OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Medical cannabis sales are continuing to climb in Oklahoma, topping $23 million in May and marking the eighth straight month of growth for the new industry. RELATED STORY Oklahoma’s Green Rush Is Even Wilder Than You Imagine Figures from the Oklahoma Tax Commission show the state collected more than $1.6 million […]
‘The Haymaker’ is Leafly Deputy Editor Bruce Barcott’s opinion column on cannabis politics and culture. Back in the summer of 2017, I flew to Denver to witness one of the cannabis industry’s first political fundraisers. By campaign standards it was a cheap ticket: $100 a head to support Rep. Jared Polis, the 420-friendly congressman who […]
The Canadian cannabis community has lost a passionate cannabis activist in Tracy Curley, who passed at the age of 46, Saturday (June 1). Tracy worked tirelessly, even through ill health, advocating for fair and safe access to the medicinal benefits of cannabis. A longtime pioneer, Curley spearheaded the movement towards Canadian cannabis decriminalization while calling […]
This article is sponsored by Veritas Farms, growing hemp cannabis in the fresh air and sunshine of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. Veritas Farms keeps control over its supply chain the old-fashioned way—by growing acres on acres of their own hemp plants. This carefully cultivated cannabis provides the high-CBD source material for their CBD tinctures and other […]
For many suffering from chronic illness, cannabis is a godsend. From those dealing with the wrath of inflamed digestive systems, to the ones combating global musculoskeletal pain, and the millions who report that the agony in their heads is just the beginning of their symptoms—cannabis can help these fighters with their load of physical woes. […]
The cognitive liberty movement scored another win this week, with Oakland, CA, becoming the second city in the US to give a thumbs up to hallucinogenic mushroom possession and use. On Tuesday, the Oakland City Council formally voted to make holding and using psilocybin mushrooms—along with other naturally derived psychedelics such as mescaline and ibogaine—the […]
In the last week of March, 2014, the BC RCMP intercepted two shipments of a total 1,500 pounds of cannabis contained in 55 hockey bags and 40 boxes at the Kelowna airport. Normally a bust of that size—which the RCMP themselves called an “unfathomable quantity”—would be national news. However, investigative reporters at the National Post […]
This story will be updated. WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand has a plan to legalize marijuana and expunge all nonviolent criminal charges associated with it. RELATED STORY The Latest Cannabis Bill in Congress Would Do More Than Just Legalize The New York senator says in a Medium post on Wednesday she’d work with Congress to […]
After Missouri voters enacted Amendment 2 last November—which legalized medical marijuana—the state’s health department took public input from patients, medical professionals, entrepreneurs, and industry professionals about how to structure the new system. But the department doesn’t seem to have equity in mind when it comes to granting cannabis business licenses. Although some questions for applicants […]
It’s official: The Crunchwrap is losing ground to the blunt wrap. RELATED STORY As of 2019, Legal Cannabis Has Created 211,000 Full-Time Jobs in America With the opening of more and more state-legal markets, cannabis sales are quickly catching up with that of more established products, brands, and services. New data compiled by Marijuana Business […]
