Month: May 2023 (Page 9)

The U.S. State Department has released its annual report to Congress on international religious freedom issues, again examining the relationship between marijuana laws in other countries and how they either respect or violate the rights of certain believers to practice their faiths. For 2022, the report revealed increased tolerance in someContinue Reading

On May 13, 2023, the 19th installment of the Emerald Cup Awards brought together the absolute best California has to offer. Held at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond, CA, the 45,000-square-foot venue was filled with some of the industry’s top players and the state’s best cannabis cultivators and manufacturers. TheContinue Reading

A New York Senate committee has approved a bill to authorize the establishment of a state-sanctioned overdose prevention center where people could use currently illicit drugs in a medically supervised environment and receive treatment resources. The Senate Health Committee passed the harm reduction legislation from Sen. Gustavo Rivera (D) inContinue Reading

These are the must-stop legal weed shops across the state Massachusetts residents voted to legalize medical cannabis in 2012, and then adult-use in 2016. The recreational market opened in 2018 with the East Coast’s first legal dispensaries, and the market has grown rapidly since. But finding the best dispensaries inContinue Reading

Get ready to be stoked. California’s got more than 800 cannabis dispensaries carrying the best weed the world’s ever seen—purer and often cheaper than the illicit market. And here’s the crazy part—California shops have yet to even really blossom. Due to the state’s “home rule” policy, which allows local governmentsContinue Reading

Washington introduces hiring protections for Recreational users of Marijuana Image Cannabis News May 23, 2023 In 2010, Washington approved the use of recreational marijuana under Initiative 502. However, this initiative allowed employers to reject applicants who used marijuana. As such, employers could reject applicants for testing positive for marijuana despiteContinue Reading

Cannabis and migraines: here’s what the research tells us Image Cannabis News May 23, 2023 Do cannabinoids aid in migraines, and which types of migraines have been studied? Let’s take a look at existing data on migraines and cannabinoids. This research will highlight the knowledge gaps where there could beContinue Reading