Flavored tobacco’s days are numbered in the City of Angels. On Tuesday the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in favor of a city ordinance banning the sale of flavored tobacco, as reported by KABC 7. The move is particularly interesting in at least three ways: It’s Aimed At Vaping, But Affects All Tobacco […]
With the opening of the first ever legal weed cafe in the United States, the history of cannabis in the country has reached a very bougie milestone. Opening November 1, Lowell Cafe is the first pot lounge of its kind in the United States, allowing cannabis to be sold and smoked in the same venue […]
Medical marijuana patients in the United Kingdom have a pretty terrible system in place to get their weed, but at least MMJ advocates there are setting goals high. They want free weed for MMJ patients. Prominent medical experts and crossparty politicians have pushed for a wave of reforms to make free medical cannabis more widely […]
Carving another notch in cannabis legalization’s belt, the House of Representatives voted to pass a bill permitting banks and other financial institutions to deal with cannabis companies. Though recreational weed is now legal in 11 states and medical marijuana is legal in a bunch more, weed’s criminal status at the federal level has prevented banks […]
Part of Australia is set to get itself legal weed next year. Canberra, the capital of Australia, will get legalized cannabis possession and cultivation on January 31. The bill was passed on Wednesday by the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Legislative Assembly. The new policy will be significantly more lenient than many in the United States. Unlike […]
A Canadian cannabis company has announced plans to release an odorless weed to dispensaries. While the manufacturer claims the product will yield major benefits for weed users and nonusers alike, the new innovation calls into question just what it is that makes weed weed in the first place. Ontario company CannabCo Pharmaceutical Corp. put out a press […]
Walmart is getting out of the vape business, following the rash of vape-related illnesses and deaths across the county in recent months. On Friday, the mega-retail chain released a memo to local managers saying their stores are no longer going to carry e-cigarettes. “Given the growing federal, state and local regulatory complexity and uncertainty regarding […]
That guy Seth Rogen sure loves weed. He made like eleven or twelve movies all about it, one that even got a popular strain named after it. Plus, he recently created his own line of cannabis products called Houseplant as a collab between him, his writing partner Evan Goldberg, and the giant weed company Canopy […]
Three weeks ago, leading pot shop locator service Weedmaps announced that it would remove the all unlicensed cannabis company listings from its website. Now the company announced, that it has, you know, still been meaning to get around to that. It seems that announcement was too little too late for some, with one trade group […]
In a move that could greatly influence the CBD market in coming years, the U.S. has issued its first ever patent on a strain of hemp. While the patent was taken out in July, it was not reported until recently when Leafly discovered a filing from the US Patent and Trademark Office. The hemp strain […]
