, said that it has only $15.6

The first major bill outlining what the recreational cannabis market in Maryland might look like was introduced in the General Assembly on Friday. The 88-page bill goes into detail about most elements of the new legal market from licensing to the tax structure. Here are five things business owners

Local marijuana businesses are offering their thoughts and suggestions following a ruling by U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe last week that could impact the roll-out of the cannabis industry in Western New York. Sharpe’s ruling upheld his previous injunction from November against New York’s

The cannabis industry - both domestic and international in scope, and comprised of two substantial subsectors: marijuana and hemp - started last year off strong. Namely, with a splash of high-profile M&A activity in January and February. There was tremendous promise for growing the market. As we

Cannabis companies are learning the perils of trying to grow too aggressively. Cannabis companies used to be focused solely on growth at all costs. But that's not the case anymore. Investors are growing weary of businesses that aren't generating profits, and that's putting pressure on them to be

The metaverse is for more than enthusiasts and consumers, it is also for the B2B community and beyond. The cannabis industry has long been fragmented, both geographically and politically. Recognizing this, Mark Bonner, CEO of Cannaverse Technologies and creator of Cannaland, decided to take matters

Multiple law enforcement agencies shut down an illegal cannabis distribution operation with orders available via FedEx, UPS, and other means of delivery. Authorities shut down an illegal distribution operation providing prompt delivery of weed and edibles sent coast to coast via trackable orders

THE German Government’s refreshingly honest approach to drugs and addiction is being demonstrated with a focus on the harms of gambling, alcohol and tobacco. On coming into office it signalled its intent to overhaul the continent’s cannabis status quo with proposals to create the first regulated

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a 51-year-old landlord, Saheed Ojomu, to five-year imprisonment for allowing his tenant to use his shop to warehouse cannabis. Justice Daniel Osiagor handed down the sentence to the convict after he changed his not-guilty plea to guilty. The

ROCKFORD - Marijuana sales in Illinois this year got off to a strong start last month. The recreational sales rose 9% for a year earlier to $128 million, as reported by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Analysts said that the high sales likely came from a number of

When New York lawmakers made recreational use of marijuana legal, they also made it illegal for most employers in the state to drug test workers for cannabis. Labor and employment attorneys say the new landscape is likely to cause confusion about what employers can require and what workers can