A series of amendments to state law prohibit employers from discriminating against job applicants based on past or off-the-clock pot use, and the list of jobs now includes police officers. Per a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last October, law enforcement officials in California are updating employment policies... Read more
A company focused on developing novel treatments for mental health this week announced that it has submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seeking the approval of MDMA-assisted therapy. The application, which was submitted by MAPS Public Benefit Corporation (MAPS PBC) after more than three decades... Read more
The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission (AMMC) recently announced the benefits that the state’s medical cannabis program, with millions of dollars in cannabis tax funds helping to provide lunches for kids at school. While the state has collected $115 million from cannabis taxes, $87 million went toward free or low-cost... Read more
Sales of cannabis in Arizona have exceeded $1 billion this year, according to data from the state Department of Revenue. Total marijuana sales eclipsed the billion-dollar mark in September, marking the third straight year the state’s weed sales have reached the seven-digit milestone. So far this year, Arizona’s sales... Read more
Nova Scotia-based Canadian cannabis advocate Chris Enns has been targeted by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) audit, which claims that Enns didn’t report $2.5 million in taxes from illegal cannabis-related income. These numbers come from decade-old data between 2012-2014. According to CBC.ca, Enns is described as being at “the... Read more
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine claimed last week that fentanyl-laced pot is a threat to the state as he urged last-minute changes to the law Ohio voters approved last month, but one doctor—trained in the field of overdose prevention—said those stories have been debunked and shouldn’t be perpetuated by leaders.... Read more
A lot has changed in the world since Steve Diamond first reported on the New Orleans Jazz Festival for the January 1st, 1979 issue of High Times Magazine. Back then, current Jazz Fest juggernaut Tipitina’s was in its infancy—the historic music venue having only operated for a year at... Read more
Hemp has a number of uses that we are only now beginning to take advantage of. Two New York measures would allow for hemp seeds to be part of animal feed meant for pets, horses and camelids, like llamas and alpacas and got the green light from the state... Read more
The Bailiwick of Guernsey, located in the Channel Islands near the French coast, is a self-governing island referred to as a “British Crown Dependency.” Its population sits at 67,642, as of data collected by the United Nations in July 2023, which is the combined number between islands of Guernsey,... Read more
