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A Greater Cleveland legislator’s bill would give people arrested for driving or boating under the influence of marijuana a chance to produce evidence they weren’t impaired. That’s important because traces of marijuana can stay in the system for weeks, unlike alcohol, which typically lasts hours or

Collinsville City Manager Mitch Bair has managed a budget that’s seen between $1.5 million and $2 million in extra sales tax revenue since 2020 from the addition of recreational marijuana. But the sales tax generated from Illinois dispensaries is expected to drop as Missouri is set to approve its

NEW HAVEN - The upcoming Yale Center for the Science of Cannabis and Cannabinoids will be dedicated to study both the acute and chronic effects of cannabis on neurodevelopment and mental health, the university announced this week. The center, which will be underneath the Yale School of Medicine

COLUMBUS - Medical marijuana patients near Columbus will soon be able to pick up prescriptions without leaving their cars. Amplify is preparing to open the doors to its second dispensary in Columbus, in the Preserve North neighborhood near New Albany. The dispensary arm of Cleveland-based cannabis

NEW YORK - LeafLink, the leading wholesale cannabis platform, announced it has secured a $100 million Series D financing led by CPMG, L2 Ventures and Nosara Capital, alongside participation from existing investors. The investment will be funded in two tranches. LeafLink has implemented a series of

NEW BRITIAN - A marijuana cultivation site was approved Tuesday in New Britain after a packed meeting where dozens of neighbors voicing their opposition. The New Britain Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved CCC Construction’s application to turn a former Webster Bank resource center on

How an L.A. grifter ripped off his best friends and got rich with his sprawling weed scams. During his brief stint as a film actor in Manila, David Bunevacz played a sexy kidnapper named Johnny in a rollicking crime escapade, “Tusong Twosome.” In one scene, he lounges in bed with a woman in his arms

CHICAGO - People wanting to get into the cannabis business have a new chance starting Monday. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation is accepting applications for 55 more cannabis dispensary licenses. Those licenses will be distributed to regions all across the state.

Taking its place alongside immersive museum-style exhibits from Pink Floyd to Vincent Van Gogh, the Bob Marley One Love Experience has arrived in Los Angeles at the Ovation (formerly Hollywood & Highland). The massive complex which houses the Dolby Theater, home of the Academy Awards, and the

A new study explores the effect of corporate support for cannabis research. An innovative new study challenges naïve acceptance of research funded by the cannabis industry. The study’s authors reviewed Canadian research articles available through PubMed that contained an acknowledgment of financial

Rep. William Lamberth and Sen. Richard Briggs’s bill would tax and regulate the sale of compounds like delta-9 THC in Tennessee. Tennessee leaders are again putting forth a bill that would regulate hemp-derived cannabinoids like delta-8 and delta-10 THC, after a previous attempt failed last year

This comes as Kent County police are investigating at least three break-ins at other businesses around the county. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Police Department is investigating two break-ins that happened overnight at marijuana businesses. The impacted businesses are near the 1200 block

PITTSBURGH - A former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker has created his own line of medical marijuana. Ryan Shazier is now part of a growing list of retired athletes who are starting to use medical marijuana as an alternative to opioid drugs to treat pain and other issues. In 2017, Shazier suffered a

There's a reason you can't buy Oregon-grown cannabis in Spokane. It's called federal law. But with the growing possibility that the regulators and politicians in the nation's capital will end the federal prohibition of cannabis, Pacific Northwest lawmakers are gearing up to allow producers to export

An unapproved pesticide called Ethephon was found in certain cannabis products in Nevada. The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) recently issued a public health and safety bulletin on Jan. 19 regarding the use of an unapproved pesticide. “The CCB was notified that the following cannabis and

NEW YORK - When the war on marijuana came sweeping through his New York City housing project decades ago, Roland Conner found himself going in and out of jail. It’s a time he'd rather not talk about. Now, at age 50, he has opened the state's first legal cannabis dispensary to be run by someone

FELTON - The global industrial hemp market was valued at USD 4.13 billion in the year 2021 and is expected to value at USD 16.75 billion by 2030, projecting a CAGR of 16.8% from 2022 to 2030. The market is driven by the surging use of industrial hemp in various industries such as personal care items

NEW YORK -- The second legal marijuana dispensary is opening up in the city on Tuesday. But this will be the first to go to someone who had a previous marijuana conviction. The store is opening on Bleecker Street, but in this case, so is a lifetime of opportunity. "It's overwhelming," Roland Conner

While the public is generally enthusiastic about legalization, which passed with 67% support, legislators have a lot of work to do to build a legal market. With lawmakers facing a July 1 deadline to provide a framework for the legal use, possession and sale of cannabis after voters approved full

Artisan Hotel Boutique is being converted into The Lexi. Possibly the biggest question related to the announcement that the first cannabis-friendly hotel is coming to Las Vegas is, “What took so long?” The aptly named Elevations Hotels and Resorts, based out of Arizona, announced last week it will