A GOP senate candidate is running on “Pot for Potholes”. This campaign is focused on marijuana-funded infrastructure change in his home state of Missouri. C.W. Gardner has worked to stand out from many other opponents looking to take the Senate seat in Missouri by launching a recent spot advertisement. In this advertisement, Gardner focuses on […]
I know I know, it’s a weird title for an article. But a preliminary study (not yet published) has shown that putting cannabis in the feed for chickens has caused chickens to experience less disease, and could potentially reduce the need for so many antibiotics in the feed. “The chickens that were fed with cannabis […]
It’s been an emotional month for thousands of ex-convicts and their families after Thailand, a country who had a rather harsh take on marijuana convictions in the past, has legalized the plant. Instantly, this nullified more than 3,000 prisoners sentences and allowed them to be picked up by family members. The South China Morning Post […]
Montrezl Harrell, a player of the Charlotte Hornets is facing felony drug charges after being arrested for possession of over 3 pounds of marijuana. This incident occurred sometime over the last week during a traffic stop. Harrell was pulled over by a Kentucky state trooper around 10 am and was asked to step out of […]
Talks are still tentative and no deal has yet been struck, but more details have come out on the bill that is currently being considered as a “compromise” bill between Republicans and Democrats in the Senate. Dave Joyce, Republican from Ohio, has spoken of a meeting he has had with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer […]
The marijuana movement in the US is heavily undermining the profits of the Mexican Cartel. As more states begin to legalize marijuana around the country, less marijuana is being smuggled across the border. According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS), US seizures of imported marijuana began to decline in the year 2019 and has continued […]
This week’s update highlights legislative developments in California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Louisiana, New York and North Carolina. CaliforniaSeveral pieces of reform-friendly legislation have advanced out of their chambers of origin and are now awaiting hearings in their second chambers. Read about more pending bills. The Employment Rights for cannabis users bill, AB 2188 (Quirk), was […]
A town of 120 people in Colorado that received an exponential boom in the economy when a marijuana grow operation popped up in its border is trying to change its name to Kush. Still called Moffat, Colorado, the founder of the operation Area 420, Mike Biggio, is leading the effort to change the name in […]
Several pieces of reform-friendly legislation have advanced out of their chambers of origin and are now awaiting hearings in their second chambers. “We’re happy to see that many of the cannabis reform bills which we have been activating our membership to lobby for are moving through the California legislature,” said Cal NORML Deputy Director Ellen […]
A Republican Senator from Montana has created a video ad in hopes to raise the prospects of his own sponsored SAFE Banking Bill. SAFE Banking would make it legally “safe” for banks to deal with marijuana companies, including dispensaries. Because it is now a legal gray area, many dispensaries have to deal in cash, which […]
