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 […]
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 was finalized yesterday, it must now get enacted via stand-alone legislation in the coming months. In a radio interview yesterday, Cuomo doubled […]
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 […]
Hemp-derived botanical supplements are dietary supplements that contain phytocannabinoids, such as THC and cannabidiol (CBD); and a new study, currently in the recruitment phase, will analyze the relationship between HDS and the recovery process of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). The study, a collaborative effort between the Flowering HOPE Foundation and Clover Leaf University, will be […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is funding a research project looking into the sustainable production of hempcrete, a hemp-based mixture that’s better for the environment than traditional concrete. According to a notice published on the EPA website, the agency awarded a roughly $12,000 grant to a student-led research team at the University of California, Riverside, […]
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 […]
As Canada works towards next year’s launch of an adult-use cannabis market, there are still some key regulatory issues to hammer out. One of which is how the country should handle its existing medical marijuana program. A pair of pharmacology researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, want to see officials separate medical and […]
This week in Cannabis: Seth Rogen is launching his own cannabis brand, packaging for medical cannabis and recreational cannabis will soon look more similar, and the NHS reports that the personal data of 34,000 medical cannabis patients was accessed in a data breach. We’ve rounded up this week’s top stories from across Canada. Medical Cannabis Products Will Soon […]
