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California Cannabis Industry Group Calls For Crackdown On Illegal Pot Shops As Support For Legalization Peaks

California Cannabis Industry Group Calls For Crackdown On Illegal Pot Shops As Support For Legalization Peaks

The legal cannabis industry in California is calling on law enforcement officials to crack down on illegal pot shops that they claim are pushing them out of business, as well as possibly selling tainted products to customers, The Associated Press reports. California is one of 11 states plus the District of Columbia to have legalized […]

4y ago

New Study Reveals That Street Cannabis In Madrid Contains High Levels Of Fecal Matter

New Study Reveals That Street Cannabis In Madrid Contains High Levels Of Fecal Matter

According to a study conducted by two analysts, a large percentage of cannabis available on the streets of Madrid are contaminated with fecal matter. In addition to this, some samples also contained the aroma of fecal matter as well. José Manuel Moreno Pérez, a pharmacologist from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, collected 90 samples of […]

5y ago

Walgreens Will Bring CBD Products To 1,500 Stores

Walgreens Will Bring CBD Products To 1,500 Stores

Walgreens announced on Wednesday that it will soon begin selling CBD-based products in almost 1,500 stores across a swath of states, according to CNBC. Cannabidiol, or CBD for short, is a non-psychoactive compound found in cannabis (marijuana) and thought by some to alleviate ailments like anxiety, pain, and seizures — though there’s no conclusive research […]

5y ago

San Francisco To Expunge Over 9,000 Old Marijuana Convictions Now That It’s Legal There

San Francisco To Expunge Over 9,000 Old Marijuana Convictions Now That It’s Legal There

According to an article in HuffPost, the city of San Francisco is on track to expunge over 9,000 convictions for past marijuana offenses as part of the 2016 state law that legalized the plant’s use for recreational purposes. Under California’s Proposition 64, which made marijuana made legal for adult recreational consumption, legal authorities were also […]

5y ago

Californians Are Outraged By ‘Dead Skunk’ Stench From Marijuana Farms

Californians Are Outraged By ‘Dead Skunk’ Stench From Marijuana Farms

The New York Times reported that California locals are getting a bit testy over the smell of marijuana from the surrounding marijuana farms. They are saying the stench is similar to a freshly deceased skunk, or at least the smell of skunk spray. Some are stating that the stink is so pungent that having to […]

5y ago

Budweiser Cannabis Drinks Could Be On The Way, As Beer Giant Researches Pot-Infused Beverages

Budweiser Cannabis Drinks Could Be On The Way, As Beer Giant Researches Pot-Infused Beverages

Are cannabis beverages shaping up to be the next big thing? On Wednesday, AB InBev, the makers of Budweiser, announced that they are teaming up with Canadian company Tilray to do research on creating cannabis-infused drinks. According to CNN Business, the two companies are poised to invest $100 million into this new project. The plan […]

5y ago

Golnesa ‘GG’ Gharachedaghi From Bravo’s ‘Shahs Of Sunset’ Opens Up About Drug Past

Golnesa ‘GG’ Gharachedaghi From Bravo’s ‘Shahs Of Sunset’ Opens Up About Drug Past

Golnesa Gharachedaghi, better known as “GG” on the Bravo reality show program Shahs of Sunset, recently opened up about her drug use in an interview with E! News, explaining that it began at a very young age and took her quite a while before she did something about it. GG spoke with Justin Sylvester, an […]

5y ago

Marijuana-Laced Edibles Will Not Be In Your Kids’ Trick-Or-Treat Bags This Halloween, Don’t Believe The Hype

Marijuana-Laced Edibles Will Not Be In Your Kids’ Trick-Or-Treat Bags This Halloween, Don’t Believe The Hype

Halloween is tomorrow, which means that you’ve no doubt heard by now that marijuana-infused candies and cookies, referred to in the industry as “edibles,” will wind up in your kids’ Halloween candy, especially if you live in a state where pot is legal. Don’t believe it, though: It’s an urban legend with no basis in […]

5y ago

Rhode Island Politician Spells Out N-Word On Stage As Audience Cheers

Rhode Island Politician Spells Out N-Word On Stage As Audience Cheers

A Rhode Island politician yelled out the N-word on-stage, one letter at a time, at his opponent during a contentious debate, TMZ is reporting. Alan Gordon, representing the Compassion Party, is running against Peter Neronha in the race for Attorney General. Gordon is a pastor of a church that considers marijuana use a sacrament. And […]

5y ago

Two-Thirds Of Americans Now In Favor Of Legalizing Marijuana

Two-Thirds Of Americans Now In Favor Of Legalizing Marijuana

Two-thirds of Americans support legalizing marijuana in the United States, a record-high since Gallup started asking the question in 1969, according to a newly-released poll. Sixty-six percent of people in the country believe that pot should be made legal, marking a third consecutive year that support has grown. Gallup conducted a poll from October 1 […]

5y ago

Nine-Year-Old Girl Guide Sets Up Cookie Stand Outside Cannabis Store, Sells Out Entire Supply In 45 Minutes

Nine-Year-Old Girl Guide Sets Up Cookie Stand Outside Cannabis Store, Sells Out Entire Supply In 45 Minutes

An enterprising 9-year-old Girl Guide set up with her cookies outside of a Cannabis store in Canada, and she quickly found out that she didn’t have a big enough supply to serve all her customers. According to a CTV News report, Elina Childs, from Alberta, sold out of her Girl Guide cookies in a mere […]

5y ago

Canada’s First Cannabis-Related Citation Issued One Hour Into Legality By Winnipeg Police

Canada’s First Cannabis-Related Citation Issued One Hour Into Legality By Winnipeg Police

The recreational use of marijuana was legalized in Canada on October 17, and only an hour into legalization, someone was caught violating one of the rules surrounding its use, CBC is reporting. According to the BBC, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised the country in 2015 that he would be working to legalize marijuana, and his […]

5y ago

Federal Cannabis Reform And Regulations On The Horizon Via White House, Rep. Rohrabacher Claims

Federal Cannabis Reform And Regulations On The Horizon Via White House, Rep. Rohrabacher Claims

There has been a lot of talk in recent months about how the current Trump administration should approach regulating cannabis and one Republican congressman says that the White House will be taking a formal stance soon. Several states have either recently passed new laws regarding cannabis use or have something on the ballot in November, […]

5y ago

Vietnam Veteran, Henry Cobbs, Fired As Dean Of Military School For Using Cannabis To Treat His Prostate Cancer

Vietnam Veteran, Henry Cobbs, Fired As Dean Of Military School For Using Cannabis To Treat His Prostate Cancer

While many use medicinal marijuana to help manage symptoms from a variety of illnesses and conditions, one must double-check before using it to cure diseases as it could cost one their job, as well as reputation. This is exactly what happened to a Vietnam War veteran, Henry Cobbs, who was forced out of his job […]

5y ago

Canadian Cannabis Producer Urges Other Companies To Look At The Drug On ‘Mad Money’

Canadian Cannabis Producer Urges Other Companies To Look At The Drug On ‘Mad Money’

An appearance on CNBC’s Mad Money has seen Canadian Cannabis producer, Tilray, explode in the stock market — with shares gaining 40 percent, reports Markets Insider. On Tuesday evening the CEO of Tilray — Brendan Kennedy — spoke to host Jim Cramer about his company’s prospects with regards to Canada’s imminent legalization on October 17, […]

5y ago

Coke Considering Cannabis Beverage

Coke Considering Cannabis Beverage

Beverage giant Coca-Cola is considering development of a cannabis-infused drink, according to reports Monday. Coke has already begun talks with Canadian marijuana producer Aurora Cannabis on the possibility of producing the beverage, according to Bloomberg. The drink would be aimed at alleviating pain and promoting good health instead of intoxicating users, though company spokesperson Kent […]

5y ago

Elon Musk’s Security Clearance Not Under Review After Joe Rogan Podcast, Says U.S. Air Force

Elon Musk’s Security Clearance Not Under Review After Joe Rogan Podcast, Says U.S. Air Force

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk courted a fresh wave of controversy late last week, after taking a whiff of cannabis from comedian Joe Rogan during a podcast. Musk and Rogan talked for 2.5 hours, covering topics such as AI, solar energy, Neuralink, and other notable themes. During the latter part of the podcast, however, […]

5y ago

Marijuana Consumption Amongst Baby Boomers Has Doubled In The Past Decade, Study Reveals

Marijuana Consumption Amongst Baby Boomers Has Doubled In The Past Decade, Study Reveals

It looks as if cannabis consumption amongst the elder generations is on a meteoric rise, according to a report from NBC affiliate KOAA News 5. The latest research into the patterns of marijuana use amongst the age cohort ranging from 50 to 64 has delivered some novel results, indicating that the prevalence of cannabis consumption […]

5y ago

Prince William Hung Out In A Room Full Of Contraband Pot, Said It Had A ‘Good, Strong Smell’

Prince William Hung Out In A Room Full Of Contraband Pot, Said It Had A ‘Good, Strong Smell’

Prince William on Thursday hung out with cops in a room full of seized cannabis (marijuana), and joked about the “good, strong smell” coming off the plants, Cosmopolitan is reporting. As previously reported by the Inquisitr, William stopped by the Royal Mail Logistics Centre to take a look at how officials in the United Kingdom […]

5y ago

Police Discover Drug Tunnel Running From Arizona KFC Restaurant To Bedroom In Mexico

Police Discover Drug Tunnel Running From Arizona KFC Restaurant To Bedroom In Mexico

According to the BBC, American law enforcement officials have discovered a hidden drug tunnel running between a defunct and abandoned Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in San Luis, Arizona, to a private residential bedroom in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico. The passageway, which measured approximately 600 feet in length, was uncovered in the basement of the […]

5y ago

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