Featured Former Sacramento Kings Player Chris Webber to Spearhead Cannabis Fund by Sophia Vida February 19, 2021 Former NBA player Chris Webber is helping to start a cannabis fund and will be spearheading the $100 million private equity fund to help people of color get into the marijuana arena. Webber will work alongside JW Asset Manageme...
Sector News Minnesota Recreational Marijuana Bill Passes First Legislative Panel by Sophia Vida February 19, 2021 This week advocates of marijuana in Minnesota had something to celebrate as a measure to permit adult cannabis use survived its first committee test. A recreational marijuana bill had passed its first-ever legislative committee...
Featured New Jersey Gets Green Light to Expand Medicinal Cannabis Market by Sophia Vida February 19, 2021 A New Jersey appellate court this week has lifted a 2019 order preventing the state from issuing an additional 24 medical cannabis licenses. Later this year New Jersey will be introducing an adult-use market but the court decis...
Legal Related North Dakota Gets Marijana Legislation Bill Approved in Committee by Sophia Vida February 19, 2021 A bill that would legalize marijuana in North Dakota, dubbed HB 1420, has advanced through a House committee this week. The bill, which is being sponsored by a Republican lawmaker who personally opposed the policy change, would...
Sector News Israeli Marijuana Startup RCK Signs Huge Deal with SeedTech by Sophia Vida February 15, 2021 Recently RCK, an Israeli cannabis startup company, has signed a multi-million dollar deal with SeedTech of Holland, a pioneer in European cannabis. The seeds developed by RCK, a company that specializes in science-based cannabi...
Legal Related Two Cannabis Multistate Operators are Teaming Up on Two Stores by Sophia Vida February 12, 2021 Two Illinois-based marijuana multistate operators (MSOs) are teaming up on two stores according to a report from mjbizdaily. Green Thumb Industries and Verano Holdings have partnered together quietly to operate two dispensaries...
Science related (Medical) Many People Using Medicinal Marijuana for this Condition are Experiencing Withdrawal Symptoms by Sophia Vida January 29, 2021 A recent study has found that marijuana withdrawal is being experienced in more than half the people using medicinal marijuana for pain. In a study published January 5th, Lara Coughlin, an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Uni...
Money related Recreational Marijuana Sales Could Begin Before the Month Ends in Arizona by Sophia Vida January 22, 2021 The long awaited day may finally be here where Arizona residents can start buying legal marijuana in the state. Marijuana sales to anyone 21 or older in Arizona could start within a day or two, with state health officials telli...
Legal Related Maine Marijuana Seller’s Mermaid Logo Goes Against Rules by Sophia Vida January 19, 2021 According to the Maine Office of Marijuana Policy, a south Portland cannabis seller’s mermaid logo is against the rules. SeaWeed's use of a mermaid image goes against the rules that were designed to inhibit underage use. S...
Science related (Medical) Study Finds that Marijuana Could Help Prevent COVID-Related Respiratory Distress by Sophia Vida January 19, 2021 According to researchers at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada, certain cannabis strains might help to prevent acute respiratory distress in patients who have COVID-19. A new study shows that certain strains of mar...