Trends & Articles Marijuana Legislation Has Pushed California LAX Airport Arrests Up 166% by Sophia Vida May 14, 2019 The Los Angeles Times has reported that since marijuana was legalized in California in 2016 (which went into effect January 1, 2018), the amount of arrests at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has seen an increase of 166%. ...
Trends & Articles Survey Reveals that Canadians are Less Accepting of Recreational Marijuana Now by Sophia Vida May 10, 2019 Canada only recently began recreational marijuana sales this past October and Canadians are already less accepting of it. According to a new survey by researchers at Dalhousie University, support has dropped to 50.1 per cent fr...
Trends & Articles Marijuana Saved Willie Nelson’s Life by Sophia Vida May 04, 2019 Country music legend Willie Nelson may not be here today if it weren't for marijuana. The crooner said in a new Rolling Stone cover interview that the drug saved his life. Nelson appears on the May 2019 cover of the magazine i...
Trends & Articles This Basketball Star Just Got Cited For Marijuana Possession by Sophia Vida May 03, 2019 Nets All-Star point guard D’Angelo Russell was detained this week at New York's LaGuardia Airport after TSA searched his luggage and found a small amount of marijuana. According to a spokeswoman for the New York Port Authorit...
Trends & Articles Marijuana Lounges Get Approval in Vegas by Sophia Vida May 03, 2019 Vegas residents have something to be excited about, at least those who are marijuana enthusiasts. Las Vegas became the first city in Nevada this week to allow marijuana social-use lounges and according to a city spokesperson, t...
Trends & Articles Curaleaf Is Buying This Marijuana Company For Almost $1 Billion by Sophia Vida May 02, 2019 Marijuana company Cura Cannabis of Portland has just sold for an almost staggering $1 billion. The company was sold in an all-stock transaction and the price marked the biggest deal ever among American companies in the legal ma...
Trends & Articles The Hottest Gift This Year May Be Marijuana for Mother’s Day by Sophia Vida May 02, 2019 Mothers usually wait with open arms for bouquets of flowers on Mother's day but this year, they may be waiting for marijuana. Mother's day is around the corner and one of the hottest gifts of 2019 may be cannabis instead of ros...
Trends & Articles Harvard and MIT Get Millions from Investor to Study Marijuana by Sophia Vida May 01, 2019 A marijuana investor has donated Harvard and MIT, his alma maters, $9 million to study the health effects of the drug. This is the largest private funding of marijuana research according to the two institutions as reported in t...
Trends & Articles New Study Says Marijuana May Encourage People to Workout by Sophia Vida May 01, 2019 According to a paper published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health, marijuana may encourage people to want to exercise. The paper's findings, citing research done at CU Boulder, have revealed that in states where marijuan...
Trends & Articles Many Drivers With Pot in Their System Also Have a Kid in the Car by Sophia Vida April 26, 2019 While it's unfortunate that drivers are driving with marijuana in their system, it is even more tragic that often a child is found in the car with them. According to a survey, many drivers who test positive for the drug have a ...