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Texas Woman Receives Lifetime Ban for Bringing CBD Sleep Gummies on Carnival Cruise Line

Going on a cruise is intended to be a break from reality, and a place where you vacation your way, whether that means being active and going on excursions in foreign destinations or sleeping in and relaxing on the deck. However, one individual recently received a lifetime ban for attempting to bring CBD gummies on

2023-11-22T11:16:14+00:00November 22nd, 2023|Cannabis, Feed|Comments Off on Texas Woman Receives Lifetime Ban for Bringing CBD Sleep Gummies on Carnival Cruise Line

Dispensaries Donate Thousands of Free Turkeys for Thanksgiving

Dispensaries are doing their part to help others to feel the true spirit of thankfulness this Thanksgiving with a round of free turkeys. In recent years, Green Wednesday, which falls on the day before Thanksgiving, has become the cannabis industry’s second-highest grossing day of sales, and a big day for promotional giveaways. Like last year,

2023-11-22T11:16:16+00:00November 22nd, 2023|Cannabis, Feed|Comments Off on Dispensaries Donate Thousands of Free Turkeys for Thanksgiving

Sarasota Moves To Make Cannabis Possession Criminal Again After Few Pay Civil Fines

Cannabis might be illegal again in Sarasota, Florida. As twenty-four states, along with Washington, D.C., and Guam, have legalized herb, as the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports, attitudes are becoming more regressive in some places. As absolutely frustrating as it is to pay fines for cannabis, what’s happening in Sarasota, unfortunately, proves that the government can always

2023-11-22T11:16:15+00:00November 22nd, 2023|Cannabis, Feed|Comments Off on Sarasota Moves To Make Cannabis Possession Criminal Again After Few Pay Civil Fines

Hawaii Attorney General Releases Weed Legalization Plan

Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez last week released a new plan to legalize adult-use cannabis that one lawmaker characterized as the state’s best effort so far. Under the plan, the state would allow for the production and sale of recreational cannabis while protecting the state’s existing industry for medical marijuana.  Hawaii legalized medical marijuana in

2023-11-21T11:16:12+00:00November 21st, 2023|Cannabis, Feed|Comments Off on Hawaii Attorney General Releases Weed Legalization Plan

Chuck Schumer Says ‘Time Has Come’ To End Prohibition of Cannabis

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told Yahoo News! in a recent interview that believes the end to the federal cannabis prohibition is on the horizon, with legislation to provide cannabis industry access to banking services in the works. He’s talking about the Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation Banking Act  (SAFER Banking Act) which was passed

2023-11-21T11:16:11+00:00November 21st, 2023|Cannabis, Feed|Comments Off on Chuck Schumer Says ‘Time Has Come’ To End Prohibition of Cannabis

CDC Report Confirms First Case of MJ Employee Death From Occupational Asthma

Almost two years following the death of a 27-year-old worker in a Massachusetts cannabis production facility, state and federal investigators said that work-related occupational asthma was the cause of death during the January 2022 incident. The first case of its kind “illustrates missed opportunities for prevention,” according to an analysis published in the Centers for

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Kentucky Considers Funding Ibogaine Research as Possible Treatment for Opiate Addiction

Kentucky will be hosting a summit in La Grange on November 30 to offer state residents the chance to learn about ibogaine, a psychedelic substance suspected to have potential in helping patients with treatment-resistant substance abuse disorder.  Kentucky has a big problem with opiate abuse. A 2019 study predicted that  5.9% of the state’s population

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Survey Shows Post-Pandemic Teen Cannabis Use Has Not Surpassed Pre-COVID Levels

According to government data released this week by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, teen cannabis use stands at historic lows, NORML reports.  The data comes from the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health. And, apparently, just over 11% of kids between the ages of 12

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Snoop Dogg Announces He’s Quitting Smoking Pot

On Thursday, “Stoner of the Century” Snoop Dogg, 52, announced that he’s quitting smoking pot in a post that practically broke the internet. After trying weed in “the seventies” to smoking blunts and copious amounts of bud for a solid 30 years—his name became synonymous with the plant, and he’s grown close to High Times

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Democrats Seek Updated Federal Financial Rules for Cannabis Business Owners With Weed Convictions

A group of Democratic lawmakers has written a letter to federal financial regulators calling on them to update rules that hinder cannabis business owners with past convictions for marijuana-related crimes. In the letter to the Treasury Department, 20 Democratic Senators and members of the House of Representatives wrote that the proposed change “would be an

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