Nevada Cannabis Industry Rings Up Nearly $1 Billion in Yearly Sales

The Nevada cannabis industry rang up more than $965 million in taxable sales during the 2022 fiscal year, showing a slight dip from the $1 billion in sales recorded the previous year. Regulated sales of marijuana generated nearly $150 million in cannabis tax revenue, providing critical funding for the state’s public school system. The Nevada […]

California Funds Research On Blocking Marijuana Monopolies And Protecting ‘Legacy’ Cannabis Strains

California officials announced on Wednesday that the state will be awarding up to $20 million in marijuana tax-funded grants to universities that carry out research into cannabis science and policy—including studies on preventing monopolies in the legal industry and securing the genetics of “legacy” strains. This is the second round of academic marijuana grants from […]

Man that made nearly $200K selling cocaine and cannabis ordered to pay back $1.54

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RCMP arrests one man, two youths in wake of string of pot shop break-and-enters

One man and two youths were arrested after three overnight break-and-enters earlier this month left the cannabis stores picking up the tab for almost $30,000 worth of goods and property damage. Citing information from the Prince George RCMP in B.C., the Prince George Post reports that two female suspects remain at large in connection with […]

Latest Ukrainian War Effort Sees E-Cigarette Batteries Repurposed to Power Carrier Drones

E-cigarettes are the latest force powering the Ukrainian war effort as resourceful volunteers are retrofitting vape batteries into carrier drones. When Russian troops stormed into Ukraine earlier this year, many believed the war would last a matter of weeks…or even days. But six months later and the nation is still holding strong, answering the Russian […]

New Lawsuit Challenges Adult-Use Ordinance in Detroit

A lawsuit filed on Sept. 28 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan claims that the city’s adult-use cannabis ordinance is unfair to longstanding city residents. The lawsuit comes from plaintiffs Arden Kassab, who owns multiple medical cannabis dispensaries in Detroit, and PharmaCo. In June 2021, a lawsuit concluded with an […]

Former Rhode Island, New York marijuana regulator tapped for FDA job

Norman Birenbaum, a former head of marijuana programs in Rhode Island and New York, has taken a job as senior public health adviser for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Birenbaum will work with the Center for Regulatory Programs on projects involving cannabis research and marijuana regulations, NEC News Today reported. ADVERTISEMENT From 2016 to […]

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