Prohibition jacked the price of cannabis up by a factor of ten. Need proof? Look at what happens when prohibition ends. The post Portland’s $6 Eighth-Ounces Are the Future of Cannabis appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Portland’s Eighth-Ounces Are the Future of CannabisContinue Reading
Sixth Street in Austin, Texas is jammed packed with pedestrians traveling in and out of bars and venues — because it’s the annual South by Southwest Festival and that means these popular locations are now transformed into immersive experiences each night and broken down the following day so a newContinue Reading
By now, cannabis’s value as a pain reliever is almost universally accepted. Even those of us whose plans for personal and professional development are to become an eleventh-hour legalization contrarian must admit that marijuana is good for pain. Declaring otherwise would be to contradict both the National Academies of Science, Engineering andContinue Reading
Days ahead of a planned vote in the Legislature that would make New Jersey the 11th state to legalize recreational marijuana, Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday the measure is short of the votes needed to pass next week. The Democrat spoke during a news conference alongside more than a dozenContinue Reading
The influx is a good sign for cannabis reform’s prospects in Congress, but it can also be confusing: Why can’t lawmakers work together on a single bill to address everything? The post There’s a Mess of Legalization Bills in Congress. Here’s What Really Matters appeared first on Leafly. Continue Reading
In the latest Adam Sandler Netflix special “100% Fresh,” there is a catchy little ditty, some call it a rap, in which he breaks down the only three things he needs before leaving his house: “Phone, Wallet, Keys.” The song progresses into some less than ordinary situations, in which the SandmanContinue Reading
Multistate marijuana operator MedMen is suing Miami Beach, Florida, claiming a local regulation – which requires medical cannabis dispensaries be at least 1,200 feet from each other – violates state law. According to the Miami Herald, MedMen is charging the city’s zoning ordinance would limit the number of dispensaries in MiamiContinue Reading
Only days after Florida’s governor signed a bill allowing medical cannabis dispensaries to sell smokable products, Trulieve, the largest cannabis retailer in the state, began selling them. Trulieve sold the first smokable flower to a medical marijuana patient in Tallahassee on Thursday, the Tallahassee Democrat reported, and the company plansContinue Reading
Many California marijuana business executives welcome the state’s newly mandated track-and-trace system as an opportunity to ensure industry transparency – but they worry the technology’s expanded rollout around the state could prove rocky. Industry officials report widespread confusion about how to operate Metrc, the software the state relies on toContinue Reading
An Illinois senate committee voted to advance a bill that would prohibit the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation from taking any action that would penalize or dissuade banks and credit unions from serving legal marijuana-related businesses. Even if the bill becomes law, Capitol News Illinois noted, financial institutions thatContinue Reading
