Cannabidiol, or CBD, has become wildly popular in recent years—and widely available, both online and in stores across the country. But despite the belief by some that the 2018 farm bill broadly legalized the cannabinoid, the truth is that federal agencies are still scrambling to determine their next steps. Want a say in the process? […]
It’s Okay to Carry Both As a muscular Second Amendment state, Oklahoma maintains an open-carry law for firearms. But when voters passed the state’s medical marijuana initiative in 2018, they unwittingly created a new conflict. Oklahoma’s existing open-carry law prohibited anyone openly carrying from also possessing drugs deemed illegal under federal law. That statutory collision […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Less than a month after Florida lifted a ban on smokable medical marijuana, a House committee approved a bill to limit the strength of cannabis flower available to patients who want to smoke their medicine. The House Health and Human Services Committee voted Wednesday to cap THC levels in smokable medical […]
It doesn’t matter if you’re a pessimist or an optimist—April has turned into one nail-biter of a month for California’s legal cannabis industry. Facing a crash in the supply of legal cannabis, then the collapse of the nascent industry, state regulators last week reported a 100-fold increase in the monthly rate of cannabis farm licensing. […]
How to Get Your Card This Month Oklahoma is issuing medical marijuana cards at a rate of 10,000 per month, in part because of the state’s efficient online application process. Compared to many other states, obtaining a medical cannabis card in Oklahoma is a quick and simple process. But it is a process. You can’t […]
In True OGs, veteran cannabis journalist David Bienenstock tracks down legendary old-school growers and breeders of the outlaw era as they transition from life underground to being part of the new legal cannabis economy. Don and Aaron (the D and A of DNA Genetics) initially enjoyed the symbiotic relationship of weed dealer and customer. Then they […]
Bill Ladd, a patient at Fort Apache Medical Dispensary, shows off one of his legal homegrow plants. (Dave Howard for Leafly) Welcome to Boomtown, USA GLENPOOL, OK—Seconds after I send a text that I’ve arrived at Sage Farms, a 10-foot-high chain-link gate guarding the entrance slides open by remote command. Beyond the barbed-wire-topped fencing, a […]
To succeed in capitalism, you need capital. Unfortunately, women and people of color historically don’t have equal access to large sums of money. Investment capital isn’t spread equally. That’s where Treehouse Global finds its financial advantage. That makes it difficult to build and scale up a business. This is especially true in the cannabis industry, […]
The New York State budget has been finalized, and adult-use cannabis legislation will not be included. Legalization seemed like a done deal back in January. Then the wheels came off the bus. Not long ago, legal cannabis in New York seemed like a done deal. In January, Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared that legalization would be […]
Laguna Woods Village is an age-restricted retirement community in Southern California where, until recently, it was legal to sell medical cannabis. That changed on the first day of 2019, though, when an ordinance passed by the City of Laguna Woods banned all cannabis businesses from operating within the city limits. The new sales ban has […]
