New Mexico could be the next state to legalize cannabis, as two recreational bills were just introduced into the state Senate this week and are already being looked at favorably by advocates, legislators, and even the governor.
These...
Call it a “stoner’s summit.” That’s essentially what went down when country music icon Willie Nelson paid a visit to the White House back in 1978, an event that has now been minted with presidential confirmation.
Jimmy...
The share price of the David Beckham-backed biosynthetic cannabinoid company Cellular Goods climbed by more than 300 per cent after debuting on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) earlier today, reports Sky News.
The company...
Illinois legislators are considering adding more cannabis shop licenses to the state.
This new plan, if approved, could as much as double the number of shops that exist so far. There is currently some stagnation in the...
Israel has just announced that the country will be drafting a memo for approval that would legalize and regulate cannabis nationwide, adding them to the ranks of countries with legal cannabis across the globe.
The announcement...
For legalization advocates in Virginia, this could prove to be a decisive week.
With support at the highest levels of the state government—not to mention among voters in the commonwealth—a bill to lift pot prohibition...
Lady Gaga has never tried to hide her cannabis use.
The singer, actress and 11-time Grammy winner can be seen throughout the 2017 Netflix documentary Five Foot Two constantly puffing on joints.
She also wasn’t shy about...
With the current state of the world, a little CBD can go a long way in helping you ease stress, anxiety and physical aches and pains.
CBD comes in many forms, making it ideal for these stressful times. Despite the fact that...
Adults in Virginia will be able to legally purchase marijuana for recreational use in two years, under a proposal unveiled Wednesday by the governor of the commonwealth.
Under the proposal offered up by Virginia Gov. Ralph...
There are more than 600,000 marijuana arrests made every year in the United States. So if you’re not careful, the coronavirus might be the least of your worries.
Millions of Americans are still traveling this holiday...
Podcaster Joe Rogan provided a breakdown of CBD’s benefits when Elon Musk was recently a guest on his show.
Joe Rogan recently invited recurring guest Elon Musk to talk about space stuff, their history together, and Musk’s...
It is never easy being green. However, the cannabis industry is no stranger to overcoming stigma if not hurdles. Much less the grotesque ball drops of governments as soon as they get involved—from expanding access to basic...
Now that COVID-19 is in the picture, people with compromised lungs or an underlying health condition should be extra careful when vaping.
A new study found links between vaping and symptoms of bronchitis in young adults,...
District of Columbia home-growers are celebrating the arrival of COVID-19 vaccinations by giving away free weed, cannabis reform group D.C. Marijuana Justice (DCMJ) has announced.
The campaign, dubbed ‘Joints for Jabs,’...
Young cannabis users were about twice as likely to perpetrate acts of physical violence as non-users, suggests a meta-analysis exploring whether or not marijuana use is associated with interpersonal physical violence in people...
As one of the most popular surgeries in the U.S., more than 300,000 women go under the knife annually for breast implants. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, more than US$16.5 billion was spent in the...
An anonymous tip allowed police in Kenya to discover acre-big illegal cannabis grow worth an estimated $324,000 and arrest 14 people while they were actually in the process of weeding the weed crop.
Kenyan man says he has...
In early December, the House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or the MORE Act.
The bill sought to decriminalize marijuana nationally by removing cannabis from the federal...
The number of cannabis industry jobs in Michigan is growing faster than any other state with legal marijuana, according to a new jobs report released on Tuesday. Michigan has surpassed Oregon and now places sixth on the list...
It was a busy week on the cannabis front with everything from mergers and acquisitions activity to capitalizing on meaningful synergies by trying to disrupt the status quo on weed-related waste.
Retail 2021: This will...
Colorado cannabis sales set a record yet again in July, eclipsing $200 million in a single month for the first time.
Dispensaries sold $183,106,003 in recreational marijuana and $43,268,565 in medical marijuana in July, for...
A study set to publish in the journal, Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, has found that legalizing cannabis has led to a “marked decline” in the volume of opioids prescribed across Canada.
Nearly 18,000...
A new study published in the European Journal of Internal Medicine has found that cannabis consumption among older adults with hypertension is associated with a drop in blood pressure.
The study was focused on patients aged...
Although there’s nothing quite like the stale smell that remains after smoking tobacco, weed smoke also deposits compounds on surfaces that new research suggests can be reduced by ozone, which is found in both indoor and...
There’s plenty of sand in Morocco, so burying 9.2 tonnes of cannabis resin bales in the middle of it might have made perfect sense to drug dealers. But the bid to escape detection by using an obvious hiding place didn’t...
Six in 10 people recently surveyed in the U.S. say they favour legalizing cannabis, making it the most pressing national policy issue from a list of options.
In all, 61 per cent of the 1,429 respondents to the Emerson College/7...
The next stop for the legalization bandwagon might be the Badger State.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers unveiled details of his budget proposal on Monday, which included a proposal to regulate and tax marijuana that he says will...
Colorado’s cannabis industry has been forced to deal primarily in cash for years due to banking restrictions that pot advocates and banking lobbyists say put shops, growers and others at risk of theft. The industry is now...
Data released by the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows that admissions to drug treatment centers for marijuana use in Philadelphia have dropped 80% over five years. The decline in drug treatment center admissions is...
A Guyanese husband and wife were arrested after police found several large parcels of cannabis weighing more than four kilograms stashed inside a barrel hidden in the bottom level of their home.
Anonymous tip leads to police...
Kate Hudson made sure her pals had all the fixings required to enjoy an escape from 2020 over the Christmas break, reports Page Six.
The Almost Famous star gifted bottles of King St. Vodka alongside cannabis-infused beverages...
The U.S. Senate approved a bill on Tuesday that would allow for the expansion of scientific research into cannabis and marijuana derivatives including CBD. The bill, known as the Cannabidiol and Marihuana Research Expansion...
Anti-drug laws are putting a damper on fully exploring marijuana’s potential with respect to its possible health-helping benefits and how cannabis genomics may contribute to meeting that goal.
Researchers at Australia’s...