Times are Tough: Cannabis Joint Ventures May Help

We’ve written a lot recently about how cannabis companies are falling on tough economic times in this roiling economy. When times get lean, cannabis companies need to innovate and get more competitive with services and product offerings. This is in addition to consolidation, cost cutting, and going after third parties that owe you money. One […]

North Carolina Lawmakers Approve Bill To Create $5 Million Psychedelic Research Grant Fund In Committee

A North Carolina House committee has approved a bill to create a $5 million grant program to support research into the therapeutic potential of psilocybin and MDMA and to create a Breakthrough Therapies Research Advisory Board to oversee the effort. The House Health Committee passed the legislation, filed by Rep. Edward Goodwin (R) and other bipartisan lawmakers […]

Minnesota Lawmakers Finalize Marijuana Legalization Bill In Conference Committee, With Passage Expected This Week

Minnesota lawmakers have finalized a marijuana legalization bill in conference committee, reaching an agreement on tax and appropriations provisions in the last of three meetings to resolve differences between cannabis reform measures that passed the House and Senate last month. The final bill will now head to floor votes in both chambers this week and, […]

Florida Attorney General Asks State Supreme Court To Block Marijuana Legalization Initiative From 2024 Ballot

Florida’s attorney general is again asking the state Supreme Court to keep a marijuana legalization initiative off the ballot. About a week after the Smart & Safe Florida campaign said that they’ve collected enough raw signatures to qualify for the 2024 ballot, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) transmitted the measure to the court, with […]

Tik Tok Star Banned From Posting Vape Content

Disposable vapes gained significant popularity in 2020 through appearances on many social media platforms – adding up to over 2.9 billion views of the hashtag #vaping on TikTok with 9.4 million posts on Instagram. However, strict regulations have since come into place for the UK preventing those under 25 from advertising nicotine products on the […]

Salem, Massachusetts Lawmakers Vote To Decriminalize Psilocybin Mushrooms

Salem, Massachusetts lawmakers have approved a resolution to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms. Members of the City Council voted unanimously on Thursday to pass an activist-led measure making it the local government’s official policy to deprioritize enforcement of laws prohibiting the possession and cultivation of psilocybin. This is the latest Massachusetts city to enact some form of […]

Ban on Outdoor Pot Smoking in Amsterdam’s Red Light District To Begin This Month

A new ordinance banning cannabis use on the streets in Amsterdam’s Red Light District is slated to take effect later this month.  The ban, officially approved by Amsterdam’s city council last week, will “come into effect from May 25 and will be enforced by police and local officials,” according to Bloomberg, which noted that violation […]

Switzerland Continues to Expand Cannabis Research Trials

One cannabis trial covering the areas of Bern, Lucerne, and Biel, and another in Geneva, were recently approved in Switzerland. According to a press release on May 10, the SCRIPT study (safer cannabis research in pharmacies randomized controlled trial) that will cover Bern, Lucerne and Biel received approval from the both the Swiss Federal Office […]

× Whatsapp