Even though cannabis became legal overnight in Canada on October 17, establishing the country’s legal retail industry could take months. In fact, access to retail storefronts is highly uneven across Canada, due to different rules governing cannabis in different provinces. Then, there’s the issue with product availability. So far only flower, plants, seeds, and oils…
Published: Aug 18, 2017, 12:44 pm • Updated: Aug 18, 2017, 12:44 pm Cannabist Staff Featured guest: Denver-based comedian David “Deacon” Grey, new talent coordinator at Comedy Works. Podcast: Play in new window | Download LOTS TO TALK ABOUT • Finding a fresh voice for cannabis in the comedy scene. • A recreational consumer’s cancer…
Published: Jul 27, 2017, 5:20 pm • Updated: Jul 28, 2017, 1:59 pm By Brian Witte, The Associated Press Update ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland’s highest court has ruled that finalists to become licensed to grow medical marijuana in the state can defend their interests against a legal challenge over how those finalists were picked. The…
Published: Dec 22, 2017, 2:38 pm • Updated: Dec 26, 2017, 11:17 am By Alex Pasquariello, The Cannabist Staff Welcome to High Minded by The Cannabist, our podcast diving into the stories, news and voices shaping a new billion-dollar industry. This episode of High Minded is coming to you in two acts, hosted by The…
Picture the stereotypical pot smoker: young, dazed and confused. Marijuana has long been known for its psychoactive effects, which can include cognitive impairment. But new research published this week in Nature Medicine suggests the drug might affect older users very differently than young ones—at least in mice. Instead of impairing learning and memory as it…
Colorado’s cannabis education campaigns are advancing beyond Legal Marijuana 101. “Responsibility Grows Here,” the new public education push unveiled Monday by the state health department, will include four targeted campaigns addressing consumers, youth, trusted adults, and pregnant and breastfeeding women. “We’ve worked hard over the past four years to educate Coloradans on the basic laws,…
Looking for a place to turn for some infinite wisdom? Maybe some words that touch on the holiest of subjects, the green goddess Ganja? Look no further. This list of quotations might serve as brilliant and motivational as that poster on the wall of a high school biology classroom that showed a long empty road…
In just over a week, Vermont’s adult-use cannabis law will go into effect. On July 1, those 21 and older will be able to possess up to an ounce of dried flower and grow up to six plants per residence. However, the state’s next step will not be to establish a regulated retail market. Instead,…
The names, shipping addresses, and order dates of more than 4,500 Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) customers were exposed after an unauthorized individual accessed the database of the Canada Post postal service on November 1. The next day, the CEO of the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation sent a letter to the head of Canada Post demanding…
9 SHARES ShareTweet Spread the love There is a lot of confusion surrounding what the Jeff Sessions decision to rescind the Cole Memo actually means to the cannabis industry. Some people are worried it means that U.S. attorneys across the country will start filing charges against state legal marijuana businesses and that it will cause…