Members of the 117th Congress are unlikely to advance the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act and other marijuana-related reform language before the session’s end. Congressional leaders are set to debate an omnibus spending package in the session’s final days and that package does not include provisions specific to either SAFE, the HOPE Act, […]
The District of Columbia’s city council has recently approved legislation to significantly expand medical cannabis operations in Washington, DC. The Medical Cannabis Amendment Act, led by Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D), will: Increase the number of licensed dispensaries that can operate in the District; Enact tax relief for operators; Codify into law the ability for […]
From 2014 to 2016, former prosecutor Ramy Joudeh, who became an assistant district attorney in 2015, ran a distribution ring that would ship crates of marijuana from an auto shop in New Jersey to California. The FBI first found out about this agreement when one of the crates was stolen from the auto shop by […]
Just in, if you are buying illegal marijuana in New York City, be careful where you buy it. Some cannabis in NYC bodegas have tested positive for E.coli, Salmonella, and lead. Roughly 40% of products purchased from 20 illicit stores in the city were found to contain some of these harmful contaminants according to a […]
MJBizCon happened earlier this month, and being one of the most popular weed brands, Cookies was there to present. Berner, Cookies’ just-as-famous CEO, was also there, and while on the Main Stage, he spoke about how the company is looking to get into selling seeds. “I really want to start pushing home grow,” Berner said. […]
Seventy-four percent of likely voters say that they “support ending the federal ban on marijuana,” according to national polling data provided by the progressive-leaning think tank Data for Progress. Eighty-five percent of Democrats, along with 74 percent of Independents and 63 percent of Republicans, endorsed repealing federal prohibition. Similar percentages of respondents also expressed support […]
Marijuana impairment has been a sticking point for police across the country. Determining it is a mixed bag, with most ways only testing if you have smoked marijuana within the past month or so. A urine test or a breathalyzer are not very effective in seeing if someone is high at that very moment. So […]
Rule number of controversy, it seems, is to capitalize the moment. Bundle the story up into a commodity and sell it. Mike Tyson has been doing this exact thing for 25 years, ever since he bit off a chunk of opponent Evander Holyfield’s ear in a championship boxing match. Now, he’s finally got Holyfield onboard […]
In an update to the recent article about the Spanish marijuana farm bust, there have been new details released. According to multiple people around the issue as well as other news outlets in the area, the drug bust was actually more of a hemp bust than a marijuana bust. Francisco Gomez Carbo, the administrator of […]
The largest cannabis seizure in Spain’s history just happened. A week or so ago Spain authorities found over 1.1 million plants in a warehouse. These plants add up to roughly 32 tonnes of cannabis with a street value of over 57 million euros. The police said they arrested 9 men and 11 women aged between […]
