A major British railway station was evacuated earlier this week amid reports of a suspicious package. The item that set off the panic? A weed grinder. OK, it wasn’t just any grinder, but one that was “in the shape of a grenade,” according to BBC. The evacuation occurred on... Read more
Extracting cannabinoids from smoke is now a reality, using a patented extraction method, activating compounds at levels only achieved via smoking. Why? Imagine edibles made with an oil that provides more of the impact you normally only get from smoking. Boston, Massachusetts-based Real Isolates announced on October 24 that... Read more
The group behind a 2020 medical marijuana proposal in South Dakota is accusing several officials of engaging in illegal campaigning against pro-cannabis measures in the state. New Approach South Dakota said on Tuesday that it has filed information requests in an effort to find out whether the officials violated... Read more
A new legislative report delivered to Maryland lawmakers this week projects that the nationwide market for legal cannabis could climb to $72 billion per year by 2030, more than double the current market estimation of $32 billion annually. But the report also shows that some states that have legalized... Read more
High Times will bring together buds, business, and bowling at this year’s Biz Bash 4.0, an official after-party for MJBizCon to be held at the Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas later this month. With a special performance by Redman & Method Man, this year’s event promises a night of... Read more
The Hawaii state Tax Department projects that legalizing adult-use cannabis in the state would generate about $50 million per year in tax revenue, far eclipsing the $2.5 million in medical marijuana taxes collected over the past fiscal year, according to a recent report from the agency. But a state... Read more
Regulators in New York this week lifted a stringent requirement that cannabis growers in the state had decried as an “existential threat” to their operations. NY Cannabis Insider reports that the state’s Office of Cannabis Management on Tuesday sent an email to cultivators to note that it had “updated... Read more
A pair of Colorado agencies last week issued “a Health and Safety Advisory” after identifying “potentially unsafe levels of total yeast and mold and aspergillus on Medical Marijuana flower (bud/shake/trim)” that was produced by a business based in Colorado Springs. The advisory was issued by both the Colorado Department... Read more
While the rest of us namby-pamby Americans pay $80 an hour to our psychiatrists or eating mushrooms to deal with our problems, the Russians have developed a much more direct approach: live burial. A company in St. Petersburg Russia called Prekated Academy offers the chance to fake your own... Read more
An undercover investigation in Virginia ended with the arrest of an off-duty Pentagon police officer by the Arlington County Police Department last Friday. The ACPD issued a press release on Halloween which said their detectives had been investigating Welch for possibly selling drugs based on evidence for which they... Read more
