Cannabis Solvang, CA. Delays Ruling on Whether To Permit Recreational Pot Sales by Sophia Vida February 16, 2023 City leaders in Solvang, California on Monday punted on a decision over whether or not to permit recreational cannabis sales in their jurisdiction. The Santa Maria Times reports that members of the city council in Solvang, wh...
Cannabis Virginia Legislative Panel Kills Retail Cannabis Bill by Sophia Vida February 16, 2023 A Virginia legislative panel this week declined to advance a bill to regulate retail cannabis sales, effectively killing the proposal that would have set the stage for recreational marijuana sales to begin by 2024. The measure, Se...
Cannabis Twitter To Allow THC, CBD, and Related Ads in U.S. by Sophia Vida February 16, 2023 In a seismic shift away from the way nearly all major social media platforms handle cannabis ad-related content, Twitter announced it will be the first to allow cannabis-related ads based in the U.S. Twitter announced that it...
Cannabis Colombia Touts Major Increase in Cannabis Exports by Sophia Vida February 16, 2023 The marijuana trade is thriving in Colombia. The South American country announced last month that its cannabis exports increased 96% between November 2022 and January. “The amount was US$8.4 million, thanks to the sales of 13...
Cannabis Weed Sales on Super Bowl Sunday Decrease in 2023 by Sophia Vida February 16, 2023 An estimated 113 million viewers watched Super Bowl LVII to see if the Philadelphia Eagles or Kansas City Chiefs would win this year (the second-most watched since Super Bowl XLIX in 2015). Among those viewers were countless canna...
Hemp Newsletter – February 15, 2023 by Sophia Vida February 15, 2023 Colorado’s Hemp Building Company Both Builds and Teaches By Elizabeth Lunt In 2015, when Colorado legalized hemp, Phelan Dalton began growing it on family acreage in Longmont. He soon learned about hemp-lime building thr...
Cannabis San Diego Officials Brace for Plunging Cannabis Revenue by Sophia Vida February 15, 2023 City officials in San Diego are anticipating a steep drop in tax revenue from cannabis sales this year, as California’s regulated marijuana market continues to face difficult headwinds. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported ...
Cannabis CBD May Magnify Effects of THC in Edibles, Johns Hopkins Study Suggests by Sophia Vida February 15, 2023 According to a study published Feb. 13 in JAMA Network Open, when THC was combined with CBD in edibles, they produced significantly stronger subjective drug effects, greater impairment of cognitive and psychomotor ability. Th...
Cannabis Rhode Island Bill Attempts To Prevent Cannabis Gatherings of More Than Three People by Sophia Vida February 15, 2023 S-125 was introduced in Rhode Island on Feb. 1 by six senators: Sen. Walter Felag, Sen. Leonidas Raptakis, Sen. Frank Ciccone, Sen. Lou DiPalma, Sen. Susan Sosnowski, and Sen. Dawn Euer (Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee). I...
Cannabis Pennsylvania Lawmakers Will Introduce Bill Allowing Farmers To Grow Medical Pot by Sophia Vida February 15, 2023 A pair of Pennsylvania lawmakers want to create new opportunities for farmers in the state to grow medical marijuana. State House Reps. Melissa L. Shusterman and Ismail Smith-Wade-El, both Democrats, filed a memo to colleague...