On Thursday, the date Mexico’s Supreme Court set as the legislature’s deadline to pass a law legalizing adult use cannabis, advocates blocked the door of the Mexican Senate. In a steady rain, they called on legislators to pass fair and just marijuana regulation. A chant rose up with tendrils... Read more
In its Q3 earnings release today, building products manufacturer Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ: ROCK) revealed that it has purchased Ohio-based cannabis extraction equipment company Apeks Supercritical recently. The company, which closed the acquisition in late August, disclosed trailing annual sales through June of $17.7 million, making it a relatively small... Read more
The horrors of opioid addiction are the theme of a haunted house in a Maryland town this week, complete with scenes that depict a frightening overdose and agonizing details of families struggling with the fallout of addiction. Dubbed “the Haunted Trap House”, the event takes place from Thursday through... Read more
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan said on Friday that she would appeal a decision blocking her ban of flavored e-cigarettes to the state Supreme Court, comparing the dangers of vaping to the Flint water crisis. Whitmer announced the ban in September, saying that the nation’s ongoing spate of... Read more
This week, Dr. Colleen Iannitti, the principal at Jupiter High School in Palm Beach County, Florida, broke the news to students that there will be no more bathroom breaks due to vaping. Under the new policy, they will have to use the restroom in the six minutes allotted in... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Fentanyl is driving drug overdose deaths in the U.S. overall, but in nearly half of the country, it’s a different story. Meth is the bigger killer, a new government report shows. Nationwide, most deaths still involve opioid drugs like fentanyl and heroin. But in 2017,... Read more
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As Utah prepares to launch its medical marijuana program next year, residents who want to use the drug in the meantime are encountering skeptical doctors and the quandary of where to get the plant. A law passed by the Utah Legislature in December 2018... Read more
Last night, the Kansas City city council was supposed to vote on a marijuana decriminalization proposal. However, the council made some unexpected changes during the meeting, sidelining the proposal and passing a very different piece of legislation instead. The move angered many marijuana advocates in the city. Committee Unexpectedly... Read more
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Colleges are becoming a battleground in the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws as students who use medical pot challenge decades-old campus drug policies. In states where medical marijuana is legal, students disciplined for using it are taking their schools to court. College officials... Read more
Portland, Oregon took a big step towards properly funding its social equity in cannabis program on Wednesday. Its city council earmarked $631,000 in grants to go to the grant program that has been established to ensure that people who have been negatively impacted by the war on drugs have... Read more
