The DEA has put out its annual report diving into how many illicit weed operations it has busted in 2024. In total, the DEA has ended operations of 16,330 facilities. Of those, 14,904 were outdoor and 1,426 were inside. 5.3 million plants were seized in all. Some states were not included in the data, which […]
A spending bill is getting pushed through the Senate, and as always, the votes are tight. That means a sole Senator can have outsized power, as is the case typically with Rand Paul from Kentucky. Mitch McConnell, also from Kentucky, is trying to change the definition of hemp in order to close the loophole created […]
New week, new issue that marijuana can potentially help with in the body. This one is Inflammatory Bowel Disease, which isn’t much of a surprise because marijuana and CBD do a great job with helping bring down inflammation. A new study focused on IBD from Case Western Reserve University that put out a survey to […]
The word is still out on what marijuana really does to our sleep quality. According to Matthew Walker, author of the extremely popular Why We Sleep, marijuana can reduce the amount of REM sleep we experience, which has unknown long-term effects. Now, a new study is adding some nuance to the story by pointing out […]
The headline is according to a top researcher in the field who spoke at a webinar for Substances and Mental Health Services Administration, a federal agency. Ryan Vandry, a psychologist from Johns Hopkins University, pointed to numbers from California, all the way back to 1996 when the state allowed medical patients to consume marijuana. There […]
On July 10th, a massive raid occurred at a Cannabis Farm outside of Los Angeles. Over 360 people were detained, and of that group, one of them was an army veteran, George Retes. He has since detailed the experience to Military Times. Retes was arriving to work as a security guard at Glass House Farms […]
A couple cannabis farms in California have become the focal point of the Trump administration’s war on illegal immigration. Last week on July 10th, two raids occurred at two locations ran by Glass House Farms. One was in Camarillo, and the other in Carpinteria, both outside of Los Angeles. In total, more than 360 people […]
On July 1st, the excise tax for cannabis went from 15% to 19%. This was baked into the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, when the cultivation tax ended. In order to balance out the loss of revenue, the excise tax would go up to 19% this year, and then up every […]
The stigma around marijuana has been progressively easing for the past ten years, ever since states began legalizing its recreational use. Due to this, the industry has ballooned across the country. However, businesses have found it frustratingly difficult to advertise their products due to a very sticky federal ban. Fearful of repercussions, social media companies […]
