Scout Comics, a publisher rising in popularity, announced on October 26 a new horror/thriller comic series Trim Season—following a group of young adults from Los Angeles, California who migrate to a remote cannabis farm where they encounter the supernatural. Trim...

Law enforcement officers and other authorities in southern Oregon say that a rash of illegal marijuana cultivation operations in the area are linked to Mexican drug cartels intent on overwhelming local resources as a strategy to maximize profits.  In Jackson County,...

Regulators in New Mexico held a public hearing this week to discuss rules for the state’s forthcoming recreational cannabis market.  The state’s Regulation and Licensing Department, as well as its Cannabis Control Division, fielded questions and comments from the...

Pakistan appears to be the latest country to succumb to the cannabis legalization wave that has gripped the planet with increasing speed (and in a strange twist to all of this as the world struggles toward a pandemic-free future). During a recent meeting of the...

Lovers of pre-rolls and stuff-your-own cones, beware: an international shortage of cones is imminent, according to several paper and cone manufacturers and supply chain managers. According to Alen Nguyen, CEO of supply chain management platform MainStem, the majority...

Josephine & Billie’s is celebrating its grand opening as the first social equity investment of The Parent Company by embracing minority brands and creating a retail store that welcomes all demographics. On October 28, The Parent Company’s first social equity...

A group headed by a former Arkansas lawmaker has joined the charge to reform cannabis policy in the state by organizing a group to campaign for a constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana. Eddie Armstrong, a former Democratic state representative...

Regulators in Montana last week issued a slate of proposed rules for the state’s coming recreational marijuana marketplace, and cannabis advocates are excited to get started.  Pot sales for adults aged 21 and older are scheduled to get underway on New Year’s Day in...

A Colorado logistics company is seeking the return of nearly $165,000 in cash seized by a Kansas sheriff’s department, arguing that the money is from legal marijuana sales and should not have been taken by law enforcement officers. The cash was seized from an employee...

With every Halloween that passes, articles and news coverage warning parents about finding cannabis-infused edibles in their kid’s candy bags are revived. The fact is that these warnings and tall tales, while issued with good intentions, are simply not rooted in...

Cornbread Hemp, the top-rated CBD brand from Kentucky, is thrilled to announce the release of their new extra-strength full spectrum CBD gummies, with 50mg of CBD and 2mg of THC per gummy. At a total of 60mg of THC per jar, they are the most potent hemp-derived...

A ruling handed down on Monday by an administrative law judge in Florida means that medical cannabis patients in the Sunshine State will soon be able to resume purchasing such products online.  The decision from Judge Suzanne Van Wyk comes after state regulators in...

Hemp companies in Texas are vowing to fight a ruling that health officials announced last week, declaring that delta-8 THC is a Schedule I controlled substance under state law. Regulators with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) noted that while hemp...

Dr. Bronner’s is pushing for psilocybin reform once again. According to state filings, Washington D.C.-based New Approach PAC, a lobbyist group, funded $14,000 between August and September to local firm Grossman Solutions to promote drug policy reform in Connecticut....

After a series of delays and legal obstacles, the state of Rhode Island finally appears ready to dole out new licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries. The state’s Department of Business Regulation announced last week that it will commence a lottery this Friday for...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Monday that law enforcement officials destroyed more than one million cannabis plants this year in the state’s Campaign Against Marijuana Planting. The annual marijuana cultivation eradication campaign also netted...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is open to the idea of legalizing psilocybin for therapeutic purposes in the UK, according to a recent conversation. By downgrading psilocybin’s classification to Schedule 2, the mushroom would be available for medical use and...