Cannabis Italian Court Rules Hemp Flowers, Leaves are Not Narcotics by Sophia Vida February 28, 2023 A ruling by an Italian court earlier this month represents a huge break for the country’s hemp and CBD industry. The decision made by the Lazio Regional Administrative Court on February 14 overturned what the panel deemed a...
Cannabis University of Arizona Students Launch Expungement Clinic by Sophia Vida February 28, 2023 Student advocates from the University of Arizona at the James E. Rogers School of Law in Tucson are personally taking action to help people clear records for low-level cannabis-related convictions. A series of expungement event da...
Cannabis Virginia Adult-Use Cannabis Plans Halted Due to Failed Bills by Sophia Vida February 28, 2023 Although Virginia adult-use cannabis sales were projected to begin no later than Jan. 1, 2024, the state’s adult-use cannabis sales plans have been stalled for the foreseeable future. Initially, adult-use cannabis was sent ...
Cannabis Jon’s Stone-Cold Cop List #34: Late Flowers for the Hallmark Day by Sophia Vida February 28, 2023 Here we are again! February has flown by and while it’s still raining in Los Angeles, at least the days are starting to get longer. I think I touched on the winter sads last month, so no need to get too far into it this time. We...
Cannabis California Spotted Owls Threatened by Illegal Cannabis Grows by Sophia Vida February 27, 2023 A Federal Register notice published on Feb. 23 explains how illegal cannabis grows in California are harmful to spotted owls, which are native to California. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) agency proposed the addition o...
Cannabis Arizona Weed Sales Top $1 Billion in 2022 by Sophia Vida February 27, 2023 Cannabis sales in Arizona exceeded $1 billion dollars in 2022 as the state’s recreational marijuana market experienced strong growth in its second year of sales. Total weed sales came to $1.4 billion last year, according to data...
Cannabis California Bill Would Ban Tobacco Sales to All Born After 2006 by Sophia Vida February 27, 2023 The strongest and wildest approach yet to deter teen tobacco use at the state level is taking shape. A new California bill would ban all tobacco sales for any resident born on Jan. 1, 2007 or later. Under Assembly Bill 935, cur...
Cannabis Alaska Scrubbing Hundreds of Pot Convictions from Court Database by Sophia Vida February 27, 2023 Hundreds of Alaska residents will have their prior marijuana convictions removed from the state’s online court database. That move follows an order late last month from the state Supreme Court last month, according to local m...
Cannabis Study: More Mystical Psychedelic Experiences Linked to Mental Health Improvements by Sophia Vida February 27, 2023 A new study from researchers at The Ohio State University found that, when it comes to a psychedelic experience, the more mystical the better. The analysis, based on “a machine learning analysis of data from nearly 1,000 re...
Cannabis From the Archives: Richard Belzer (1994) by Sophia Vida February 26, 2023 Richard Belzer is still pissed off, and he’s still funny as hell. The sharp-tongued comedian/actor has been holding a lamp of truth up to the dark foibles of politicians and pop culture icons for a couple of decades now, and tho...