SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A pair of advocacy groups in Utah sued Thursday to block a compromise agreement legalizing medical marijuana, accusing the Mormon church of unconstitutional domination and interference in a process that led to the gutting of a measure approved by voters. The lawsuit alleges the revised initiative creates overwhelming obstacles for […]
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Portland, Oregon is a mecca for cannabis lovers everywhere. One of the first places to legalize and decriminalize the magic herb, it was the home of the first cannabis cafe to open in the US (RIP World Famous Cannabis Cafe) and houses the country’s first CBD cafe, too. Unlike our friends in Canada who nearly […]
Canada’s inaugural “bongspiel” will bring together cannabis and curling this January, Quebec introduces a bill to raise the minimum age for cannabis consumption to 21, and 4/20-friendly craft fairs and pop-ups are here for the holidays. We’ve rounded up this week’s top stories from across Canada. Top Headlines From Around the Web Student Suing Hexo, […]
This article is brought to you by 420 Cyber, offering cybersecurity solutions tailored to the cannabis industry. As legal cannabis, both medicinal and recreational, becomes more widely available throughout the United States, more and more businesses are getting into the game. But the influx of investment and new businesses has made the growing legal cannabis […]
Available for Interview: New York Leaders Available to Comment on Need for Legalization To Benefit Communities Most Impacted by Prohibition Who:• Melissa Moore, DPA New York State Deputy Director, on the current tax revenue debate and the need for legalization to be rooted in racial, economic and social justice• Alyssa Aguilera, co-executive director for VOCAL-NY, […]
It all started with pasta sauce. Emily Bitze didn’t have any, so she created a Facebook group, added her friends, and asked if anyone had any she could trade for. And so bartering hub Bunz Trading Zone was born. The premise was simple: offer something you have to swap or name something you’re in search […]
DENVER (AP) — Denver officials are planning to clear thousands of marijuana convictions prosecuted before its use became legal in the state. Colorado was among the first states to broadly allow the use and sale of marijuana by adults, but cities elsewhere have led the way on automatic expungement of past misdemeanor marijuana convictions. RELATED […]
Statement from Grant Smith, Drug Policy Alliance, Deputy Director of National Affairs In a pair of tweets this morning, President Trump called on China to crack down on fentanyl and claimed that using the death penalty on people who distribute or sell the drug would have “incredible” results. China is widely believed to be the […]
Altria Group—the biggest tobacco company in the world and owner of the Marlboro brand—is in active negotiations to either invest in, or outright acquire, the Cronos Group, a major Canadian cannabis producer. At this point, both companies have said, no contracts have been signed; but they have agreed to keep negotiations going, although Toronto-based Cronos […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah patients can use medical marijuana legally after a compromise agreement was signed into law, but they likely won’t be able to buy it legally until at least 2020, officials said Tuesday. The state will need time to first build up a database to start issuing patients medical-cannabis cards, and […]
