Cannabis Cannabis Businesses Affected by Flooding in Vermont Don’t Qualify for Federal Aid by Sophia Vida July 19, 2023 While the west coast braces for the annual summertime heatwave, states on the east coast are trying to stay afloat amidst heavy rain. Destructive flooding ran through Monteplier, Vermont, the state’s capital, leaving many busine...
Cannabis NY State Senator Urges Aggressive Action on Unlicensed Cannabis Shops by Sophia Vida July 19, 2023 A New York state senator wrote a letter to the state’s Office of Cannabis Management, urging leadership to engage in “aggressive action” on unlicensed cannabis retailers after witnessing them in his own neighborhood. Stat...
Cannabis Reclaiming Knowledge with New Rituals by Sophia Vida July 19, 2023 Learning about cannabis for the first time can be daunting. While canna-curious consumers can scour the internet in search of general tips on how to start using cannabis, nothing really beats hands-on guidance from a trusted sourc...
Hemp Establishing Hemp’s Foundation by Sophia Vida July 18, 2023 Hemp made inroads in the building industry during an exhibition of modernhousing designs and technologies in the nation’s capital. Hemp-based building materials were among the select group of housing innovations ondisplay...
Hemp Growing Hemp for the Future by Sophia Vida July 18, 2023 New report highlights unique opportunity to build beneficial production systems for fiber hemp. Textile Exchange releases Growing Hemp for the Future: A Global Fiber Guide. The report looks at the production of fiber hem...
Cannabis A Balm For Baldness? Study Finds Hemp Topical Solutions May Trigger Hair Growth by Sophia Vida July 18, 2023 For generations, health professionals have sought remedies to counteract the effects of hair loss. Newly published research suggests that the answer could come in the form of a hemp-derived topical solution. The study, publishe...
Cannabis Reps. AOC and Crenshaw Form ‘Wild Coalition’ in Psychedelics Push by Sophia Vida July 18, 2023 Psychedelics reform is uniting even the most unlikely allies: Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Dan Crenshaw (TX-02) are making some progress despite a few setbacks in House committees. “This is a real wild coalit...
Cannabis Number of Federal Cannabis Prisoners Has Decreased by 61% Over the Past Five Years by Sophia Vida July 18, 2023 Recently the Justice Department Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported that the percentage of people in federal prison for cannabis convictions has dropped 61% between 2013-2018. The data was featured in an article published ...
Cannabis Ohio Regulators Reject Autism And OCD As Medical Pot Qualifying Conditions by Sophia Vida July 18, 2023 Ohio cannabis regulators last week added irritable bowel syndrome as a qualifying condition to use medical marijuana but declined to approve petitions to add autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder to the state’s list. Und...
Cannabis Coast Guard Seizes 223 Pounds of Cocaine From Boat Headed Towards Long Beach by Sophia Vida July 18, 2023 It’s never a happy ending if you’re a Columbian drug smuggler and your boat breaks down. The feds seized 223 pounds of cocaine and arrested two people headed toward Long Beach after their ship became disabled, FOX11 Los Angele...