Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst outcomes of any cancer, with survival rates hardly fluctuating in the last four decades. But researchers in the United Kingdom have found promising results from a study on cancerous mice. In a research study at Queens Mary University, mice suffering pancreatic cancer were given cannabidiol (CBD) oil in […]
It looks like United States isn’t the only country getting pissy over Canada’s prodigious weed production. Apparently, the Chinese government is none too happy with Canada, blaming them for what they consider a weed problem at home. That’s according to Forbes, which also reports that China’s gripe may be justified. Around 20% of Canadians cannabis […]
A strange new landmark in the mainstreaming of medical cannabis is upon us as the first major sports team (to our knowledge) has accepted sponsorship from a cannabis company. After reaching a five-figure agreement, the stadium of the football club Hamilton Academical will now bear the name HopeCBD Stadium, as reported by RT. The new moniker […]
The devastating Carr Fire continues to tear through central California. Since the fire began on Monday, it has claimed 5 lives and nearly 90,000 acres, and is only 5% contained as of Sunday, according to CNN. The fire has had a serious impact on area businesses, not least of all the flourishing cannabis trade. Last […]
It looks as if 2018 will go down as a landmark year in cannabis regulation. Following what was the opening of the biggest legal weed market in the world in California, and coming just a couple of months before Canada begins its nationwide legal marijuana program, the United Kingdom has announced that it will reschedule […]
In the United States, we’re used to cannabis being a partisan issue. More Republican voters support medical marijuana than oppose it, but that is not always reflected by the actions their elected officials, who support fewer pro-cannabis than their democrat counterparts and even sometimes wage war on legal weed. But in New Zealand, they have […]
Some of California’s leading legal cannabis producers were hit hard Monday when a fire raged through several greenhouses at a cultivation facility in in Monterey County. Dubbed “Terp Town,” the grow site produced cannabis for some of the best known-names in West Coast bud including the ubiquitous award-winning Loud Pack and DNA Genetics. Nearly 300 […]
TLRY made an IPO on Nasdaq Thursday at $17 a share, just over the forecasted price of $14-$16, valuing the company at between $1.3 billion and $1.5 billion. Cool. No, we don’t know what most of that means either. But we will take CNBC’s word for it when they say that history got made Thursday […]
Mo regulations, mo problems. As cannabis laws have gotten more sophisticated and complex in recent years, there has been the dawning of a new phenomenon: weedless weed fests. These are heavily-publicized events, often with popular or popularish music performers, that are sold on the idea of celebrating all things cannabis, but which doesn’t technically allow […]
The widow of a man crushed to death under a ski elevator has been denied half her workers’ compensation death benefits on the basis of her his legal cannabis use, as reported by the Associated Press. In Colorado, the law states that workers compensation agencies may slash benefits by up to 50% if the worker […]
