A ground-breaking legal case on a popular herbicide producer’s responsibility for cancers ended on Aug. 10 when a San Francisco jury awarded $289 million in damages to a school grounds-keeper suffering from lymphoma. As SFGate reported, the jury unanimously found that Monsanto was responsible for Dewayne “Lee” Johnson’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and should have known ofContinue Reading
Inside OrganiCann’s warehouse-sized dispensary, there’s a water buffalo carrying a house, a man in wolf skin glowering from behind an ornate wooden pinhole and a woman with tentacles bursting from her mouth. These psychedelic visions float on the dispensary’s walls — each featured in an art piece that OrganiCann selected fromContinue Reading
Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is expected to introduce legislation to regulate the recreational cannabis industry in late September, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter. The legislation could be introduced within days of the start of the fall session on Sept. 24. Last month the new government reversedContinue Reading
On Sept. 29, the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business in Ann Arbor will host the Green Wolverine conference to promote public awareness of the “importance of evidence-based discourse” in deciding the future of cannabis in medicine, research and industry. Dr. Gus Rosania of University of Michigan College ofContinue Reading
Against most odds and nearly all local mores and cultural norms, medical marijuana remains wildly popular in Utah. According to a recent Salt Lake Tribune poll, 64 percent of likely voters support allowing sick people to use cannabis under a doctor’s supervision — which is what Proposition 2, on voters’ NovemberContinue Reading
Congress members Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and David Joyce (R-OH) agree on one thing: Cannabis will move next year. The post Congress Will Pass Legalization Bills Next Year, Lawmakers Say appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Congress Will Pass Legalization Bills Next Year, Lawmakers SayContinue Reading
Los Angeles prosecutors have filed misdemeanor charges against 515 people in a clampdown on 105 illegal marijuana businesses in the city – a move that could benefit legal MJ companies by helping to eliminate black-market rivals. The businesses targeted include retail shops, delivery services and cultivation operations, of which nearlyContinue Reading
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said on Friday that his office will allow nearly 20,000 low-level cannabis convictions to be wiped away. The post Brooklyn DA’s Plan Could Erase Thousands of Cannabis Convictions appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Brooklyn DA’s Plan Could Erase Thousands of Cannabis ConvictionsContinue Reading
With two active bands and a steady gig in the industry, free-time is a rarity, so we couldn’t have been more happy to have Prisilla chat with us about her musical projects, cannabis’s link to the creative process, and which strain pairs well with Prince. The post Budtending is TheContinue Reading
CWNevada, one of Nevada’s largest cannabis companies, has been sued for alleged fraud, failure to repay millions of dollars to its lenders and misusing intellectual property. “While local and national media outlets report on the unprecedented success of Nevada’s regulated marijuana market, CWNevada management has managed to run the businessContinue Reading
