Month: February 2019 (Page 6)

Upstate farmers want to grow it. NYC bodega owners want to sell it. Reformers want convictions expunged. In this bill, every sentence counts. The post New York’s Legalization Push Becomes a Battle Royale appeared first on Leafly. Read More: New York’s Legalization Push Becomes a Battle RoyaleContinue Reading

More than one year after Peru legalized medical cannabis, the South American country published a regulatory decree providing clarity about how the program will work, including possible cultivation and manufacture of high-THC cannabis by private companies. Details on the breadth of commercial activity that will be allowed remain vague, however. TheContinue Reading

The United Kingdom’s new medical marijuana program passed two significant milestones last week — the importation of a shipment of cannabis oil from Canada and its first-ever shipment of bulk herbaceous cannabis, from the Netherlands. Aurora Cannabis, one of Canada’s top licensed producers of medical marijuana, announced last week thatContinue Reading

Valentine’s Day isn’t just an opportunity to express love, it’s also an opportunity to spend – a trend that is reflected in retail marijuana expenditures in several adult-use markets. The National Retail Federation (NRF) estimated that total 2019 spending on Valentine’s Day gifts in the United States would exceed $20 billion,Continue Reading

In the business world, it seems that popular industries come and go. Certain types of products make a big splash on the market before slowly fading into obscurity. However, when you examine the cannabis marketplace, there’s an overwhelming trend of growth and staying power. Experts calculate that in 2017 alone,Continue Reading

DaVinci, the Las Vegas-based consumer technology company, has raised the standard for cannabis consumption by developing some of the most intelligent vaporizers on the market. Their devices are portable and feature-rich; each model comes with an exclusive set of functions, including precision temperature control, raising the standard of cannabis consumption.Continue Reading

There is a long-held and widespread belief that cannabis lowers a man’s sperm count; a quick Google search will reveal studies claiming a correlation between THC and reduced sperm numbers, or between consuming cannabis and lower sperm concentrations. Yet a recent study from Harvard’s research team reveals substantial and compellingContinue Reading