The post Virginia Lawmakers Kill Marijuana Decriminalization Bill appeared first on High Times. The pattern followed by marijuana reform in America is so predictable you can use it to set a clock. In Virginia, where 85 percent of voters support medical cannabis, and where new Governor Ralph Northam supports decriminalization, a bill to allow sick…
Published: Oct 27, 2017, 11:37 am • Updated: Oct 27, 2017, 3:22 pm By Jennifer Kaplan, Bloomberg A private equity fund co-chaired by a former BlackRock Inc. executive is planning to raise $250 million to invest in marijuana businesses in places such as Los Angeles, Las Vegas and midtown Manhattan. MedMen Opportunity Fund II, which…
The National Marijuana NewsSat, September 8, 2018 3:29pmURL: Embed: Currently residing at “Cannabition,” Las Vegas marijuana museum which is set to officially open this month, “Bongzilla” is a fully functioning 24 foot tall, 800 pound beast of a bong. The massive piece boasts a 100 gallon reservoir with a massive bowl that can hold a…
Someday—perhaps someday very soon, judging by how often his boss is harassing him into obstructing justice, online—Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III will no longer be attorney general of the United States. When Sessions goes, the U.S. will be different: An authoritarian embodiment of the Republicans’ Southern Strategy, who has no compunction against lying under oath about…
It is distinctly possible that California voters could be the first in the nation to decide whether psychedelic mushrooms should be made legal in a manner similar to alcohol and marijuana. Earlier last week, paperwork was filed with the state attorney general’s office asking to put the question of legal psilocybin (otherwise known as magic…
Published: Nov 29, 2017, 9:38 am • Updated: Nov 29, 2017, 4:34 pm By Janie Har, The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco leaders have overcome deep divisions about how to regulate legal recreational marijuana in the densely packed city, approving pot-friendly rules that could allow sales to start the first week of January….
In case you haven’t noticed, cannabis is all over the news. It could be argued that cannabis IS the news, or at least the only news worth talking about. As so many states within our glorious nation and a number of countries around the world begin to grasp legalization, many people find themselves considering the…
The National Marijuana NewsSat, September 8, 2018 3:09pmURL: Embed: “My connection to it became more intellectual and more politically oriented the more I was exposed to more and more people’s use of it. I started to see pot as more of a medicinal thing in my personal life. And then I started lobbying for it….
Molson Coors announced on Wednesday that it plans to produce non-alcoholic beverages infused with cannabis in Canada. The company intends to begin offering the drinks in 2019 when commercial cannabis food and beverages become legal. Molson Coors said that its Canadian division will establish a partnership with cannabis producer The Hydropothecary Corp. to develop and market…
Louisiana legalized medical cannabis in 2015, and since, legislative changes, revisions and other modifications have slowed the law’s rollout. But this November, medical cannabis sales will likely begin throughout the state. The problem, however, is how few patients will have access to a doctor who can provide the recommendation they’ll need to enter one of…