On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling released a statement explaining that while federal authorities would still enforce drug laws, their main priority would be to tackle the opioid epidemic currently ravaging the Bay State. “Because I have a constitutional obligation …
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Oklahoma Bans Smokable Medical Marijuana, Sparks Lawsuit Threats
In addition to the ban on flower sales, the recently-appointed regulators passed another amendment requiring every dispensary to have a licensed pharmacist on-site. As soon as the Board of Health vote was finalized, medical marijuana advocates and legislators across Oklahoma …
Read More »DEA’s Annual List of Drug Slang is Officially Out and It’s Weird
“It is designed as a ready reference for law enforcement personnel who are confronted with hundreds of slang terms and code words used to identify a wide variety of controlled substances, designer drugs, synthetic compounds, measurements, locations, weapons, and other …
Read More »Does Medical Marijuana Work as a Muscle Relaxant?
Marijuana is well known for being a relaxing substance, but how much do you know about its potential to be a muscle relaxant? As much as it can relax the attitude, it can have profound effects on the muscles, especially …
Read More »Mary & I & Sensi Seeds – a new cannabis documentary is on the way
When Wally Johnson set out to make a film about cannabis prohibition in Sweden, he didn’t expect to be embarking on a journey of self-discovery that would take him to the other side of the world. Sensi Seeds is proud …
Read More »5 Cultivators Receive Arkansas Medical Marijuana Licenses
By Hannah Grabenstein LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ Medical Marijuana Commission has awarded licenses to five cultivation companies after an injunction against issuing the licenses was lifted Tuesday, July 10, 2018. The injunction was issued in March by Pulaski …
Read More »Denver Shuts Down Sweet Leaf Pot Stores for Selling Too Much Weed
Sweet Leaf, a successful canna-company operating a number of legally licensed cultivation and processing facilities as well as dispensaries all across the state, was the subject of a year-long investigation by local authorities working to crack down on “Looping,” the …
Read More »710 Day: How Oils and Concentrates Turned Cannabis Culture Upside Down
Back in an archaic era before text messaging, we used to get our kicks punching numbers on a calculator to make words. You know calculators — those things people use to do math without their phones? Anyway, it works on …
Read More »Hawaii’s Democratic Governor Set to Veto MMJ Usage for Opioid Treatment
Hawaii’s Governor David Ige can sign a bill that will allow use of medical cannabis for opioid use disorder. Continue reading at theweedblog.com
Read More »Legalize “Shrimp”? DEA Releases New List of Hilarious Drug Slang
Once again trying its hardest to flex some prohibition muscles, the DEA released its annual list of narcotic slang terms. The latest public dossier from the feds is equal bits hilarious and terrifying, with the agency’s multi-billion dollar budget funding …
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