Gobs of aroma and flavor await openers of bags of Zkittlez — one of America’s most trending, flavorful, fragrant and award-winning cannabis strains. Zkittlez surfaced slowly over the last five years, originating from a single garden in the West Coast’s most dominant farm — 3rd Gen Fam, winners of 38Continue Reading
Sometimes the definition of self-care is getting your skin stoned in a bathtub. The post Sesh and soak: Cannabis-infused skin products for the ultimate bath experience appeared first on Leafly. Read More: Sesh and soak: Cannabis-infused skin products for the ultimate bath experienceContinue Reading
The Biden administration proposed a change to the federal drug scheduling system on Thursday that it hopes will streamline research into Schedule I controlled substances including marijuana and psychedelics such as psilocybin. The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) said in a letter to congressional leaders andContinue Reading
California officials on Thursday announced that they are soliciting concept proposals for a program aimed at helping small marijuana cultivators with environmental clean-up and restoration efforts. Applications for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) Cannabis Restoration Grant Program will be released this fall and remain open through theContinue Reading
Michigan senators on Thursday introduced a bill to legalize the possession, cultivation and delivery of an array of plant- and fungus-derived psychedelics like psilocybin and mescaline. The legislation, sponsored by Sens. Jeff Irwin (D) and Adam Hollier (D), would amend state statute to exempt people from criminal penalties for suchContinue Reading
The Washington State attorney general’s office appeared alongside lawyers representing cancer patients on Thursday, telling a federal appeals panel that people in end-of-life care deserve legal access to psilocybin—the main psychoactive compound in psychedelic mushrooms—under state and federal right-to-try laws. “It is entirely consistent with the purpose and language ofContinue Reading
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A top U.S. federal drug policy official recently admitted that her prior fears that cannabis legalization would lead to an increase in teen marijuana use failed to materialize, saying that reform advocates were “right” about the impact cannabis policy change would have on young people. Nora Volkow, the director ofContinue Reading
Denver voters will soon decide whether to increase the local marijuana tax to fund pandemic-related research. Activists behind the initiative—which would impose an additional 1.5 percent tax on cannabis sales—were cleared for the November 2021 ballot in mid-July. That’s in addition to a separate statewide initiative voters will see onContinue Reading
Adult-use marijuana sales in Illinois exceeded $120 million in August, state officials reported on Thursday. It’s the second highest sales record since the state’s recreational market launched last year and the sixth month in a row that sales surpassed $100 million. Illinois saw $121,933,542 in cannabis purchases last month, withContinue Reading
