Have you tried to talk to your doctor about medical marijuana? Were you surprised about their reluctance to discuss it with you even though you live in a medical marijuana friendly state. Did you feel that you weren’t receiving...
Today, Hightimes Holding Corp., the parent company of High Times, announced its plan to acquire the assets and business of Feria Del Canamo, S.L., doing business as Spannabis—the European Union’s largest Cannabis industry event. Billed as part trade show and part...
Communities of color have suffered the most under the nearly 50-year-long war on drugs that has torn apart families, neighborhoods, lives, and livelihoods. So five years ago when New York Assemblymember Crystal Peoples-Stokes began to discuss the idea of...
The Maryland General Assembly is back in session, and the state’s education needs could mean that cannabis legalization will be a major policy contender in 2019. Several lawmakers recently voiced their concerns about Maryland’s education funding — or lack...
Big business is coming for cannabis. Huge multinationals such as alcohol giant Constellation Brands, which owns a stable of major wine, beer, and spirits; and Altria, Marlboro's parent company, are already pouring billions of dollars into the industry in...
WINTER PARK, Fla. — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized the Legislature's implementation of a medical marijuana law and said Jan. 17, 2019, that if they don't fix it quickly, he'll take matters into his own hands.
DeSantis wants a...
The new year marks the start of the 116th Congress, as well as the launch of numerous state legislative sessions.As lawmakers return to work at the state and federal levels, elected officials and advocates for social justice and marijuana...
Michigan's Medical Marijuana Licensing Board voted to allow up to 70 medical marijuana provisioning centers to reopen until at least March 31, 2019, while their license applications are under review.
The move follows a series of issues with licensed facilities...
A New Mexico Democrat said he is “optimistic” that a finalized bill on adult-use cannabis will be introduced to the House of Representatives the week of Jan. 21, 2019.
On the eve of the first session of the 54th Legislature,...