NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — State House Speaker Beth Harwell is running a TV ad about supporting medical marijuana as she tries to separate herself from the Republican field for Tennessee governor before the primary Aug. 2, 2018. In the ad, …
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California Pot Industry Struggles Amidst New Regulations, Illicit Competition
California’s legal weed growing pains are starting to sting. With a constant push-and-pull of compliance and competition, ganjapreneurs up and down the coast are left looking for a light at the end of the tunnel. She added that most of …
Read More »Rat Poison Chemical in Synthetic Marijuana Can Be Fatal, FDA Warns
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a warning of the significant health risks associated with the use of synthetic marijuana that could be contaminated by brodifacoum, a highly lethal anticoagulant most commonly used in rat poison. The …
Read More »Pennsylvania Could Make Nearly $600 Million a Year From Legal Weed
At a joint press conference held this Thursday, DePasquale unveiled a new report which estimates that a taxed and regulated adult-use market could bring the Keystone State close to $600 million a year. There are 9.5 million adults in Pennsylvania, …
Read More »ShirJu Goes to the Movies: ‘Hot Summer Nights’ is a Great Date Film That Accurately Captures Weed Culture
If you’re looking for the perfect summer flick, you might have found it in “Hot Summer Nights” — and not because of its title. It’s the summer of 1991, and recent high school graduate Daniel Middleton (Timothée Chalamet) is a …
Read More »Women of Cannabis part two
In the final part of our feature on the Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum exhibition We Are Mary Jane: Women of Cannabis, enjoy these short interviews with four women who attended the opening, three of whom are featured in the …
Read More »Canada’s Tilray Raises $153M in Stock Offering on a US Exchange
By Gene Johnson SEATTLE (AP) — A Canadian company is the first cannabis business to complete an initial public offering on a major US stock exchange, raising $153 million to expand its operations as Canada prepares to legalize the drug …
Read More »Pennsylvania Official: Legal Marijuana Would Bring $500M to Keystone State
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s elected fiscal watchdog says legalizing and taxing the sale and adult use of marijuana at 35 percent could add more than a half-billion dollars to state coffers. Democratic Auditor General Eugene DePasquale released an analysis …
Read More »Colorado Widow Denied Compensation Because Husband Smoked Weed
Recreational cannabis use has been legal in Colorado since 2012, but some individuals who are choosing to avail themselves of this new freedom have been unwittingly putting their families at risk. An autopsy found that Lee had high levels of …
Read More »Toronto Board of Health Wants Canada to Decriminalize All Drugs
In one of the most important steps towards drug reform in Canada thus far, the Toronto Board of Health is urging the federal government to decriminalize all drug use across the nation. The board announced its recommendation Monday, July 16, …
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