Day: March 27, 2019

New Jersey was almost guaranteed to become the next state in the nation to legalize marijuana for recreational use. In fact, any betting man or women with absolutely no handicapping skills whatsoever would have called it a lock. But after more than a year of debate, rumors of deals madeContinue Reading

Los Angeles is contemplating a major clampdown on illegal cannabis shops that have bedeviled the licensed industry’s bottom line. Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday he is considering adding “tens of millions” of dollars to the fight against the flourishing illicit market. The mayor didn’t put a precise figure on theContinue Reading

Iowa lawmakers have advanced a bill that, if successful, would lift the 3% THC potency cap for medical marijuana products. The potency cap has resulted in confusion for both the industry and medical marijuana patients and, if removed, would likely improve business conditions in Iowa’s MMJ market. The Iowa HouseContinue Reading

Another California cannabis testing lab has been accused by a former employee of misrepresenting marijuana potency numbers. The allegation emerged because of a legal dispute between Oregon-based Green Leaf Lab, which also has a facility in Sacramento, and competitor 2 River Labs, according to the Sacramento Business Journal. Only three monthsContinue Reading

The Western Pacific island of Guam is set to become the second American territory to create a recreational marijuana industry, pending only the approval of Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero. The neighboring Northern Mariana Islands approved creation of an adult-use cannabis market last year. Guam’s law will regulate the use, production, sale andContinue Reading

One of cannabis’s many persistent mysteries is why all stoners aren’t enormous. Marijuana use does often stimulate appetite and is associated with higher caloric intake. Cue the parade of extremely fresh snack-food “jokes” in “edgy” media when cannabis is mentioned. And yet, research has revealed the opposite result. Studies conducted onContinue Reading

Legalization has traveled a route that looks, from a distance, like the red-and-blue maps that frame many a US political conversation. But look closer, and the trend isn’t so clear. The post Cannabis Politics Isn’t Just Red States vs. Blue States Anymore appeared first on Leafly. Read More:Continue Reading