Los Angeles County now has 30 days to buy flavored tobacco after its Board of Supervisors approved a ban on all such wares, including menthol products. The decision, which applies to the unincorporated areas of the county that are home to one million residents, comes amidst a rash of... Read more
As legal battles between pharmaceutical companies and a number of local, state, tribal, and now federal government groups heat up, a new report implicates the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in the ongoing opioid crisis. Ultimately, the report argues that the DEA contributed to the spread of the opioid crisis,... Read more
A weedkiller so common in global agriculture that it turns up in rainwater and animal tissue is giving some CBD producers a strategy to stand out in a crowded market – by advertising their CBD doesn’t contain it. Several CBD producers, including RE Botanicals and Bluebird Botanicals, are rolling out... Read more
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.- October, 02 2019,-(BUSINESS WIRE)–TILT Holdings Inc. (“TILT” or the “Company”) (CSE: TILT) (OTCQB: TLLTF), a foundational technology cannabis platform comprised of assets to support brands worldwide, announced today that the Company has negotiated an agreement with six of its remaining founders regarding the immediate forfeiture of all... Read more
TerrAscend Announces Closing of First Tranche of Proposed US$25 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement of Unsecured Convertible Debentures and Warrants Initial tranche includes US$10 million subscription from Canopy Rivers. TORONTO, Oct. 2, 2019 /CNW/ – TerrAscend Corp. (CSE: TER; OTCQX: TRSSF) (“TerrAscend” or “the Company”), the first and only global... Read more
After a 57.4% gain in Q1 followed by a pullback that had left it down 1% year-to-date as of the end of August, the Global Cannabis Stock Index moved sharply lower again in September, declining 16.0% to 53.25: The index, which had 52 qualifying members during the month following the quarterly... Read more
Students with drug convictions would no longer have to worry about being denied or losing federal financial aid under a bill introduced on Tuesday. Reps. Karen Bass (D-CA) and Danny Davis (D-IL) filed the legislation, titled the Financial Aid Fairness for Students Act, or FAFSA Act. It would repeal... Read more
Students with drug convictions would no longer have to worry about being denied or losing federal financial aid under a bill introduced on Tuesday. Reps. Karen Bass (D-CA) and Danny Davis (D-IL) filed the legislation, titled the Financial Aid Fairness for Students Act, or FAFSA Act. It would repeal... Read more
When recreational weed became legal in California, it included provisions that gave local governments the power to bar pot shops. And according to reporting done by the Los Angeles Times, roughly three-fourths of all municipalities have done precisely that. Yet despite the high number of localities that have prohibited... Read more
On Monday, a growing operation received the first one-acre, conditional-use permit for cannabis cultivation in Sonoma County, the northern California hotbed for Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Pinot Noir. The operation will be overseen by a grow team known as Petaluma Hills Farm, but the entire property—which will be located... Read more
