Trends & Articles Illinois Weed Law Sponsor’s Wife Takes Job with Marijuana Company by Sophia Vida August 01, 2019 State Rep. Kelly Cassidy of Illinois, who was a sponsor of the state's legal weed law, is finding that marijuana has become a family thing. Cassidy's wife Candace Gingrich has landed a job with an Elmhurst-based cannabis compan...
Trends & Articles Ohio Medical Marijuana Company Recalls THC ‘Drops’ by Sophia Vida July 31, 2019 A medical marijuana company in Ohio called Standard Wellness has issued a voluntary recall on its THC drops over contamination concerns. The company voluntarily recalled its “Standard Drops” after some of its buyers claimed...
Trends & Articles Advocate to Lift Ban on Marijuana Passes Away at 68 by Sophia Vida July 30, 2019 Mark A. R. Kleiman, a known drug policy noncoformist who had wanted to lift a ban on marijuana, passed away at the age of 68 this past weekend in NYC. Kleiman had wanted to eliminate criminal sanctions for selling and using it ...
Trends & Articles UFC Partners with Aurora Cannabis to do CBD Study on its Fighters by Sophia Vida July 30, 2019 Ultimate Fighting Championship has teamed up with Canadian marijuana company Aurora Cannabis and has offered its athletes to serve as test subjects in a CBD study. The study aims to find out if the cannabis compound CBD can tre...
Trends & Articles Could South Park Be Joining the Marijuana Industry? by Sophia Vida July 30, 2019 According to a report on Marijuana Moment, hit cartoon South Park could be getting ready to join the marijuana industry. The show recently poked fun at corporate marijuana in a clip released this past weekend all while promotin...
Trends & Articles Marijuana Storefront Vandalized with Racist Symbolism by Sophia Vida July 30, 2019 According to a report in the Boston Globe, a marijuana company in Massachusetts found that its storefront was vandalized with anti-Semitic language and racist symbolism. The Lynn company had its floor littered with an unknown w...
Trends & Articles Kathryn Dennis of Southern Charm Calls Marijuana-Infused Dinner on Show a ‘Slap in the Face’ by Sophia Vida July 25, 2019 Southern Charm's Kathryn Dennis is no stranger to the use of marijuana. It was in 2016 that she lost full custody of her children and went into rehab after testing positive for the drug. During an episode of Southern Charm this...
Trends & Articles Record Number of States Considered Legalizing Marijuana Last Year by Sophia Vida July 23, 2019 2019 was another year of giant leaps and strides for the marijuana industry as a record number of states had considered legislation in one form or another. Only a few states had actually passed legislation and it was this year ...
Trends & Articles Study Finds that Marijuana Legalization is Associated With Decreased Interest In Alcohol by Sophia Vida July 19, 2019 Researchers from the University of Georgia and Syracuse University have found that marijuana legalization is connected to a decreased interest in alcohol. Interest in alcohol declines after states legalize marijuana said the st...
Trends & Articles Study Says Parents Who Use Marijuana and Alcohol Are at Higher Risk of Physical Abuse at Home by Sophia Vida July 19, 2019 A new study has found that over 90% of parents who have used marijuana over the last year have also reported using alcohol. Parents who have used marijuana and alcohol in the last year had some of the biggest risks for physical...