Cannabis News

BOSTON, MA – Recent Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, David “Big Papi” Ortiz, partnered with Rev Brands to release “Papi Cannabis,” a brand new line of cannabis products. According to a report by  CBS News, the Massachusetts-based company says their collaborative line includes a number of Big Papi’s “favorite strains” such as, “Black Mamba #7,” […]

WHAM reports that New York marijuana reform advocates celebrated a victory last week when the State Cannabis Control Board approved the final plan for Conditional Adult-use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) licenses. This is a major advancement for the state’s Seeding Opportunity Initiative, a plan for a more accessible and equitable cannabis marketplace. The CAURD licenses, an […]

KENTUCKY, GA – In a recent tweet, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear hinted at taking executive action in order to provide access to medical cannabis for specific groups of patients. According to WKYT, the Governor’s message, which comes just ahead of the Team Kentucky Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee’s third town hall in Hopkinsville. He cites the […]

WASHINGTON, DC – A long-awaited cannabis legalization bill was unveiled by Senate Democrats on Thursday. According to a report by ABC News, The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act would lift the federal prohibition on cannabis and allow the states to respectively decide how they want to regulate the drug. The act would also create FDA […]

Cannabis advocates around the country are watching with rapt attention as Senate Democrats discuss plans for a federal marijuana decriminalization plan, Bloomberg News reports. It is unclear whether the chamber, nearly evenly divided, will allow for the development of such legislation over the next few weeks as Democrats introduce their plan. After circulating last year, […]

MONTANA – Medical cannabis patents in Big Sky Country are now able to access an established telemedicine platform that connects those even in the most rural parts of the state with a state-licensed medical cannabis doctor. According to a High Times report, NuggMD, allows patients to log in any day of the week between 8 […]

The California Legislature recently took several significant actions to reduce the tax burden on the legal cannabis industry in the state, which is struggling to compete with the illicit market. The industry has been demanding relief for far too long, and although the bill does have some faults that have been called out by politicians, […]

WASHINGTON, DC – In a statement to The New York Post, President Biden confirmed his administration is “working on” plans to fulfil a campaign promise to free prisoners incarcerated for cannabis-related crimes, Marijuana Moment reports. “I don’t think anyone should be in prison for the use of marijuana,” the President said to reporters after stepping […]

WNBA Star Brittney Griner Was detained by Russian authorities on February 17 for marijuana possession. According to Griner, who pleaded guilty to the charges against her in court on July 7, she accidentally packed vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage, which was subsequently detected by airport customs officers as she was entering Russia.  […]

WILKES-BARRE, PA – In an effort to grow alongside the booming cannabis industry, Wilkes University is offering a new type of higher education this fall in the form of undergraduate and graduate programs focused on cannabis this coming fall. According to WNEP, the university, located along the Susquehanna River in eastern Pennsylvania, recently received a […]