Con Artist Invented Fictional Pot Businesses To Scam Over $18M Image Cannabis News April 11, 2024 Con artist Mark Roy Anderson, 69, pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud involving several fake cannabis and CBD companies. A handful of CBD and cannabis companies turned out to be figments of theContinue Reading
A new federal study shows that enrollment in state-legal medical marijuana programs increased significantly across the U.S. in recent years. The researchers—from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the University of Michigan—noted that the uptick comes amid “increasing cultural acceptance ofContinue Reading
Mieko Hester-Perez embodies the archetype of a modern-day “warrior mom.” For almost two decades, she’s been on a mission to break barriers and champion change for cannabis patients and their families. Since publicly sharing her son Joey’s success with medical cannabis in 2009, Hester-Perez has become a beacon of hopeContinue Reading
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The number of full-time marijuana jobs in the U.S. rose by nearly 5 percent during the past year, according to the latest annual industry report on employment in the cannabis sector. That’s a turnaround from the roughly 2 percent decline between 2022 and 2023, but otherwise it marks the slowestContinue Reading
Single-dose psilocybin use is “not associated with risk of paranoia,” while other adverse effects such as headaches are generally “tolerable and resolved within 48 hours”—according to a new scientific review published by the American Medical Association (AMA). With increased public interest in the therapeutic potential of psychedelics, researchers at theContinue Reading
Ohio marijuana sales could launch as soon as June under a regulatory plan that a legislative rulemaking committee is set to approve as lawmakers’ plans to revise the voter-approved legalization law continue to stall out. Regulators have until September to start issuing cannabis business licenses under the ballot initiative thatContinue Reading
Just ahead of a Pennsylvania committee meeting on cannabis reform this week, House lawmakers have introduced a bill to legalize marijuana that the lead sponsor says is “grounded in safety and social equity.” Rep. Amen Brown (D) is sponsoring the legislation, which is an identical companion to a bipartisan SenateContinue Reading
The Top US Cities for Marijuana Tourism Image Cannabis News April 10, 2024 The Best Places for a Pot-Friendly Getaway. The trend of U.S. states legalizing recreational marijuana use is lifting tourism to new heights in 2024 and travelers have never had more choices when it comes to picking theContinue Reading
How Hemp Could Save Horticulture Image Cannabis News April 10, 2024 Also, hemp could save some of North America’s largest carbon-capturing ecosystems. Hemp is emerging as an unexpected remedy for one of the horticulture industry’s hidden environmental harms, thanks to research from horticulture professor Jessica Lubell-Brand. For years, gardeners haveContinue Reading
