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 […]
Drug overdose is now the leading cause of accidental death nationally and in New Jersey, with more than 3,000 New Jersey residents dying from overdose each year. The Drug Policy Alliance will be launching a campaign in support of legislation (Senate Bill 3293 / Assembly Bill 4638) to establish overdose prevention centers (also known as […]
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. […]
Research-grade marijuana that’s supplied by the only federally authorized cultivation site in the United States is genetically closer to hemp than cannabis varieties sold at dispensaries in legal states, according to a new study. The revelation raises questions about how applicable the results of research using the government’s marijuana really are to understanding the effects […]
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 […]
Federal legalization of hemp arrived in the U.S. in late 2018 and expanded an industry already booming because of the skyrocketing popularity of cannabidiol (CBD), a compound in hemp that many see as a health aid. But now, just a few months after Congress placed the marijuana look-alike squarely in safe, legal territory, the hemp […]
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 […]
After Gov. Cuomo Leaves Legalization Out of Budget, Experts Respond and Chart Course to Pass Stand-Alone Bill In Coming Months With Governor Cuomo declining to include marijuana legalization in the state budget, which is being finalized today, it must now get enacted via stand-alone legislation in the coming months. In a radio interview today, Cuomo […]
