When the City of Laguna Woods banned cannabis businesses from operating in city limits, they left a lot of local retirees who depend on cannabis cut off. We visited the retirement community to learn about how that impact is being felt. The post Local Laws Cut Cannabis Access for CaliforniaContinue Reading
Legalization stumbles at the finish in NY and NJ. Also, CBD invades the malls of America and an Australian artist wants to carve a 50-foot wooden bong. The post The Roll-Up #80: New York’s Last Stand appeared first on Leafly. Read More: The Roll-Up #80: New York’s LastContinue Reading
Greetings from Amsterdam, home of the world-famous coffeeshop scene! Though the last decade has been marked by tremendous international progress for cannabis legalization, there is still no city quite like ours when it comes to embracing the plant and its culture. There are currently 169 coffeeshops licensed to sell cannabis inContinue Reading
Cannabis news from around the web. The post This Week in Cannabis: Top Stories From Across Canada From Mar. 22-28 appeared first on Leafly. Read More: This Week in Cannabis: Top Stories From Across Canada From Mar. 22-28Continue Reading
A U.S. House Committee advances an important marijuana banking bill, New Jersey cancels its adult-use vote, a beer behemoth reiterates that legal cannabis is hurting its sales – plus other important news from around the MJ space. Forward step for cannabis banking legislation at federal level and more of theContinue Reading
Since ‘Broad City’ aired over five years ago, we’ve watched Abbi and Ilana share bowls, joints, and bongs all over New York City, but the show has done so much more than make us laugh. The post Watch This: Our Favorite Stoned Memories From ‘Broad City’ appeared first on Leafly.Continue Reading
This morning, the House Financial Services Committee approved the SAFE Banking Act (HR 1595), which would smooth pathways for state-legal cannabis companies to access the federally regulated banking industry, in a 45-15 vote. The ultimate goal of the bipartisan effort around HR 1595 is to provide the most rudimentary banking practices toContinue Reading
Vireo Health, a Minneapolis-based cannabis group that started trading this month on the Canadian Securities Exchange (VREO), said it is expanding into the New Mexico medical marijuana market with the acquisition of Red Barn. Red Barn operates a growing and processing facility in Gallup, New Mexico, as well as two dispensariesContinue Reading
In 2015, Texas joined a handful of other states in adopting an approach to medical cannabis that legalizes it… but just barely. Still intact today, the Texas Compassionate Use Act only allows for the legal use of cannabis oil with trace amounts of THC. To qualify, patients must have severeContinue Reading
More than 1,500 are expected to attend the International Cannabis Business Conference (ICBC) Berlin, which welcomes leaders from more than 60 different countries in fields ranging from politics to science and everything in between. Held from March 31 to April 1, ICBC Berlin features exhibitions from Bhang, Canopy Growth, MaryContinue Reading
