For years, professional athletes have been lobbying for their leagues to allow the use of medical cannabis. In particular, to treat the injuries they suffer in game play and as an alternative to traditional opioid medication. Until now the NFL, and every other professional league, has pretty much ignored that call. But the Ultimate Fighting […]
As the first world power to legalize cannabis at the federal level, Canada had some very high expectations when it unleashed legal pot onto shelves last October. However, sales have so far fallen short of most predictions. Yahoo Finance reports that at this point an optimistic forecast for Canada’s first full year of legal cannabis […]
On Tuesday, some U.S. history done got made when the West Hollywood Business License Commission voted to allow local business Lowell Café become the first legal weed lounge in the country. Lowell will offer a menu of edibles as well as flower and concentrates which customers can enjoy in an outdoor smoke/vape area. The approval […]
State Legislators in Vermont got an extra special thank you gift last week when 34 marijuana plants were discovered growing in the flower bed outside the State House. The plants were discovered by tourists visiting the capital, who alerted authorities, who then kind of scratched their heads. More than a week later, they still have […]
The corporatization of the cannabis industry continues this week as multiple major cannabis companies were bought out by other weed-related firms and investment companies. On Tuesday, it was announced that the Arcview Group, a company known for its cannabis market research, investment services, and subsidiaries including Canopy, was acquired in a $7.7 million funding, as […]
A big un-fact checked myth about the high costs of legal weed on society has been circulating from the internet, news, and even the mouths of less than informed politicians. The claim argues that, though legal cannabis generates billions of dollars in revenue, it actually costs a whole lot of money for states that legalize. […]
Whether you want to call it the Netflix of extract or the HelloFresh of extract or Uber or the Box Box or the Encyclopedia Britannica, cannabis concentrate now has a high-profile monthly subscription service. $139 a month and you get three gooey grams of choice concentrate delivered to your door, hand-selected from choice small batch […]
In what authorities are calling one of the biggest drug busts in U.S. history, More than a billion dollars worth of cocaine has been seized from a container ship at a port in Philadelphia. Like the savvy social media users they must be, the U.S. attorney’s office announced the bust via its Twitter account Tuesday, […]
Prisoners in the California prison system now have a right which ordinary citizens in states like New York, Arizona, and Wyoming do not: they can legally possess a little bit of weed. The ruling came from the 3rd District Court of Appeal, which said that California’s cannabis legalization, which went into effect last year, holds […]
This whole cannabis banking and credit thing is ruining our buzz like a pocket of seeds right in the middle of a fresh nugget. With weed still illegal at the federal level, most banks and credit card companies are stilly weary of doing any business with the marijuana sector. As a result, cannabis has stayed […]
