NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. companies cannot stop talking about marijuana, hoping in part they can catch investor interest as the booming economy around the drug lifts revenues throughout the supply chain. FILE PHOTO: A fully budded marijuana plant ready …
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Enjoy “Galentine’s” Day with Lady Jays
This coming Valentine’s Day, Ladies of Paradise is launching their very first cannabis product, LadyJays pre-rolls, kicking off with a “Galentine’s Day” event at their brick-and-mortar shop. The launch event will take place from 4-7 pm at 959 SE Division St. in …
Read More »Prohibitionist New York Governor Warms to Marijuana Legalization. It Could Be a ‘Cynthia Nixon Effect.’
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was sailing for an unchallenged third term until fellow Democrat, actress Cynthia Nixon, threw her hat into the ring on March 19, 2018. Cuomo, who called marijuana a “gateway drug” in February 2017, changed his …
Read More »Colorado Senator: Trump Plans on Fixing Federal Marijuana Problem ‘Once and for All’
Colorado Republican Sen. Cory Gardner has agreed on a deal with President Trump that would end his boycott of the Department of Justice (DOJ) nomination process over US Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ directive to prosecute cannabis-related offenses federally. Gardner responded …
Read More »Cynthia Nixon: Legalizing Marijuana is a Racial Justice Issue
By Chris Carola ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A week after telling two interviewers her support for legalizing recreational use of marijuana in New York was revenue-based, Democratic candidate for governor Cynthia Nixon said Wednesday, April 11, 2018, that it’s foremost …
Read More »Former US House Speaker To Promote Legalizing Marijuana
By Dan Sewell CINCINNATI (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday he has had a change of heart on marijuana and will promote its nationwide legalization as a way to help veterans and the nation’s deadly opioid …
Read More »Marijuana Shop Cannot Bank on Identity That Parodies Citibank
As cannabis consumption reaches the mainstream, many formerly tongue-in-cheek subcultural terms and brands that flew under the radar on the black market are now very much on the legal radar of corporate America. Like Gorilla Glue and other companies before …
Read More »This Weed in Sports: Odom Will be Keeping up With Canna-Business
Two-time NBA champion Lamar Odom is the latest in long list of former professional athletes trying their hand at the cannabis industry after retirement. The 14-season NBA veteran and former Parade high school player of the year went through a …
Read More »Cynthia Nixon Wants to Legalize It
What would you say is harder: appearing in two concurrent Broadway shows when you were a full-time college student, or running for governor of New York State when most people know you only from “Sex and the City”? I think …
Read More »What Would Shirju Do? April 6, 2018
This is your sneak preview of events and shows happening in Los Angeles for the upcoming week! No FOMO, no problem. I’m sick of people telling me, “Omg, I wish I knew about this, I would have gone!” My motto …
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