For North Carolina, where both recreational and medical cannabis are both illegal under the state’s law, the outcome clears the way for the Tar Heel State’s first dispensary. The Associated Press reported that unofficial results of the vote on Thursday showed “that 70% of voters said ‘yes’…in a referendum that opens the door to the […]
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Connecticut Saw A Record $25 Million Worth Of Marijuana Sold In August, State Officials Report
Connecticut broke another marijuana sales record in August, with $25 million worth of medical and adult-use cannabis purchases, state data shows. The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) reported that recreational marijuana sales hit $14 million last month—another record for the adult-use market—while medical marijuana purchases amount to about $11 million. That combined $25 million […]
Maine Sets New Marijuana Sales Record For Fourth Month In A Row, With Nearly $22 Million In Purchases In August
Maine marijuana sales reached a record high in August, with nearly $22 million worth of purchases, according to new data from the state Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP). This summer has seen numerous states hitting cannabis sales highs, and Maine is no exception. August was the fourth month in a row of record-breaking adult-use purchases […]
NYC Pays Settlement to Mom Separated from Newborn for Cannabis Use
A settlement has been reached between the City of New York’s child welfare arm and a mother who had her baby taken from her just days after his birth. According to an article in the New York Daily News, The New York Administration for Children’s Services will pay Chanetto Rivers, who says she was subjected […]
Announcing The High Times Cannabis Cup Massachusetts: People’s Choice Edition 2023
2023 marks the third year that our High Times Cannabis Cup: People’s Choice Edition has been held in Massachusetts. Soon, starting between Oct. 9-11, we’ll be conducting our behind-the-scenes preparations by collecting product submissions from across the state through our official intake partner for this year, Nova Farms. Stay tuned for a full article on […]
Court-Mandated Cannabis Treatment Plummets After Legalization
Newly released data published in last month’s issue of the Journal of Addiction Medicine concluded that marijuana treatments for young people have declined following legalization. The data, presented by researchers at Temple University, “were extracted from the Treatment Episode Dataset—Admissions and used to calculate trends in the number and proportion of criminal justice referrals” for […]
First Cannabis Ads Coming Soon to Spotify
Chicago-based marijuana company Cresco Labs Inc. announced on Thursday that it will become the “first cannabis company to launch cannabis advertisements on Spotify, the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with more than 551 million users and 220 million subscribers.” The ad campaign will promote Sunnyside, a chain of dispensaries operated by Cresco Labs […]
Over-The-Counter Overdoses Largely Affect Women, the Young
The Japan Times reported this week on data published by the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, an agency under the national Ministry of Health, that illuminated how excessive “use of such over-the-counter drugs has grown more popular in recent years, with the number of cases of addiction involving them increasing sixfold between 2012 and […]
Maryland Marijuana Retailers Sell Record $92 Million In Products During State’s Second Month Of Adult-Use Legalization
Marijuana retailers in Maryland broke another record last month, selling nearly $92 million worth of products during August, the state’s second month of legal adult-use sales. That’s a jump from July’s $87 million in receipts and more than double the typical sales numbers from when the market was open only to medical patients. Newly released […]
UC Berkeley Announces Free Online Course for Psychedelic Research
Last month, the university’s Center for the Science of Psychedelics launched a free, online course titled “Psychedelics and the Mind.” The launch of the course marks another expansion of the Center, which itself launched three years ago. According to The Daily Californian, the course “will be taught by David Presti, neurobiology professor and one of […]