Day: September 26, 2019

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste… it’s an opportunity to do things that you think you could not before.” – Rahm Emmanuel Nobody knows exactly what’s caused 530 Americans to fall ill with vaping-associated pulmonary illness, nine of whom are dead, after using vaporizer products —Continue Reading

It’s often misdiagnosed as common pneumonia. Steroids, not antibiotics, seem to be an effective treatment. The post How Doctors Diagnose and Treat Vape Pen Lung Disease appeared first on Leafly. Read More: How Doctors Diagnose and Treat Vape Pen Lung DiseaseContinue Reading

Maryland medical marijuana regulators put plans to award an additional four cultivation and 10 processing licenses on hold, in wake of a judge’s temporary restraining order barring the state from issuing licenses until Oct. 7. The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission was scheduled to announce the winners on Thursday. Instead, CommissionContinue Reading

Security labels, barcodes and microchips are among the measures vaporizer manufacturers are taking to differentiate their products from counterfeit knockoffs suspected to be behind more than 800 illnesses and 12 deaths tied to the nationwide vaping crisis. Last week, California-based marijuana firm KushCo Holdings entered an exclusive distribution agreement withContinue Reading

The California Water Boards sent at least 270 letters to farmers in the Emerald Triangle, warning them to come into compliance with regulations or face possible fines and even the loss of their cultivation licenses. The agency posted on Twitter that its Division of Water Rights’ Cannabis Enforcement Section sent the lettersContinue Reading

Utah would charge medical marijuana dispensaries between $50,000 and $69,500 each year in operating fees under a proposal state officials are considering – placing an unexpectedly high financial burden on future MMJ businesses. An executive with a Washington state-based company interested in opening a dispensary in Utah called the proposedContinue Reading