While Canada sorts out the inevitable challenges that arise when an entire country legalizes cannabis, it remains a money magnet for cannabis investors, who are throwing hundreds of millions of dollars at the Canuck kush scene. After initial hiccups, sales are like you after a seventh dab—really high, and getting higher.
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Recreational Cannabis Use Often For Medical Use, Says Study
Delineating between "medical" and "recreational" cannabis use can be challenging and murky. Many of those opposing full legalization say they're in favor of medical cannabis, but are still staunchly against adult-use recreational programs. There aren't many cannabis prohibitionists when it comes to chemotherapy, but heaven forbid weed be used for sadness,
Status Check On Federal Cannabis Legalization
Regular readers of this column—hi, Mom!—will attest I am a strong proponent of cannabis legalization at the national level. Not simply rescheduling cannabis from Schedule 1 to Schedule 2 (or even lower), but full-out descheduling, making weed a legal commodity. That’s the dream, but it won’t happen until the great white
California Still Battling Illegal Cannabis Growers
California is still making its way through the weeds (thanks, I'm here all week...) as far as its adult-use cannabis program goes, and the focus lately has been working for the clampdown on the illicit marketplace. A few recent activities give insight as to how that's going. Let's start with illicit
Fibromyalgia Pain Can Be Treated With Cannabis
The VA Continues To Block Access to Cannabis for Veterans
Last week, Oregon Congressperson Earl Blumenauer was in the midst of, uh, congressing, which for him includes introducing, co-sponsoring, and supporting congressional legislation, often around cannabis issues. In this case, Blumenauer was pushing for an amendment that would have allowed doctors within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to recommend cannabis
LGBTQIA+ And THC: Gay Pride And Cannabis
While Portland’s Pride celebrations have mostly wrapped up, Pride Month continues all the way through the end of June. It’s a month chosen to commemorate the Stonewall Riots of 1969, but 50 years later, Pride Month has grown to draw attention to the many concerns facing LGBTQIA+ communities, including safety, housing
LA Has So, So Many Illegal Dispensaries
I visit LA regularly, but I struggle to adequately explain the differences that city's cannabis scene has with Oregon's, or even the Bay Area. In October 2017, I wrote a column about shopping at LA dispensaries shortly before California instituted their legalized recreational program. Even then, I wasn't able to get
A Bluetooth Cannabis Centered Sex Toy For People Who Have Given Up
Illinois Man Sentenced To 4 Years For Cannabis Edibles
An Illinois man is going to jail for four years because he ordered 42 pounds of cannabis-infused edibles from a California dispensary five years ago. Because this is happening so close in relation to Illinois passing legislation to establish a legalized cannabis program starting January 1, 2020, it's been in the
Social Equity In Cannabis Remains Elusive
One of the best things about the legalization of cannabis has been the accompanying assurance that a portion of cannabis tax and licensing revenue would be allocated for equity programs. These programs are designed to address discrimination against people of color (POC)—from the racist policies that placed the heaviest burden of
On January 1, 2020, Cannabis Becomes Legal In Illinois
Last week, the Illinois Senate passed a bill to establish a recreational cannabis program, and Gov. Pritzker has announced he will sign it, having run on a platform supporting such action. Illinois' cannabis law goes in effect on January 1, 2020, making it the 11th state to offer a recreational program,
Nigeria Consumes Whopping Amounts of Cannabis
Who smokes the most cannabis? I'm not talking about the guy at your frat who attached a gas mask to his dab rig, and did one-gram servings in a single sitting. I'm referring to national cannabis consumption rates, AKA the percentage of residents in any one country who consume cannabis. With our rapidly expanding
3 Pounds Of Cannabis Results in Life Sentence
Legalized cannabis programs have generated tax revenue and created jobs, and have also moved cities and counties to implement expungement programs to remove previous cannabis-related arrests and convictions. But these programs only go so far, and there are still those who may not be eligible for expungement but deserve their freedom. Should
An Exclusive Interview with Phylos Bioscience CEO Mowgli Holmes
On May 10, 2019 I sat down with Phylos Bioscience CEO Mowgli Holmes and Phylos Director of Marketing Paige Hewlett for an interview. I wanted to talk about the negative response from the cannabis community to Phylos' announcement that they would be entering the cannabis breeding business. You can read more about