Month: March 2019 (Page 6)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Want to practice your swing without throwing your clubs in the lake? Dante Jordan finds out if going to the driving range is worth the high. The post The Driving Range: Is It Worth the High? appeared first on Leafly. Read More: The Driving Range: Is It WorthContinue Reading