According to data from the cannabis research firm Whitney Economics, the cannabis industry paid an excess of $1.8 billion in additional taxes in 2022 alone. And, spoiler alert: This article doesn’t have a happy ending. Cision PR Newsletter reports that this number is expected to jump to $2.1 billion in 2023. As High Times continuously […]
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Denmark’s Open Hash Trade Under Threat on ‘Pusher Street’
While open drug trade of cannabis, hash, and soft drugs is tolerated in Christiania, an autonomous region in Copenhagen, Denmark, that all could end if the area can’t clean up its act, the capital city’s mayor warned. Copenhagen, Denmark Lord Mayor Sophie Hæstorp Andersen told local paper Ekstra Bladet that growing violence has to end […]
Florida Lawmakers Pass Cannabis Telehealth Bill
Florida lawmakers passed legislation last week to allow medicinal cannabis patients to renew their medical marijuana recommendation with a physician via telehealth appointments. The measure, House Bill 387, was passed by the Florida House of Representatives on Thursday after the state Senate approved an amended version of the legislation earlier in the day. The bill, […]
Missouri Retailers Sold $350 Million Worth Of Legal Marijuana Products Since Recreational Sales Launched Three Months Ago
The state’s cannabis industry is poised to top $1 billion this year in combined medical and recreational sales. By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent Hippos Cannabis has a 40,000-square-foot production facility in Vienna, Missouri, a town of 600 people that’s just 30 minutes north of Rolla. Since Missouri’s recreational marijuana sales began in February, they’ve added […]
Forty-Two Percent of American Adults Use Cannabis
A new report called Cannabis Consumers in America 2023: Part 1 was recently release by New Frontier Data on May 2. The study analyzes a wide variety of trends and demographics of the modern cannabis consumer. According to New Frontier Data CEO Gary Allen, more than 42% of adults have used cannabis and say that […]
Maine Officials Report ‘Mass Exodus’ of Caregivers Amid Rec Sales
According to officials in Maine, the number of caregivers applying to supply medical cannabis in the state is plummeting. The Sun Journal reports that over a quarter of Maine businesses in the state’s medical cannabis industry have closed down in the last two years. Maine regulators pointed out another glaring problem, the loss of caretakers, […]
Maryland Governor Approves Bills on Cannabis Reform, Abortion Protection, Gender-Affirming Treatment
Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed six new bills into law on Wednesday, CBS News reports. The bills, in a win for social liberals across the state and country, collectively cover protections for gender-affirming health care, abortion, and cannabis reform. Let’s start by reviewing the cannabis legislation. Back in November, Maryland voters approved an amendment to […]
Washington Governor Signs Bill Expanding Social Equity Licenses
Washington will add dozens of more cannabis retail shops to its existing adult-use market in the next decade after the state’s governor signed a bill into law on Monday. The measure, signed by Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee, is aimed at bolstering the social equity component of the state’s legal marijuana program. Under the terms of […]
Moxie: A California Legacy With a History of Quality
As cannabis policy reform measures continue to take hold across the country, nearly half the states in the nation have now legalized recreational marijuana. With each new state comes new opportunities that have spawned thousands of cannabis operators from coast to coast. But with so many brands out there, consumers can find it difficult to […]
Feds Relax Rules Regarding Cannabis Use To Attract Younger Workers
No one understands how regressive (and…evil) the feds are. Thanks for burning down all of those fields of pretty plants over the years, guys, not to mention the countless lives ruined by the War on Drugs. It doesn’t make up for it, but the federal government is finally relaxing its drug screening rules, The New […]