Trends & Articles More Teens are Willing to Try Pot According to Survey by Sophia Vida June 07, 2018 A new survey has revealed that one out of four high school seniors in the U.S. would try marijuana or use it more often if it was legalized. The Monitoring the Future survey, which is funded by the U.S. National Institutes of H...
Trends & Articles Cura Cannabis Sues Anonymous Tweeters for This Reason by Sophia Vida June 07, 2018 Cura Cannabis, a marijuana startup company from Portland, is suing unnamed people behind social media accounts that have made rape allegations against the CEO of the company. Cura Cannabis CEO Nitin Khanna left the company last...
Trends & Articles Report Says Legal Marijuana in the U.S. Could Hit $10B This Year by Sophia Vida June 02, 2018 According to a report released by Marijuana Business Daily, entitled, "2018 Marijuana Business Factbook," legal sales of marijuana could hit $10 billion in 2018 in the United States. It could then skyrocket to $22 billion by 20...
Trends & Articles Marijuana and Opioids Found in High Number of Drivers Killed in Car Crashes by Sophia Vida May 31, 2018 According to a new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), Drug-Impaired Driving: Marijuana and Opioids Raise Critical Issues for States, over half the drivers who are killed in car accidents have had marijuan...
Trends & Articles Oregon Will Pause Marijuana License Application Acceptance by Sophia Vida May 31, 2018 Oregon's Liquor Control Commission has announced that it will be pausing any applications it receives for marijuana licenses after June 15th. The commission has said that there is a backlog of applications for the recreational ...
Trends & Articles Marijuana Friendly Gym is Shut Down in Colorado by Sophia Vida May 31, 2018 Members of Break the Stigma Fitness in Wheat Ridge, Colorado had some bad news this week. The gym, which is marijuana friendly and operated by Jennessa Lea, has had its business licenses suspended. The landlord has ordered J...
Trends & Articles First Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens in Philadelphia by Sophia Vida May 31, 2018 Philly's medical marijuana registered card holders will be happy to know that the city's first marijuana dispensary has opened in Fishtown. Around 20 patients made a stop at Restore Integrative Wellness on Wednesday to buy medi...
Trends & Articles Massachusetts Forum Panelists Weigh in on Cannabis by Sophia Vida May 31, 2018 According to a physician at the Holyoke Forum panel discussion this week, marijuana poses nowhere neat the dependency problem that nicotine or alcohol does. Dr. Peter Grinspoon of Massachusetts General Hospital spoke to an audi...
Trends & Articles Police Find $5 Million in Weed and Meth in Californian Home by Sophia Vida May 30, 2018 A home in Whittier, Los Angeles, was searched by police as well as federal probation officers last Friday where they uncovered over $5 million in methamphetamine and weed. Probation officers were joined by the police department...
Trends & Articles Cannabis is Second Most Common Substance in New Cases of Drug Abuse in Ireland by Sophia Vida May 30, 2018 According to figures released by the Health Research Board this week, cannabis has been found to be the second most common drug recorded in new cases of treated problem drug use in Ireland from 2011 to 2016. The National Drug T...