In a bid to help reverse the trend of Big Tech’s unfriendliness to marijuana-related smartphone apps, a California lawmaker who represents Silicon Valley recently sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook asking that the company’s app shop carry cannabis apps from licensed businesses. State Assemblyman Evan Low, a DemocratContinue Reading
Changing regulations and an ever-increasing list of states moving towards full legalization (hello, Illinois) has stoked the embers of the cannabis industry unlike anything seen before. It is predicted the market for legalized marijuana in the U.S. will be worth $146.4 billion by 2025. This rise in popularity has seen an increaseContinue Reading
Ontario’s cannabis wholesaler has issued a call for new product categories – including marijuana edibles, beverages, topicals and extracts – to be introduced in Canada’s largest consumer market later this year. The Ontario Cannabis Store is inviting federally licensed producers to identify their ability to supply the new products. And,Continue Reading
The New Jersey Assembly postponed voting Monday on a medical cannabis expansion measure to avoid walking into a possible veto by Gov. Phil Murphy. Lawmakers instead plan to try to resolve disagreements with Murphy’s office over the bill’s tax rate and program oversight provisions, NJ.com reported. While the legislation hasContinue Reading
New York’s largest advocacy group for farmers has come out in support of a bill to legalize recreational marijuana, a measure that, in its current form, would give farmers priority status for cannabis cultivation licenses. The New York Farm Bureau said in a statement that farmers “recognize the potential opportunity”Continue Reading
What you need to know about visiting Toronto for the NBA Finals. The post NBA Finals: What Sports Fans Need to Know About Cannabis in Canada appeared first on Leafly. Read More: NBA Finals: What Sports Fans Need to Know About Cannabis in CanadaContinue Reading
Uganda, fertile and sun-drenched, is harboring dreams of becoming the next cannabis hotshot of the African continent. Foreign capital has been flowing in to launch the new industry. So, much hangs in the balance as the country’s cabinet weighs changes to the criminal code allowing cultivation to proceed. There appearsContinue Reading
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried announced the members of her newly created advisory committee to advance the state’s medical cannabis policies, which could potentially bolster MMJ business in the state. The 18-member committee, which includes several of the state’s cannabis industry executives, will meet bimonthly to work to improve patientContinue Reading
The big gaming companies didn’t want the competition in Las Vegas, so it’ll be at least July 2021 before the first lounge opens. The post Las Vegas OK’d Cannabis Lounges but Nevada Just Said No appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Las Vegas OK’d Cannabis Lounges but NevadaContinue Reading
Nevada’s top federal prosecutor is making things a little more uncertain for the fast-growing cannabis industry in the state, saying that he isn’t ruling out the possibility of prosecuting marijuana businesses – but it’s not at the top of his list. U.S. Attorney Nicholas Trutanich told the Reno Gazette JournalContinue Reading
