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Organization Launches NFT Collaboration for Cannabis Industry Reform

Featured Trending Stories January 21, 2022 0

Non-fungible tokens (NFT) take the stage again, this time with a cannabis-related collaboration featuring unique music and art. Burn1, a blockchain company that provides “financial rocket fuel for cannabis reform” announced its partnership with both The Black Comics Collective and The Weldon Project on January 19 to create an... Read more

South Dakota Governor Demands Cannabis Advocates Cover Legal Costs

Featured South Carolina Trending Stories January 21, 2022 0

Not content with triumphing in court, conservative South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem wants cannabis advocates to pick up the tab, too. A spokesperson for Noem said last week that organizers behind the nullified amendment to legalize cannabis in the Mount Rushmore State should have to cover the expenses stemming... Read more

Cannabis Companies Target Teens on Social Media, Study Claims

Featured Trending Stories January 21, 2022 0

A new study with a modest sampling pool found that cannabis retail companies are not adhering to state restrictions on social media, and are targeting teens. The study was published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs recently and online on January 19, and found that many... Read more

New Mexico Ups Cannabis Production Limits As Adult-Use Sales Loom

Featured New Hampshire New Mexico Trending Stories January 19, 2022 0

Less than three months before legal sales of recreational cannabis begin in New Mexico, state regulators have increased production limits placed on adult-use cannabis cultivators. Under emergency regulations that went into effect last week, most licensed cannabis producers will be permitted to grow twice as many plants as previously... Read more

Martha Stewart Launches CBD Wellness Topicals Line

CBD Featured Hemp Trending Stories January 19, 2022 0

Today, Martha Stewart CBD unveiled Martha Stewart CBD Wellness Topicals—the company’s first venture into the topical market. In 2020, Stewart launched the company under the Canopy Growth umbrella, with high expectations. Stewart’s brand already sells gummies, oils and softgels infused with full-spectrum CBD, before launching the new CBD Wellness... Read more

Kentucky Addresses Cannabis Reform Through New Legislation

Featured Kentucky Trending Stories January 19, 2022 0

Lawmakers and activists convened in Kentucky this week to discuss a pair of proposals that would dramatically change how cannabis is treated in the state, but there remains a divide over how far the reform effort should go. The biggest question of the moment remains: Will they legalize recreational... Read more

Curaleaf Closes $211 Million Arizona Acquisition

Arizona Featured Trending Stories January 19, 2022 0

Curaleaf Completes Acquisition of Bloom Dispensaries WAKEFIELD, Mass., Jan. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA /OTCQX: CURLF) (“Curaleaf” or the “Company”), a leading international provider of consumer products in cannabis, today announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of Bloom Dispensaries (“Bloom”), a vertically integrated,... Read more

Austin Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Initiative For May Ballot

Featured Marijuana Industry Marijuana Industry News January 19, 2022 0

A spokesperson for the FBI said the agency cannot confirm or deny the existence of an investigation. By Steve Vockrodt and Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent Federal law enforcement was still seeking information as recently as last summer about medical marijuana licensing in Missouri and utility contracts in Independence that... Read more

Bipartisan Congressional Lawmakers Tell DEA To Allow Psilocybin Treatment For Terminal Patients

Featured Marijuana Industry Marijuana Industry News January 19, 2022 0

A spokesperson for the FBI said the agency cannot confirm or deny the existence of an investigation. By Steve Vockrodt and Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent Federal law enforcement was still seeking information as recently as last summer about medical marijuana licensing in Missouri and utility contracts in Independence that... Read more

Vic Mensa Busted With Trove of Psilocybin and LSD at DC Airport

Featured Trending Stories January 19, 2022 0

Victor Kwesi Mensah, 28, was arrested at Washington Dulles International Airport on Saturday after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered a stash of psychedelic narcotics in his baggage including psilocybin and LSD. Mensah is better known by his stage name as a rapper, Vic Mensa. According to... Read more

Austin Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Initiative For May Ballot

Bipartisan Congressional Lawmakers Tell DEA To Allow Psilocybin Treatment For Terminal Patients

DEA Should Be Removed From Marijuana Rescheduling Hearing After Illegally Conspiring With Prohibitionists, Legal Filing Says

GOP senator wants cannabis regulated like alcohol & tobacco (Newsletter: November 20, 2024)

Cities Mostly Put Marijuana Tax Revenue Toward Police And General Funds Instead Of Education And Health Programs, New Study Shows

Beer Industry Group Pushes Tighter Regulations For Cannabis Products—And Higher Taxes Than Are Levied On Alcohol

GOP Senator Says Marijuana Banking And Rescheduling Are ‘Half-Assed’ Measures, Arguing Cannabis Should Be Legally Regulated Like Alcohol And Tobacco

The Green Organic Dutchman Signs a Commercial Sublicense with EnWave and Tilray to Dry Cannabis in Canada