Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced on Thursday that he has directed his administration to explore issuing pardons for all convictions of simple marijuana possession. Beshear’s announcement follows President Joseph Biden’s move last week to pardon all federal convictions for low-level weed possession and a call for governors to take similar action at the state level. […]
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Michigan Marijuana Sales Hit Another Record In September, Reaching $212 Million
For the third time in 2022, Michigan saw a record-breaking month of marijuana sales, reaching $212 million in September, state data shows. The state saw $195,349,995 worth of adult-use marijuana purchases and $16,629,957 in medical cannabis sales last month. That total is about $2 million greater than the previous record in July and $17 million […]
Nevada Is Now Accepting Marijuana Consumption Lounge Applications
Applications are official open in Nevada for marijuana consumption lounges—a license type that many are hopeful will attract cannabis tourism and further drive sales. The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) started accepting the applications on Friday morning, and the window will close on October 27. This comes more than a year after Gov. Steve Sisolak […]
Spliff Vape: New Tech Allows Cannabis, Nicotine To Be Vaped Simultaneously
Spliffs, blunts, mokes, mole bowls, skofes, and slaps are just a select few of the unbelievably silly names stoners have given to the various methods of ingesting cannabis and tobacco at the same time. Thus far, no one has managed to combine the two because cannabis is oil-based and nicotine juice is water-based, which means […]
California AG Announces New Efforts To Address Unlicensed Weed Grows
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced new efforts to address unlicensed marijuana cultivation in the state, saying that the market for illicit weed still outpaces the regulated cannabis industry. Bonta also announced that the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (CAMP), the annual effort to eliminate illicit cannabis cultivation sites in California, had eradicated nearly one million […]
Federal Court Rules That State-Level Marijuana Legalization Creates Exemption To Ban On Paraphernalia Imports
A federal court has issued a significant ruling that could set a precedent allowing marijuana paraphernalia to be legally imported from other countries into states that have enacted legalization. While the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) prohibits the import or export of drug paraphernalia, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) determined in a ruling […]
Former Supervisor Says Trulieve Promoted Safety Manager After Worker’s Death
A former supervisor at a Trulieve cannabis cultivation and processing operation in Massachusetts says that the company promoted the site’s environment, health and safety manager only one month after a worker reportedly died from inhaling marijuana dust at the facility, according to reports from WeedWeek and the podcast The Young Jurks. Trulieve is a Florida-based […]
Federal Reserve Bank Says Marijuana Legalization Drives Tax Revenue, Job Creation And Real Estate Sales
State-level marijuana legalization has had a “significant” economic impact—generating jobs, tax revenue and impacting real estate—according to a new report from a Federal Reserve Bank district. The Kansas City arm of the central bank, which covers five full states and parts of two other states, published the analysis last week, finding that the legal cannabis […]
U.S. Negotiator ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ Griner Will Be Released By Year’s End
Bill Richardson, the former governor and diplomat, expressed confidence on Sunday that American basketball star Brittney Griner will be released from Russian custody before the end of the year. In an interview on CNN, Richardson said he is “cautiously optimistic” about the release of both Griner and Paul Whelan, a U.S. citizen who has been […]
Biden Weed Pardon Spurs Reaction From Cannabis Community and Beyond
President Joseph Biden’s historic announcement that he would pardon all federal marijuana possession convictions and direct administration officials to study easing restrictions on the drug sent shockwaves across the country on Thursday, with activists, cannabis industry officials, pundits, and policymakers all weighing in on the issue. Biden announced the move on Thursday, finally taking the […]