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 […]
It’s Cannabis Week in Canada and in addition to the Lift & Co. Cannabis Expo, The Economist is hosting a Cannabis Summit in Toronto. Taking place at the Omni King Edward Hotel, the event brings together thought leaders, policymakers, licensed producers, investors, scientists, and entrepreneurs from across the globe. With the who’s who of cannabis […]
Over the past year, the nationwide market for CBD has exploded. Products containing cannabidiol (CBD) are now available at CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, and independent retailers across the country. That spike in demand has also opened an opportunity for fraud. And the currently murky legal environment that surrounds CBD has proven too tempting for some veteran […]
Missouri residents voted in Amendment 2 last November, legalizing medical marijuana across the state (recreational cannabis remains illegal in the state). Missourians aren’t likely to see their first legal medical cannabis dispensaries until 2020, but the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MDHSS)—the state governing body that will be handling medical marijuana licensing—will make […]
Most American physicians are woefully ignorant and “unprepared” for the reality of cannabis consumption among patients despite it being approved for medical use in 34 states and legal for all adults in 10 of those states. ‘Marijuana has become an inescapable part of my medical training, and most of my learning has come from patients.’ […]
A new federal spending bill introduced by House Democrats over the weekend may break two logjams in one fell swoop. One provision in the bill would provide legal protections for banks that work with the cannabis industry, while another would allow Washington, DC—where cannabis is legal but retail sales are prohibited—to finally launch a commercial […]
