The ritzy, upscale Los Angeles neighborhood Bel Air will welcome a new arrival: a cannabis store, run by rapper Xzibit, who proudly represents the West Coast. It’s the rapper’s latest foray into the cannabis sector after launching a cannabis-themed podcast and a...

A marijuana legalization bill that passed the New Hampshire House on Thursday, after months of workshopping and debate, lacks the support it would need from Governor Chris Sununu to become… The post Cannabis legalization bill passes N.H. House, but lacks governor’s...

A 73-year-old American man was arrested in Colombia this week for leading “cannabis tours” in his home. Per CBS News, citing Colombian law enforcement, the unidentified man “advertised on social media and a website for foreigners to visit his house in Sabaneta, a town...

By Dr. Julian Wichmann, MD In the last decade, the world has seen a dramatic increase in the legalization of medical cannabis and the overall acceptance of cannabis as medicine.… The post A Renewed Call for Research: Study on Medical Efficacy of Cannabis for Patients...

Researchers in the United Kingdom have detected the presence of the powerful sedative xylazine in cannabis vapes and illicit pills taken to treat pain, insomnia and anxiety, putting people who use the tainted drugs at risk of overdose or other serious health...

The parade of legal actions that has beleaguered New York’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) seemingly forever was hardly mentioned during Thursday’s meeting of the Cannabis Control Board (CCB). Chair… The post NY Regulators Forge Ahead appeared first on Cannabis...

When an illegal smoke shop opened across the street, Gale Brewer, a local councilwoman, vowed to close it. What happened next was “like a Fellini movie.” The informal walking tour… The post The Battle Over Zaza Waza: A Lifelong Liberal Joins New York’s Weed War...

The Alabama Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee (SACFC) recently passed a bill to finally get the state’s medical cannabis program rolling. Sen. Tim Melson is the legislator who sponsored Senate Bill 46 three years ago, which eventually was passed...

Royal Queen Seeds, one of the most forward-thinking and innovative seedbanks around, is out to help streamline the process and reduce analysis paralysis. They’ve developed an online seedfinder tool to help growers search Royal Queen Seeds’ huge library for the strain...

Marijuana may be available to buy in mid-June, significantly earlier than anticipated, due to actions from Ohio’s rulemaking committee, their weed-enthusiast chairperson exclusively told WEWS/OCJ. Despite Ohioans voting to legalize… The post Recreational marijuana...

By Aaron Kelley, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski The need for social equity in cannabis programs As adult-use cannabis legalization sweeps across the country and America confronts the toll of previous,… The post Missouri Revokes Nine Social Equity Licenses appeared first...

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin introduced Senate Resolution 629 on April 8 which condemns the “arbitrary arrest” of U.S. citizens in Russia, and calls for detained or imprisoned U.S. citizens to be released. The introduction of SR-629 was timed with the one-year...

Weed is finally legal in Germany, but it may still be verboten at one of the country’s signature events. According to Forbes, the “German federal state of Bavaria is considering the possibility of restricting cannabis use at the famous Oktoberfest following the...

Among the many states currently looking to enact measures to investigate psychedelic regulation and increase psychedelic research, Maine is one of the latest to throw its hat in the ring.  Lawmakers supporting the initial reform bill were hoping to usher in a new era...

New York’s elected officials can agree on one thing when it comes to the state’s troubled marijuana market: The state must do something about the thousands of unlicensed cannabis sellers.… The post New York eyes crackdown on illicit weed shops. Will it work? appeared...