As if there isn’t enough uncertainty right now for Northern California weed farmers, this week’s fires are threatening the 2017 harvest. That is for those farmers who are lucky enough to have a harvest. Fires are raging in 14 counties, according to the California Department of Forestry, and an estimated 1,500 residential and commercial structures […]
Hey there, Christine Sclafani coming to you again for TNMNew.com to talk about what has been happening lately on the culture side of cannabis. Let’s see what is popular amongst our followers. Mike Tyson Recently Threw a Lunch Party for the Opening of Tyson Ranch The world famous former heavyweight boxing champ, Mike Tyson, is […]
Tampa— 08/16/2018 — The Cannabis Executive Council PAC announced its’ inaugural breakfast launch to take place at the US Cannabis Conference and Expo, in Miami, FL on August 25th. “This council is being formed to influence policy and assist in driving legislation throughout the State of Florida, through the collective efforts of its’ members, which […]
In an effort to keep kids from getting their hands on drug-laced candy Colorado will no longer allow retailers to sell any weed edibles that are shaped like animals, fruit, or humans, including any artistic, caricature, or cartoon renderings. Geometric shapes and fruit flavors are fine, however. The new rules also require products to have […]
If we are going to spend a lot of time reviewing Canadian cannabis stocks, which we will since most cannabis stocks are traded on the TSX or CSE, then investors in the United States will need to know how to go about trading Canadian companies. There is a lot to consider when trading a Canadian […]
67 SHARES ShareTweet For Immediate Release Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Contact Morgan Fox, Director of Communications 202-905-2031, [email protected] New Gallup Poll Finds Record Support for Making Marijuana Legal in U.S. – 64% Marijuana is currently legal for adults in eight states and the District of Columbia; several more states to consider regulating marijuana like alcohol […]
59 SHARES ShareTweet The alcohol industry must be getting nervous especially with the most recent study that has been released. The University of Connecticut and Georgia State University compared data from the Nielsen retail scanner database of alcohol retail stores across the country after a number of states legalized marijuana this year, and found alcohol […]
One of the major worries of marijuana legalization opponents is that the normalization of cannabis consumption could lead to children becoming exposed to marijuana. A recent example in Arizona of children being exposed to marijuana could have happened regardless of the existence of the AZ medical marijuana program but nonetheless is at the heart of […]
Marijuana legalization in Colorado led to a “reversal” of opiate overdose deaths in that state, according to new research published in the American Journal of Public Health. “After Colorado’s legalization of recreational cannabis sale and use, opioid-related deaths decreased more than 6% in the following 2 years,” write authors Melvin D. Livingston, Tracey E. Barnett, […]
Maine might be far away for many of you and seem like a non-factor in the marijuana legalization movement. But, it’s voters did approve adult-use marijuana and it has an established medical marijuana program. More importantly, Maine has a governor that is clearly showing the rest of the state governors around the country what not […]