Science related (Medical) Just One Joint Could Induce Psychiatric Symptoms Says Study by Sophia Vida March 20, 2020 According to a new study published this week, a single dose of a joint could produce psychiatric symptoms associated with schizophrenia. The study, which was published in the journal Lancet Psychiatry, has found that daily or h...
Science related (Medical) A Colorado Company Hopes to Study the Effects of Marijuana on Alzheimer’s by Sophia Vida March 18, 2020 Alzheimer's disease is estimated to affect over 5 million people in the U.S. The progressive disease destroys memory and other important mental functions. A company in Colorado is hoping to become the state's very first to stud...
Legal Related Senator Bernie Sanders Invites Big Crowd to Witness His Cannabis Executive Action by Sophia Vida March 11, 2020 Bernie Sanders, the Senator from Vermont, is not president yet, but he has promised many times during his campaign that he would legalize marijuana in all 50 states on his first day in office. He took this promise a step furthe...
Trends & Articles The Marijuana Industry is Also Feeling the Impact of the Coronavirus by Sophia Vida March 03, 2020 According to a Bloomberg report, cannabis is not immune to the coronavirus impacts and the industry is starting to feel it hit its supply-chains. Feather Co., a marijuana hardware provider that sources nearly all of its product...
Legal Related Marijuana Regulators in Massachusetts Want to Cut Wait Times for Licenses by Sophia Vida February 25, 2020 The chairman of the Cannabis Control Commission in Massachusetts, Steven Hoffman, told state lawmakers on Monday that marijuana regulators want to cut the wait time for a license in half in the next budget year. Currently the a...
Trends & Articles Whoopi Goldberg’s Medical Cannabis Company Shuts Down by Sophia Vida February 05, 2020 Many of you know who Whoopi Goldberg is but you may not know that she had her own medical cannabis company going for awhile. It was called Whoopie & Maya and it was co-founded by Goldberg, Rick Cusik, and Om Edibles found...
Trends & Articles Man Smokes Marijuana Right in Court Room In Front of Judge by Sophia Vida January 28, 2020 When it comes to being in court, many are often anxious and putting on their best face to not anger the judge. One Tennessee man threw caution to the wind and decided that at his court appearance, he would smoke a little mari...
Legal Related Michigan Generated This Much Money in Marijuana Sales in a Month by Sophia Vida January 03, 2020 Michigan has wrapped up a month of legal recreational marijuana sales and brought in almost $6.5 million during this time. The state’s cut from these sales equals more than $1 million between Dec. 1 and Dec. 31, including $...
Trends & Articles More Pregnant Women Are Smoking Marijuana by Sophia Vida December 20, 2019 According to studies, marijuana use associated with pregnant women today is climbing. A study found in the Journal of the American Medical Association has revealed that 70% of women believe that there is minimal harm from usi...
Trends & Articles Cannabis Use is Higher Than Cigarettes in These Cities by Sophia Vida December 03, 2019 In some cities in the U.S., cannabis sales are outpacing nicotine sales. Seattle is one of the three cities in the country that has seen such an occurrence. More than 700,000 people age 18 and older in the Greater Seattl...