Cannabis Traffic Fatalities Dropped in States With Legal Weed, Report Shows by Sophia Vida October 30, 2023 In a new report by Quartz Advisor, data shows that since 2016, traffic fatalities fell in four states that legalized adult-use cannabis, with a slight increase of fatalities in five states that have not legalized cannabis. The rep...
Cannabis Palm Springs Puts Temporary Hold on New Cannabis Licenses by Sophia Vida October 30, 2023 The Palm Springs City Council voted last week to put a temporary moratorium on issuing new cannabis licenses while civic leaders consider steps to rein in the growth of the regulated weed industry. The council voted 4-0 to issue t...
Cannabis Major Drug Test Supplier To Stop Testing for Cannabis, Prioritize Fentanyl by Sophia Vida October 30, 2023 A major supplier of drug testing kits has announced an updated screening panel which no longer tests for cannabis and prioritizes testing for fentanyl. Psychemedics, a Massachusetts-based producer of drug testing kits announc...
Cannabis Meta Sidesteps Ethics Board Recommendations on Drug Content Monitoring by Sophia Vida October 30, 2023 Meta Platforms Inc., aka Mark Zuckerberg’s tech giant behind social media giants like Facebook and Instagram, has chosen to ignore advice from its ethics watchdog regarding how the platform manages posts connected to psychedelic...
Cannabis From the Archives: Glass of ’99 (1998) by Sophia Vida October 29, 2023 By Chris Eudaley Surely, hand-blown glass pipes and tubes are the modern connoisseur’s weapon of choice. Their sleek, smooth feel and exquisite psychedelic swirls, marbles and designs are only outdone by the outstandingly pri...
Cannabis Putting It on for Sacramento by Sophia Vida October 28, 2023 Of all the cities in California, few get less credit for their contributions to our collective culture than the state’s capital, Sacramento. Long dubbed the “City of Trees,” while it has certainly become a major hub for the ...
Cannabis Legal Weed Needs An Injection of Punk Ethos by Sophia Vida October 27, 2023 After working in the legal weed industry for the better part of the last decade, I can’t help but feel despondent. I don’t want to, but I do. More often than not, it feels like the industry is moving further and further away f...
Cannabis Report: Federal MJ Reform May Hurt Small Business and Equity, Congress Must Act by Sophia Vida October 27, 2023 As states throughout the country continue to legalize medical and adult-use cannabis, the federal de-scheduling and later legalization of cannabis is likely to come sometime in the near future. But what exactly comes with such a w...
Cannabis Survey: 65% Willing To Use Cannabis Under Guidance of Clinician by Sophia Vida October 27, 2023 A survey, released this week by the cannabis wellness company EO Care, found that “18 percent of respondents have used cannabis for health reasons in the past year, 19 percent have used cannabis for recreational reasons, and 14 ...
Cannabis Swiss Dank Accounts: First Legal European Cannabis Dispensaries to Open in Switzerland by Sophia Vida October 27, 2023 Switzerland will allow Europe’s first non-medical cannabis dispensaries to open and operate as part of a study to examine how controlled access to legal cannabis may affect health and consumption patterns of regular cannabis con...