Ireland on Wednesday launched a scheme that will allow its citizens to use cannabis for medicinal purposes. Simon Harris, the country’s health minister, signed legislation that establishes a program to give patients access to marijuana for treatment purposes. “The Medical Cannabis Access Programme” will be maintained for five years... Read more
Musician and cannabis enthusiast Snoop Dogg is facing an online backlash over a social media post designed to highlight the disparate dangers between marijuana and alcohol. Pot advocates have long touted its safety relative to booze and other drugs, of course, but Snoop ran afoul by using a legendary... Read more
Cannabis activists in Idaho have launched a bid to legalize the medicinal use of marijuana in the state and will soon be collecting signatures to put a voter initiative on the ballot for the 2020 election. The legalization initiative was filed with the Idaho Secretary of State on Tuesday... Read more
It would have been impossible to guess, in the glory days of clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch, that the company would one day be relying on cannabinoids to up its business forecast. But with shares down 20 percent this year, the mall staple is casting around for new ideas.... Read more
Patients in Switzerland can currently get a prescription for medical cannabis, but it isn’t easy. The Swiss government wants to change that, laying out a proposal on Wednesday that would eliminate a major barrier for those with cancer and other serious diagnoses to use cannabis to treat their illness. ... Read more
Canadian firm Tilray, Inc. has exported its first bulk shipment of medicinal cannabis oil to the United Kingdom, according to a press release from the company. The shipment comes after a controversy over another Tilray product led the U.K. government to approve the use of medical cannabis therapies for... Read more
Which Marijuana Stocks are We Watching This Week? The month of June has already been quite positive for the world of marijuana stocks. The pot stock market has seen a large number of ups and downs in the past week alone. This, of course, is due to the volatility that has occurred throughout the cannabis […]
Faced with a significant cannabis surplus, a new law in Oregon could ultimately enable business owners to export pot to other states. Kate Brown, Oregon’s Democratic governor, has signed Senate Bill 582 into law, which allows the state to negotiate and enter into agreements to ship its marijuana off... Read more
Illinois just became the 11th state to legalize recreational marijuana. Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into effect on Tuesday that will automatically expunge and pardon the records of 800,000 state residents with a record of non-violent small scale cannabis possession. “Today Illinois is demonstrating everything that can... Read more
Hip-hop icon and weed aficionado Wiz Khalifa announced on Tuesday that he will be releasing a line of Khalifa Kush Enterprises cannabis oils in Canada. The new products will be produced under a partnership between Khalifa, Khalifa Kush Enterprises Canada, and Supreme Cannabis. “I’m excited to bring our first... Read more
