People who grow cannabis for the sick perform a truly sacred act. Anyone who goes through the time, the effort, and the risk of growing medicinal-grade cannabis should be celebrated and respected. Vendors should be treated with the utmost respect. There should be a separate vendor waiting area as well as more than one trained…
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California remains the world’s most important cannabis market. On October 8, 2025, the people shaping its future will gather in Anaheim for IgniteIt’s Market Spotlight: California, a one-day event built for business, connection, and strategy. After selling out its first two Spotlights in 2024, IgniteIt returns with a high-level program designed to deliver clarity in…
Cracking the Code to California Cannabis Success: Power Players Meet Read More »
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A New York Supreme Court judge has granted a preliminary injunction that protects more than 150 licensed cannabis dispensaries from being forced to relocate or shut down after the state’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) abruptly changed how it measures distance from schools. The decision is the first major victory for a coalition of operators,…
New York Dispensaries Beat the State in Court and Get Read More »
If you resolved to look and feel your very fittest in 2017 definitely hit the gym… but first consider consuming cannabis. Experts say getting stoned pre-workout helps: You Get in the Zone Seibo Shen, co-founder and CEO at VapeXhale brings intention to his workouts and is eager to share that using cannabis accentuates this mindset.…
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Today, “equity” is a watchword in the cannabis legalization movement, as state and local governments try to craft models for an adult-use market designed to correct the social harms of prohibition and the War on Drugs. But this public consciousness is due to the work of many who pushed the issue long before doing so…
Sister Somayah Kambui: An Early Visionary of Cannabis Equity Read More »
Dozens of hemp farmers from Kentucky are urging their state’s senior U.S. senator to back off from his push to recriminalize some products that are derived from their crops. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who successfully championed the federal legalization of hemp through the 2018 Farm Bill, has been working this year to roll back that…
Farmers Tell Mitch McConnell His Push To Ban Hemp Products Read More »
A new federally funded study shows that while the AI function of the popular social media platform Snapchat will readily provide users with information on hemp-based cannabinoids such as delta-8 THC, as well as alcohol, it applies a different standard to marijuana. The research, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, assessed AI behavior on…
Snapchat AI Blocks Marijuana Answers While Providing Info On Alcohol Read More »
From the onset of cannabis criminalization, prohibitionists have sought to advance their agenda — to unduly influence public opinion — by sensationalizing the supposed strength of cannabis. In the 1930s, while lobbying for the first-ever federal ban on cannabis, Bureau of Narcotics Commissioner Harry Anslinger alleged that the marijuana of a century ago was so uniquely potent…
Debunking Pot Potency Hysteria: The Truth About ‘Super-Strong’ Weed Read More »
For the first time, Latin America will host a gathering of the world’s leading minds in psychedelics, mental health, and longevity. On October 8–10, Buenos Aires will become the stage for LaPsyConf, a three-day conference bringing together scientists, regulators, entrepreneurs, and investors to explore the future of therapeutic innovation. Psychedelics at the Center of a…
Rick Doblin, David Nutt and More Global Psychedelics Leaders Gather Read More »
