PENNSYLVANIA and NEW YORK: Tikun Olam, the world leader in cannabis science, and Ilera Healthcare, Pennsylvania's premier medical marijuana cultivator, processor and … Read the full article...
Business
Tikun Olam and Ilera Healthcare Announce Pennsylvania Partnership
Zenabis Receives Cannabis Plant Sales License
CANADA: Zenabis, a licensed producer, has announced that Health Canada has issued an amendment to its Producer’s License. Zenabis is now eligible to sell clones to other … Read the full article...
Acres Cannabis To Launch The Underground, A Marijuana Farmers Market
NEVADA: Acres Cannabis, a vertically integrated seed to sale cannabis conglomerate in Las Vegas, Nevada, launched the Underground, a marijuana farmers market on April … Read the full article...
Legal
Washington: Updated List of Pesticides Allowed for Use in Marijuana Production
Study: Adult Use Marijuana Laws Associated With Reduced Criminal Activity
Connecticut House Appropriations Committee Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill
Studies: Marijuana Legalization Laws Correlated With Reduced Opioid Prescribing Trends
California Legislation Would Mandate Plant-Based Options In Hospitals, Prisons
Politics
Giambra Says Marijuana Tax Revenues Could Deliver $500 Million A Year
Cannabis Policy Reform Advocates Release Report Card Grading Candidates for Governor in Maryland
Canada’s Corner Stores Warn Government: Inconsistent Regulation Of Cannabis And Tobacco Will Have Serious Consequences
American Legion Supports Expanding Veterans Access To Medical Cannabis
Tennessee Organizes Medical Marijuana Committee
Hemp
You Wear What You Eat…New Materials Start-up ‘Circular Systems’ Turns Food Crop Waste Into Sustainable Fashion
NEW YORK: Circular Systems S.P.C. (Social Purpose Corporation) is a materials science company focusing on converting agricultural, industrial and post-consumer wastes into high value textile fibers for the fashion industry. The company was confirmed as the first place winner of the 2018 Global … Read the full article...
Craft Distillery Celebrates 4/20 With Legal Cannabis-Infused Vodka Cocktail
CALIFORNIA: Humboldt Distillery is planning to celebrate 4/20 with cocktails using their cannabis-infused vodka Humboldt's Finest. Their award-winning infused vodka is available in a growing number of markets across the country including Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, … Read the full article...
US Senate Majority Leader McConnell introduces Hemp Farming Act 2018
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: "It’s a historic day in America for the hemp industry”, said Geoff Whaling, Chairman of the National Hemp Association. “Senators McConnell, Wyden, Paul and Merkley have introduced a bi-partisan Senate Bill that not only raises awareness about the potential of this crop, it puts … Read the full article...
Proposed CBD Ban Endangers Patients Warns Texas Cannabis Industry Association
TEXAS: Texas Cannabis Industry Association warns that the Texas Department of State Health Services' (DSHS) is days away from the unprecedented banning of hemp-CBD products in the state of Texas. This would present a blow to the liberty of thousands of Texans who choose hemp-CBD as a general … Read the full article...
Senator McConnell and Commissioner Quarles Announce Hemp Legislation
KENTUCKY: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles (R-KY) announced today the impending introduction of legislation in the United States Senate to support Kentucky’s hemp industry. The Hemp Farming Act of 2018 will legalize hemp as an … Read the full article...
Aurora Cannabis Increases Stake In Hempco To 35%
CANADA: Aurora Cannabis and Hempco Food and Fiber announced that Aurora has exercised 10,558,676 warrants to purchase common shares of Hempco for total proceeds of $4.3 million to Hempco. Consequent the warrant exercise, Aurora now owns 21,117,352 Hempco common shares, reflecting an ownership … Read the full article...
Lifestyle
Michigan: Support Grows For Proposed Adult Use Initiative
Latest Fox News Poll Finds Record Support In Favor Of Legalization
Poll: Tobacco, Alcohol, Sugar Perceived As More Harmful To Health Than Marijuana
Kokane Launches ‘Don’t Go’ With Hi-Tunes High Rise Video
Hip-Hop Artist Trae Tha Truth Brings Original Animated Comedy Series To 420TV
Events
Cannabis Industry Ambassador-At-Large: Twenty22Many Art Auction
By Jake The Professor Twenty22Many is a Washington-based Veterans group, born out of the old Medical Marijuana Collective model that preceded recreational cannabis in Washington State. The mission of the Twenty22Many is "By All Means Necessary - End Veteran Suicide." Founder Patrick Saint, and other volunteer veterans are committed … Read the full article...