Month: July 2017 (Page 2)

Advice to ensure a superior sesh. Access to quality cannabis products is growing as more states continue to legalize cannabis for medical and recreational use. If you’re in a state with dispensaries, or find yourself at a pot event, you’re going to encounter a variety of ways to get stoney.Continue Reading

Registered medical marijuana businesses in Massachusetts will be fast-tracked for recreational licenses in an effort by legislators to sidestep a potential supply shortfall. Lawmakers believe MMJ businesses could play a crucial role in the supply chain when recreational cannabis goes into effect in July 2018, the Boston Herald reported. When theContinue Reading

In a move to ensure they can meet their January 2018 deadline to establish a new regulatory system for medical and recreational marijuana businesses, California legislators have established an “emergency rulemaking process” that won’t include a normal public comment period. The lawmakers fear that going through a typical comment period wouldContinue Reading

Six years and several executive and investor changes later, Harmony Foundation became the sixth and final medical marijuana business in New Jersey to get its cultivation license. The dispensary plans to be operational by the end of the year, NJ.com reported. Harmony will operate as a vertically integrated grow andContinue Reading

Looking for some subtle storage solutions for your secret stash? Check out these three options that offer unique designs without busting your wallet. The post Cannabis Product Deals: Secret Stash Containers appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Cannabis Product Deals: Secret Stash ContainersContinue Reading

Roger Stone, Roy Wood Jr., Xeni Jardin and a host of others battled prohibitionist Kevin Sabet at LA’s policy wonk-con. The post Kevin Sabet Takes on Roger Stone at Politicon appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Kevin Sabet Takes on Roger Stone at PoliticonContinue Reading

Aurora Cannabis Inc. agreed to proceed with its 3.2 million Canadian dollar ($2.5 million) strategic investment in Hempco Food and Fiber Inc., securing a 19.9 percent stake in the Burnaby, British Columbia-based company and access to a rapidly growing health supplement market. Aurora will have an option to raise its total interestContinue Reading

Maryland regulators are investigating potential conflicts of interest that occurred during the state’s application process for medical marijuana cultivation, extraction and dispensary licenses, The Washington Post reported. In fact, some independent reviewers hired to examine medical cannabis applications had ties to businesses bidding for MMJ licenses, The Washington Post reported.Continue Reading

Three universities in Virginia are conducting research on industrial hemp after the state legalized cultivation of the crop for research purposes. Virginia Tech, James Madison University and Virginia State University are researching different uses for the crop, which is the same species of cannabis plant as marijuana but doesn’t possessContinue Reading

All these new cannabis jobs are proof of a maturing industry and a normalized plant. When it comes to certain nebulous concepts, we just know them to be true. For example: legal cannabis is becoming increasingly normalized. But how do we know legal weed is more normal now than itContinue Reading