Month: March 2019 (Page 17)

Support for legalization is strongest among 18-to-34-year-olds, with nearly 75% favoring it, according to a widely respected survey of social trends. The post Support for US Cannabis Legalization Reaches New High, Poll Finds appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Support for US Cannabis Legalization Reaches New High, PollContinue Reading

Australia’s medical cannabis market could surpass 15,000 patient application approvals by the end of this year, with industry revenues totaling roughly 36 million Australian dollars ($25 million), according to an analyst’s forecast. While both totals may seem low by North American standards, they represent “a decent start” for the country’sContinue Reading

Vireo Health, a Minnesota-based multistate operating cannabis company, started trading Wednesday on the Canadian Securities Exchange. Vireo has growing, dispensary and processing operations in six states. Vireo is trading under the ticker symbol VREO. More details can be found here. US marijuana firm Vireo Health launches on Canadian exchange is aContinue Reading

It’s time for round three of Leafly’s 2019 Strain Madness! Crown your semifinalists by voting and see your favorite strains through to the championship. The post Round 3: The Final Four Strains appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Round 3: The Final Four StrainsContinue Reading

For most recreational marijuana consumers, the difference between a $60 top-shelf eighth and a $20 door-buster isn’t the strain name. It isn’t who grew it, the strain’s genetic lineage, its terpene count, nor the THC number printed on the state-mandated label. It’s much more fundamental than that. The crucial separatingContinue Reading

Marijuana growers historically have turned to cloning to propagate plant inventory and perpetuate plant genetics. But the art of cloning, where a cultivator takes a rooted cutting of a mother plant to grow a genetically identical plant, might slowly be going to the wayside in the cannabis sector. Marijuana growers findContinue Reading

CrossFit athlete and Xwerks ambassador Alex Anderson comes from one of the world’s fittest families. The Knoxville, Tennessee native competes in the individual and team events in the global event, the CrossFit Games. We spoke with him about the fitness sport, his motivation, and how he incorporates CBD into hisContinue Reading

We’re well into the meta-phase of America’s fascination with CBD, the “new” favorite cannabis sativa-derived cannabinoid. Stories about how CBD is everywhere have been everywhere for a year-plus, well before President Donald Trump triggered the current entrepreneurial wellness frenzy in December when he signed the 2018 Farm Bill into law.Continue Reading