Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis Sales Rebound With Second-Best Month
Illinois adult-use marijuana sales totaled nearly $131 million in March, halting a two-month slide. Nearly a third of the sales – $40.6 million – went to out-of-state residents, according to Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation data. March...
Meta-Analysis: Youth Cannabis Exposure Not Associated with Changes in Brain Morphology
Cannabis exposure is not associated with significant changes in brain morphology in young adults, according to a meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies published in the journal Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. A team of Australian researchers reviewed...
California Drought Plan Could Exclude Cannabis As Growers Prepare For Dry Summer
Heading into another brutally dry summer, struggling cannabis growers in California could be excluded from the state’s latest assistance plan to save water. A proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom would pay farmers to not plant crops, known as fallowing, this year as drought...
Crashing Cannabis Prices Bad News For Small Dispensaries
At a time when gas prices, food prices, home prices and more are all going up, there's one consumer item that's doing the opposite: cannabis. The average retail price for an ounce of cannabis at a recreational dispensary dropped to its lowest point in January...
Legislative News Alert: House Bill 5512 Impacts Medical Marijuana Patients
On April 27, the Michigan House passed House Bill 5512 that would severely impact Michigan Medical Marijuana patients. Cannabis advocate Jamie Lowell in this video interview explains what the legislation will do and how those opposed to it can take action to defeat...
Cannabis Review: Timber Cannabis Co.
Our roving Cannabis consumer reviewer Dan Sparrow purchased a couple of pre-rolls from Timber Cannabis Company in Muskegon. To view his comments, watch this three-minute video interview. https://youtu.be/aJKoUAyC9Vo
Black Cannabis Entrepreneurs Getting Smoked Out: Account for Less than 2% of Industry
Black people have long been the targets of the war on drugs, but as the cannabis market is becoming in more states, Black cannabis entrepreneurs are being left behind. According to Leafly’s Jobs Report 2021, the legal cannabis industry supports more than...
Kentucky: Gov Clears Way for Cannabis Research Center; Weighs Executive Action
Gov. Andy Beshear cleared the way Tuesday for a cannabis research center to open as he reviews whether he has the executive authority to singlehandedly legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky. The governor revealed his action on a bill authorizing the research center...
Green Pharm opens newest recreational dispensary in Hazel Park
A new recreational marijuana dispensary opened in Hazel Park this week, offering a large selection of flower, edibles, and concentrates. Green Pharm is the eighth recreational dispensary to open in Hazel Park. The store is located at 815 W. Nine Mile Rd. Owned by...
Ypsilanti Holding Cannabis Expungement Fair May 1
An Ypsilanti dispensary is teaming up with the city to help people charged with cannabis crimes get their criminal records expunged. The expungement fair will take place from noon-4 p.m. on Sunday, May 1 at the WellFlower Ypsi, located at 1820 Washtenaw Ave. “We know...
