Licensed truck drivers are leaving the workforce in droves as outdated marijuana testing requirements are being strictly enforced. As many as 40,000 commercially licensed truck drivers failed federally mandated drug screens for marijuana in 2022. Many of these drivers who failed the tests are refusing to return to their jobs due to the governments inability […]
2023 is going to be a year of enduring pain for marijuana companies, according to MJBizDaily. With wholesale prices plummeting across the country and demand receding, layoffs are happening across the board, with even some high profile executives leaving the scene. “I don’t think layoffs have peaked. I think this will continue into 2024 for […]
Growers in California are leaving the industry in droves. This comes as prices hit record lows and the industry becomes stagnant. Cannabis wholesale technology platform LeafLink reports that the total square footage of cultivation canopy in California has dropped over 15% when compared to the same time a year ago. Today, there is roughly 68 […]
Cannabis is finally making its way into southeast Asia. Berner, creator of the famous Cookies Brand cannabis company has worked his way into the market in Thailand. As of last week, Berner posted multiple pictures and videos describing his trip to Thailand, a country historically anti-marijuana. But as of recently, laws have changed, opening their […]
The illegal dispensary scene in New York is about to experience a crackdown like no other. Announced last week, police in New York City are now focusing on shutting down unlicensed weed shops. New State legislature has given police officers approval to crack down on the illicit shops, closing their doors permanently and paving the […]
With the newly released ChatGPT, many users are asking the AI’s stance on marijuana reform. Surprisingly, the AI heavily favors cannabis reform in many aspects. With users all around the globe asking the important questions such as, “why should marijuana be legal?” and, “why is marijuana considered a bad drug?” etc. Using multiple different prompts, […]
New York’s first legal marijuana dispensary opened their doors in Greenwich Village at 4:20 pm Last Thursday. The line for the state’s first legal cannabis shop stretched all the way around the lot with customers waiting hours just to get some of the product. The first official sale of the drug took place at 11:45 […]
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. […]
