Antonio Villaraigosa, the former mayor of Los Angeles, has been named to the board of directors of cannabis retailer and producer MedMen. The company, which is based in Los Angeles, operates 19 licensed cannabis facilities in three states. “I’m excited for this opportunity to shape the cannabis industry and its commitment to social equity by joining…
BY KELLY P. KISSEL ASSOCIATED PRESS LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Would-be growers and distributors of Arkansas’ initial medical marijuana crop have flooded a state office building waiting for their turn to submit applications. Ahead of Monday afternoon’s deadline, there was about a three-hour wait for applicants at the Department of Finance and Administration Building….
Utahns will have the chance to vote on medical marijuana this November. In the months leading up to the vote, the battle is heating up. In particular, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), commonly known as the Mormon church, has become the biggest opponent of Proposition 2. This week, an anonymous, pro-medical…
Published: Sep 12, 2017, 10:45 am • Updated: Sep 12, 2017, 11:59 am By Elliott Almond, Mercury News Different sports leagues have different regulations and thresholds for marijuana use by their players. Here’s a look at the variations in policy. NFL Players are tested once in the offseason from mid-April to mid-August. Players test positive…
The Oklahoma Board of Health released revised draft regulations for the state’s new medical marijuana program today. The new proposed rules eliminate rigid restrictions approved by the board at a meeting earlier this month. Implementing SQ 788 Officials are currently working to draw up rules to govern the state’s new medical marijuana program. Oklahoma voters…
The House Criminal Justice subcommittee voted in a dramatic fashion on Tuesday to pass the Medical Cannabis Only Act which is the furthest step Tennessee medical marijuana has ever taken. The vote was tied 3 to 3 in the 6 person subcommittee forcing the House Republican Speaker to cast a vote, which came out as…
The embattled owners of a once-thriving string of cannabis businesses along Colorado’s Front Range have been ordered by a Denver judge to pay $8.8 million after finding they failed to honor commitments to the owner of properties they were buying in Denver. The decision issued Wednesday by Denver District Judge Edward Bronfin said the co-owners…
In some very interesting marijuana news, a misguided attempt at censorship by Iowa State University is going to be costing them a cool $1 million after a long legal battle with several of its own students. Back in 2012, the school had tried to prevent a few entrepreneurial undergrads from designing and selling ISU NORML…
Look closely at your developing buds and you will notice small cat-claw to mushroom-like, jelly-filled protrusions coating the surface. These are trichomes—protective structures filled with what are referred to as secondary metabolites (SMs), which include terpenes and cannabinoids. These compounds give cannabis the powerful psychoactive and medicinal characteristics that make it a prized species of…
Can you get a hangover from weed? Many individuals have experienced the phenomenon known as a “weed hangover,” while others have questioned if such thing really exists. It may not leave you with a raging headache and a nauseous stomach the next day. But cannabis can leave you feeling a bit out of it and…