The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority removed the addresses of MMJ growers and processors from its online commercial license database in response to security concerns. The Tulsa World reported that groups in the cannabis industry believe the move this week is a positive step for safety and security. The authority publishedContinue Reading
Nearly a year after recreational sales kicked off in California, it’s the world’s largest legal cannabis marketplace. But some sticking points remain. The post 7 Signs Cannabis Legalization in California Is Hitting Its Stride appeared first on Leafly. Read More: 7 Signs Cannabis Legalization in California Is HittingContinue Reading
An Ohio judge struck down a provision in the state’s medical cannabis program stipulating that 15% of licenses go to minority-owned groups, saying it’s unconstitutional. Franklin County Judge Charles Schneider said the provision denied Greenleaf Gardens, one of the cultivation license applicants, of its rights because two lower-rated, minority-owned firmsContinue Reading
Eleven years after Dr. Raphael Mechoulam identified the THC molecule, a man named Steven Sasson built the first digital camera. It weighed eight pounds and, when it took its first picture in December 1975, the camera needed 23 seconds to transfer the photo onto a cassette tape. In the decadesContinue Reading
Two marijuana stores in Massachusetts were given the green light to begin selling to recreational customers on Tuesday, making them the first commercial cannabis stores in the eastern United States. The Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) announced Friday that New England Treatment Access, in Northampton, and Cultivate Holdings, of Leicester, wereContinue Reading
MJBizCon, which is hosted by Marijuana Business Daily, continues to smash attendance records amid strong, ongoing growth in the cannabis industry, solidifying its position as one of the fastest-growing trade shows in the nation. This year’s conference attracted more than 27,000 cannabis professionals to the Las Vegas Convention Center, aContinue Reading
Thanksgiving’s pregame includes the strain Headband, plus Trevor Noah’s new special and Adidas’ new Yeezy 350. The post Hit This: The Leafly Weekly Agenda for Nov. 19-25 appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Hit This: The Leafly Weekly Agenda for Nov. 19-25Continue Reading
Over past three years, Colombia — once a name practically synonymous with drug war dystopia — has retreated from the brink, de-escalating its generations-long crisis with more tolerant policies. A peace process was opened with the guerillas, and in December 2015 medical marijuana was legalized by presidential decree. This openedContinue Reading
Marijuana was almost certainly the last thing on Donald Trump’s mind when he fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions and replaced him with Matthew Whitaker, a Trump loyalist who had served as Sessions’ chief of staff (and as Trump’s “eyes and ears” in the Justice Department). We know cannabis was aContinue Reading
Financial results for the third quarter of 2018 in Canada’s cannabis market are in and some of the country’s biggest industry players missed the mark on summer expectations. At the top of the list are Canopy Growth, Aurora Cannabis, and Tilray. In what may seem like a wacky statistic, Aurora’sContinue Reading
