‘The Haymaker’ is Leafly Deputy Editor Bruce Barcott’s opinion column on cannabis politics and culture. It’s time to talk about the fact that American doctors have a cannabis problem. And it’s harming their patients. I know because I’m one of them. The latest evidence came yesterday from the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, which […]
If you sampled some of the local hash last month at Spannabis, Spain’s annual cannabis festival, and came away feeling in less than tip-top health, we have news you can use. Scientists tested 90 samples of illicit hash obtained in Madrid. 75% were contaminated with fecal matter. Spanish researchers who recently analyzed 90 samples of […]
‘The Haymaker’ is Leafly Deputy Editor Bruce Barcott’s opinion column on cannabis politics and culture. The cannabis industry’s equity problem has long been a ticking time bomb. This week it finally exploded. In Albany, a legalization measure that once seemed as unstoppable as a locomotive ran completely off the rails. The push to include adult-use cannabis […]
As state legalization measures in New York and New Jersey stumbled near the finish line this week, better news emerged from Washington, DC, as Congress made progress on two of the most prominent federal reform measures. The House Rules Committee chairman has pledged to bring the STATES Act to a full House vote “within the […]
The US Drug Enforcement Administration may still consider CBD an illegal, Schedule I drug, but the national drugstore chain CVS apparently disagrees. America’s largest drugstore retailer confirmed earlier this week that it’s selling CBD products in at least eight states and will soon carry CBD products from Curaleaf. Those states include Alabama, California, Colorado, Illinois, […]
When a friend sent me the photo this morning of Malcolm Abbott, rapper and son of accused college admissions cheats, earlier this morning, I assumed it was a bit from The Onion. “Son defends parents caught in college admissions scandal while smoking blunt,” read the headline attached to a photo too well staged to be […]
Nearly all forms of cannabis are illegal in Texas. And by illegal, I mean very illegal. Possession of a small amount of cannabis concentrate—what we in the legal states know as a $30 vape cartridge—is a felony in the Lone Star State. Medical marijuana here has almost no THC. It’s actually lower in THC than […]
Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), resigned on Tuesday, citing a desire to spend more time with his family. He is expected to leave the agency in about a month. Gottlieb’s presence mattered because he made CBD one of his high-priority issues. In the cannabis industry, Gottlieb’s departure raises immediate […]
As of 2019, Legal Cannabis Has Created 211,000 Full-Time Jobs in America How many jobs are there in the legal cannabis industry? It’s a common question—and one the government refuses to answer. Because cannabis remains federally illegal, employment data agencies such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics ignore all jobs related to the industry. Legal […]
Here at Leafly we’ve long recognized the difficulty of crafting an ad campaign aimed at steering minors away from cannabis. It’s an admirable goal. It’s nearly impossible to pull off. Teens (the audience) are notoriously cynical. Adults (the producers) are famously bad at speaking their language. In recent years we’ve seen some efforts go bad […]
