November 2024
Cannabis lounges coming to California
How have medical sales been affected by recreational legalization in Canada?
Kentucky forges ahead with medical cannabis program
Californians race to purchase hemp ahead of Newsom’s ban
Thailand attempts middle ground
Status of DEA’s cannabis rescheduling
October 2024
Himachal Pradesh state of India approves cannabis cultivation
Evidence that Cannabis mitigated covid-19 patient outcomes
California Governor’s emergency rules forbid hemp products containing THC
Germany struggles to implement legalisation effectively
Florida hemp industry obstructs state cannabis legalisation?!
September 2024
Thailand’s cannabis legalization may go up in smoke
NYC crackdown on cannabis sales stymied by its own court
Platform approved at DNC addresses cannabis reform
Kamala Harris: pot policy evolution
Huge Cannabis recall in canada
Ukraine legalizes medical marijuana
JD Vance: there’s fentanyl in the marijuana bags!
Kelly Ripa: My clothes smelled like weed!
NOVEMBER 2021
Australia: Medicinal Cannabis Users May Be PErmitted to Drive
Alberta: Edmonton to be home to Cannabis Restaurant
Evidence for Efficacy of Cannbis Against Covid-19
Manitoba: Court Rules in Favour of Cultivation Ban
Canada Hits 5-Year Legalization Anniversary
TOWN HIRES “ODOR PROFESSIONAL” OVER SMELL FROM LEGAL CANNABIS FARM
• Viroid wreaking havoc on legal cannabis crops!
• Cannabis industry crisis as virus spreads!
Manitoba: Court battle over right to grow four plants.
US Football team in Nihon suspended over cannabis, again
NY and NJ to erase nearly a million marijuana convictions
Uncertain future of delta-8 THC
Hemp the future of eco-building
Germany getting closer to legalization
Inside South Korea’s ‘Special Cannabis Zone’
Comedians and companies pushing for nationwide legalization
US: Infrastructure bill will remove barriers to cannabis research
Ohio bill would expand medical cannabis access
Landmark study of hemp seed genetics
Judge blocks Texas’ delta-8 ban
California: Hemp and CBD drinks legalized
CANNABIS NEWS
NY and NJ to erase nearly a million marijuana convictions
Uncertain future of delta-8 THC
Hemp the future of eco-building
Germany getting closer to legalization
Inside South Korea’s ‘Special Cannabis Zone’
Comedians and companies pushing for nationwide legalization
US: Infrastructure bill will remove barriers to cannabis research
Ohio bill would expand medical cannabis access
Landmark study of hemp seed genetics
Judge blocks Texas’ delta-8 ban
California: Hemp and CBD drinks legalized
USDA: First hemp acreage survey
Older Americans using more cannabis than ever
Leaked docs show big cannabis companies lobbying for “near-oligopoly”
US: 70% support for legalization
NY cannabis chief: half of legal licenses will go to social justice
US: Republicans/Democrats have competing cannabis legalization bills
Colorado voters reject pot tax hike
OCTOBER 2021
JPMorgan to restrict trading of some cannabis stocks
CBD plus Ketamine for depression
Utah’s first cannabis expo coming to Salt Lake City
California: 5 years after raid, dispensary gets seized cannabis back from cops.
Bumper cannabis crop for Afghan farmers
Delta-8 THC
• Delta-8 THC ban upheld in Texas
• Vape shop launches new challenge
• Here comes Delta-10 THC
Fearmongering about cannabis candies on Halloween
Texas bans delta-8 THC; Vape shops fight back
Colombia: Legal cannabis exports set to soar
Study: Cannabis helps depression, sleep, quality of life
Canada: Only 5% of eligible for cannabis pardons have received one
California failing thousands with cannabis records
Luxembourg: Europe’s first country to legalize
MInnesota’s haunted cannabis maze
CT: Cannabis billboards violate law?
NY: “Gifting” cannabis legal loophole
NY: Most employers can’t test for cannabis
DC: Marijuana sales may finally be allowed
Bank of America shuts account of federally-licensed cannabis researcher
Delta-8 THC and new synthetic cannabinoids
• How Republicans created a huge legal loophole
• Sold at Texas gas stations, vape shops
• Texas ban begins
• Some Utah patients swear off new cannabinoid
Oregon county declares emergency over illegal cannabis grows, demands National Guard
California: Marijuana growing busts surging post-legalization
• 1 million plants destroyed this year
Third anniversary of legalization in Canada
Virginia seals 64,000 marijuana distribution charges
Argentina hosts largest cannabis expo in Latin America
3/4 of California cannabis businesses unlicensed
Cannabis reverses brain aging in mice
Singapore to execute man for importing 1kg cannabis
Rio Times: Legal cannabis could mean 30,000 jobs in Brazil
Malaysia considers allowing medical marijuana
Study: Cannabis labels often wrong and misleading
US: Millennials spent $4.7 billion on cannabis in 2021
Cannabis legalization push in Nepal
“Social equity” key component of legalization
Dubai: British soccer coach gets 25 years for CBD oil
Germany on brink of legalization
Recall: CBD drops are actually THC
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker pushing to end cannabis prohibition
Paul McCartney hides his hemp crop from local teens
CBD-infused coffee beans: Java without jitters
Iowa farmer offers ‘pick your own hemp’
Worker’s Compensation spending less on opioids, more on marijuana
New Orleans: Black cannabis entrepreneur expo
THC-O: legal psychedelic cannabinoid?
US cannabis crime stats
• FBI releases 2020 data
• 36% drop in marijuana arrests 2019-20
• 91% are for possession
NBA players won’t be tested for pot this season
Democrats embaracing legal marijuana
Study: THC level not tied to driving performance
Oklahoma: activists seek legalization ballot
California gov blocks cannabis billboards from highway
Study: Breast milk from moms who use cannabis doesn’t harm babies
Washington begins process to accredit cannabis labs
South Africa: ‘Cilo Cybin’ grabs first full-cannabis permit
CBG: top trending cannabinoid
• CBG the new hemp superstar
• CBG beats CBD at treating seizures
• CBG is ‘mother of all cannabinoids’
San Marcos TX: Activists want marijuana decrim on 2022 ballot
Cities across Ohio to vote on decrim
Minnesota Catholic Bishops oppose legal marijuana
Trulieve becomes biggest cannabis retailer in USA
Study: THC use helps prevent Alzheimers
France: animated documentary series profiles cannabis dealers
Federal marijuana legalization bill clears House Committee
Justin Bieber promoting pre-rolled joint brand
Utah: labs inflating THC test results
Nevada: Cannabis lounges legalized
• Toronto: cannabis lounges forbidden
• Colorado: Aurora blocks consumption
• Virginia: No lounges in Ballston
• New York: Pleasantville blocks lounges
Chicago’s ‘We Toke’: 420-friendly coworking space
SEPTEMBER 2021
Chuck Schumer: No cannabis banking reform until federal legalization
Dispensary collusion: First antitrust verdict in a cannabis case
Tobacco companies and cannabis: a perfect match?
Your cellphone can tell when you’re stoned
New York misses own deadline to allow home growing
Wall Street Journal: Legal weed in the workplace
Halloween hype : Fear-mongering about cannabis candies
US: House Committee drafting bill to end federal marijuana ban
US: Number of cannabis charges dropping fast
60,000 cannabis convictions dismissed in LA
FBI won’t hire people who have used cannabis more than 24 times
USA: Feds coming for Delta-8 THC
New York: Trucker suing CBD company over job loss from positive THC test
Massachusetts: Former Mayor gets 6 years for extorting bribes from marijuana businesses
New York City sues ‘New York Cannabis’ over trademarks
Canada: Aurora Cannabis shutting down yet another big facility
California State Fair will include cannabis competition.
Colorado: $1.4B cannabis sales Jan-July 2021
New trend: Cannabis-infused de-alcoholized wine
Why more pro athletes love cannabis
Cannabiscapes: Stunning marijuana-based visual artist
Iowa: extracting new cannabinoid, CBG
Missouri marijuana makes $8.9m for vets
New Jersey expunges 360,000 cannabis convictions
The rise and fall of fake marijuana.
World Anti-Doping Agency to review cannabis status
Italians gathering signatures to decriminalize
Cannabis use soars, liquor use drops among students
New book: Runner’s High: How cannabis boosts athletic performance
Mexico’s marijuana cartels switching to alcohol and logging
France’s “King of Hash” gets 16 years
Italy to decrim home-growing 4 plants
Cannabis industry skyrocketing, but not for blacks?
Bong bans and beheadings: The world’s 15 craziest anti-cannabis laws
AMA: Legalization doesn’t increase teen use
German customs: seized seeds could grow billions in weed
Missouri: 140 dispensaries opened in a year
Biden making it easier to research cannabis & psychedelics
Colorado: new pot testing rules to limit mold
Arizona clears thousands of cannabis criminal records
Smokable hemp allowed for sale in Texas
• District Court overturns state ban
• CBD and CBG cigarettes coming soon
• “CBD Kratom” shop opens in Dallas
Granny busted for weed flips off cops in mugshot
Amazon’s way of getting more delivery drivers: promote that they don’t screen for cannabis
Apple now allows apps to process legal cannabis sales, Google Play does not
• Leafly adds in-app ordering after Apple’s rule change
CBD and Covid
• Study: CBD benefits hospitalized Covid patients
• Study: CBD reduces burnout in health care workers
• Preprint: CBD Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Promotes Innate Immune Response
• CBD and THC changing Covid treatment
Is marijuana really 67,200x stronger than it was in the 1930s?
More states legalizing
• Ohio: Signature Gathering for Legal Pot
• Rhode Island: ACLU & NAACP Push Legalization
• Arizona: Cannabis $1B industry
Delta-8 THC
• Hemp-derived “marijuana-like product”
• “Happy clear-headed high”
• Texas company claims they’ve “hacked” the marijuana laws
Marijuana Oversupply Crisis
• “Bloodbath” coming for California Growers
• Retail prices crashing
• Canada: Billion Grams of Unsold Weed
Indoor marijuana growing big source of emissions, electricity drain
US vets who use medical cannabis get unfair treatment from Dept of Veterans Affairs
• Marijuana lounges expanding in Illinois
• University of Illinois offering cannabis certificates
‘Dr Ganja’ facing death penalty in Malaysia for medical cannabis
Tensions high in towns debating new NY cannabis laws
Marijuana allowed at New York State Fair this year
Fearmonger Kevin Sabet in WSJ: Don’t legalize!
South Africa unveils US$1.9 billion cannabis industry plan
Drought and wildfires vs California’s cannabis crops
Cannabis a cash cow for California, tax revenue ‘through the roof’