Cannabis Health Insurance Premiums Decrease in States With Legal Medical Cannabis by Sophia Vida August 16, 2023 A new study featured online in The International Journal of Drug Policy (which will be included in the September 2023 issue of the journal) shows evidence that states with legal medical cannabis have lowered health insurance premi...
Cannabis Dancing Away Anxiety With Tears for Fears by Sophia Vida August 16, 2023 I was ready. Everyone I know who’s seen Tears for Fears live sings their praises. My anticipation only grew the days before as I listened to their new album, The Tipping Point. It’s a year old, but as co-founder Curt Smith sta...
Cannabis Missouri Regulators Recall Thousands of Cannabis Products by Sophia Vida August 16, 2023 The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation said that it is “issuing a patient and consumer communication to alert patients and consumers about a mandatory product recall” affecting “manufactured products sold to dispensari...
Cannabis Treasury Secretary Yellen Ate Magic Mushrooms in China (But Didn’t Trip) by Sophia Vida August 16, 2023 In an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday, Janet Yellen recounted eating at a restaurant chain in Beijing called Yi Zuo Yi Wang, a meal that had Chinese social media abuzz last month. A post on Weibo, the popular Chin...
Cannabis Pot Pride by Sophia Vida August 16, 2023 More than any big city in America, San Francisco has always been on the cutting edge of cannabis consumption––from the beats and poets smoking “mezz” while inhabiting the 1950s North Beach “beat scene” to the openly st...
Hemp The Innovate Earth Symposium @ NoCo Hemp Expo by Sophia Vida August 15, 2023 Join us at the Innovate Earth Symposium and together, let’s redefine what’s possible for our planet. At the crossroads of innovation and sustainability, we proudly present the First Annual Innovate Earth Symposium, a vi...
Cannabis Exactly 50% of America Has Tried Pot, Gallup Finds by Sophia Vida August 15, 2023 Half the country has tried marijuana, according to newly released polling data from Gallup. The 50% who say they have tried pot at some point in their lives represents a “new high point for this behavior that has been inching...
Cannabis Rep. Greg Steube Unveils Bill To Deport Prince Harry, Other Immigrants for Alleged Drug Use by Sophia Vida August 15, 2023 Last week, Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) introduced the Substance and Possession Abuse Restrictions for Entrance (SPARE) Act to ramp up enforcement of visa laws by permanently banning immigrants from the U.S. who are accused of lying ab...
Cannabis New York Weed License Pause Extended Two Weeks as Shop Owners Protest by Sophia Vida August 15, 2023 A judge’s order forcing a temporary pause on the issuing of cannabis dispensary licenses in New York was extended for two weeks on Friday as business owners impacted by the injunction rallied outside an Ulster County courthouse ...
Cannabis Oregon Governor Rejects Cannabis Banking Bill by Sophia Vida August 15, 2023 Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek recently rejected a bill that would have created a State Public Bank Task Force. The 19-person team would have studied the pros and cons related to a cannabis business banking solution in the form of a publi...