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With cannabis edibles everywhere, dogs are getting stoned on neighborhood walks
Please keep your edibles away from your furry friends! Vets report that cannabis intoxication among dogs has been increasing by leaps and bounds. http://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-30/dogs-stoned-cannabis-edibles-reports-increase
Former NBA star Chris Webber opening $175M cannabis ‘compound’ in Detroit
Former NBA super star Chris Webber has announced that he’s opening a multimillion-dollar cannabis “compound” in his native city of Detroit. What’s this with sports stars and cannabis? And NBA athletes, in particular. http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/574411-former-nba-player-chris-webber-opening-175m-cannabis-compound?rl=1
Amazon workers fired for cannabis use can reapply for jobs
Amazon seems to be getting more and more engaged with cannabis and especially with issues related to fairness and, in particular, with respect to its own actions and employees. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-reconsiders-worker-cannabis-marijuana-screening-142918217.html
Entertainers and athletes double down on Presidential request for mass cannabis pardons
Over 150 influencers, advocates. politicians, and experts, including Drake are urging President Biden to deliver on his promise to pardon all non-violent cannabis offenders. http://www.leafly.com/news/politics/entertainers-athletes-double-down-on-biden
Italy will likely hold a referendum on decriminalizing cannabis next year
People vacation in Italy for lots of different reasons. Many people go for the historic sites in cities like Rome and Florence; some go for the food; you may have other interests. Italy is planning a referendum to decriminalize marijuana next year giving potheads a whole new set of reasons for an Italian vacation. http://www.cnn.com/2021/09/18/europe/italy-cannabis-referendum-scli-intl/index.html
Amazon’s Answer to Delivery Driver Shortage: Recruit Pot Smokers
Amazon has a plan to address its critical shortage of delivery drivers. The company is advising its delivery partners — the mom and pops that operate its ubiquitous blue Amazon vans — to prominently advertise that they don’t screen applicants for marijuana use
The cannabis industry is booming, but for many Black Americans the price of entry is steep
Cannabis is booming. US sales topped $18bn last year and the industry currently accounts for 321,000 full-time jobs across 37 states. Cannabis is also creating jobs faster than any other industry in the US. But for many Black Americans – who are close to four times as likely to be arrested for cannabis charges as white people …
Do you trust your doctor about cannabis?
Barely a quarter of cannabis users trust their doctor to provide them with reliable information about medical cannabis and how to use it to treat their medical or health conditions, according to a recent survey. http://cannigma.com/research/do-you-trust-your-doctor-about-cannabis/
NBA’s Kevin Durant and Weedmaps Team Up Against Cannabis Stigma
NBA all-star Kevin Durant and Weedmaps have announced a new partnership will make the basketball star and online cannabis marketplace teammates in a campaign to address the ongoing stigma against cannabis. Under the multiyear agreement, Durant and his financial enterprise Thirty Five Ventures will work to break down the negative stereotypes associated with cannabis while …
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I Wanted to Join the Legal Cannabis Industry. Now I’m Sitting in Prison.
Jonathan Wall has been incarcerated for the last 12 months at the Chesapeake Detention Facility, a supermax security lock up in Baltimore, Maryland for selling weed. If convicted, he could be sentenced to anywhere from 10 years to life in prison without any possibility of parole. http://truthout.org/articles/i-wanted-to-join-the-legal-cannabis-industry-now-im-sitting-in-prison/
How Do You Win a Free Jamaican Ganja Vacation with All the Weed You Want?
GanjaVacations in the news. Despite the headline which heralds our currently WIN a FREE Ganja Vacation in Jamaica promotion, this artice really an interview about who we are, what we do and our unique approach to cannabis tourism. Who knows, you may be motivated to start thinking about a ganja vacation. http://cannabis.net/blog/locations/how-do-you-win-a-free-jamaican-ganja-vacation-with-all-the-weed-you-want
Germany Seeks To Decriminalize Minimum Possession Of Cannabis And Import Jamaican Bud
The German government is in favor of decriminalizing possession of up to six grams of cannabis throughout the country. However, the more interesting news coming out of the country is that Jamaican cannabis will soon be available in pharmacies in Germany. Although recognized around the world, it is rare to find Jamaica buds outside of …
Women Want Weed – Female Marijuana Consumption Rates are Skyrocketing at a Record Pace
We’ve posted before about the extent to which women are driving cannabis sales but it’s worth doing again because it is such a very, very big deal. Women and especially Gen-Z women just can’t get enough weed and this is already beginning to drive how products are packaged and marketed. The future of cannabis is …
Canadian soldier faces jail over feeding cannabis cupcakes to troops
Do not feed cannabis cupcakes to your brothers in arms. Especially during a live firearms exercise! A Canadian soldier who did this could now be sentenced to five years in prison. She has been found guilty of administering “a noxious thing” to eight soldiers, as well as behaving in a disgraceful manner. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58176125
You Can Now Get Paid $1,500 to Smoke Weed for a Month
Flower and Freedom, which describes itself as a “wellness website” is looking to pay up to 5 people $1,500 each to smoke weed for an entire month and, they will even provide the cannabis. The company is searching for testers to form a new team of “cannabis effects specialists.” But don’t get too excited; if we know …
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Nearly Half of U.S. Adults Have Tried Marijuana
The percentage of U.S. adults who say they have tried marijuana has ticked up to 49%, the highest Gallup has measured to date. More than 50 years ago, just 4% said they had tried the drug, but that percentage surpassed 20% in 1977, 30% in 1985 and 40% in 2015. A much smaller proportion of …
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CANNABIS DECRIMINALIZED IN NEW ORLEANS, PARDONS 10,000 CANNABIS CONVICTIONS
The New Orleans City Council has passed a series of articles to pardon cannabis-related charges and effectively decriminalize cannabis. By unanimous vote the city council also pardoned an estimated 10,000 people. The city is also making an effort to work with the NOPD to end the war on weed – freeing the department to focus more …
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Black Entrepreneurs in Cannabis Industry Push for a Piece of the Profits
Black people comprise only a small percentage of those profiting from the burgeoning legalized pot market, according to state data. Public initiatives and private funds, like one started by Jay-Z, aim to boost minority participation. http://www.wsj.com/video/series/in-depth-features/black-entrepreneurs-in-cannabis-industry-push-for-a-piece-of-the-profits/D36458C9-EF9B-43E7-8441-52175B2DE271
‘Queen B:’ Beyoncé To Build Cannabis Farm To Get Her Own CBD
What do you do if you fall in love with CBD and want to guarantee a regular supply? If you’re Beyonce, you build your own cannabis farm. The R&B queen and multi-award-winning singer announced that she is building a cannabis farm to obtain her own CBD. In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, she said that …
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Study Shows Cannabis Consumers Are Successful, Motivated, Health-Conscious: Snoop Dogg Weighs In
The long-standing, negative stereotypes about cannabis consumers have contributed to a decades-long stigma that lingers to this date, even as legalization spreads across the world and while birthing one of the fastest-growing industries of our time. But a new study shows that cannabis consumers are successful, motivated and health conscious. Now, will y’all stop? http://www.forbes.com/sites/javierhasse/2021/08/11/study-shows-cannabis-consumers-are-successful-motivated-health-conscious-snoop-dogg-weighs-in/
Get the munchies with cannabis ice cream
In the latest twist on the sweet treat, Boston-based ice cream brand Emack & Bolio’s is partnering with cannabis operator MariMed to create cannabis-infused ice cream. The duo will “create a line-up of cannabis-infused vegan and dairy ice cream in outrageous flavors” that contain the same whole-plant cannabinoid and terpene formulations found in MariMed’s products …
Former Anti-Marijuana Congressman And Top Trump Health Official Joins Cannabis Company Board, Documents Show
Tom Price, a former congressman who repeatedly voted against marijuana reform has joined the board of directors of a medical marijuana business in Georgia. As health and human services secretary in the Trump administration, he was empowered to initiate proceedings to formally recognize cannabis’s medical value and reschedule it under federal law—a move he chose …
Authorities No Longer Seizing Under Three Ounces Of Marijuana At New York Airports
You can now fly fearlessly into New York airports with your weed. Just don’t carry too much. Small amounts of marijuana found on passengers in New York’s airports are no longer being seized by local authorities, four months after the state legalized recreational cannabis use. Currently, travelers will only be arrested if they carry more …
Republican Lawmakers Seek Ban On Welfare Benefits Spending At Dispensaries
We know that some of you deadbeats are already thinking about using your welfare checks to buy weed. But the government is not going to allow this to happen. Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation that would ban the spending of federal welfare benefits at cannabis dispensaries. Two pending pieces of legislation include language to prohibit …
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Ex-Lions star Calvin Johnson aims to change game with cannabis business
Megatron has entered the cannabis business, Calvin Johnson (known as Megatron during his playing days with the Detroit Lions) and former teammate Rob Sims have founded Michigan-based Primitiv, a cannabis research company as well as a collaboration with Harvard University to research how marijuana can help people with CTE and chronic pain. http://www.clickondetroit.com/sports/2021/08/05/ex-lions-star-calvin-johnson-aims-to-change-game-with-cannabis-business/
This California City Rejected Marijuana. Now Cannabis Is An Official Tourism Draw
Modesto, a city in California’s Central Valley, once very hostile to cannabis, is now raking big dollars from the weed. More money than from hotels and tourism. In a major turnaround, the city is believed to now have the first sanctioned “citywide cannabis tourism program” in the United States, Modesto’s official convention and visitors bureau …
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Why Cannabis Is Part Of The Future Of Big Tobacco
Big tobacco companies are banking on a future in cannabis. Didn’t you see it coming? I did. They have been eying the industry for some time and have begun lobbying in certain jurisdictions. They are in a diminishing business selling products that kill people and see a pot of gold at the end of a …
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Billionaire Charles Koch On Why Cannabis Should Be Legal
The legalization of marijuana at the federal in the US has acquired an unexpected and powerful ally in the person of billionaire Charles Koch – the devout libertarian known for spending a fortune on political causes. And it’s not because he’s a pothead http://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2021/07/27/billionaire-charles-koch-on-why-cannabis-should-be-legal/?sh=52562e894a73
Soulja Boy launches Soulja Exotics cannabis brand
Another celebrity enters the weed game. Fresh off his 31st birthday, Soulja Boy has started a new business venture. The emcee aka Big Draco has teamed up with Grizzly Peak — an indoor cannabis company — to launch his own cannabis brand. Soulja Exotics will sell 3.5 grams of medicinal-quality weed, starting with an indica strain titled the “Grease …
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