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Cannabis store shut down for alleged unlicensed sales Image Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023 Jaydega 7,0 Cannabis Store Shut Down for Allegedly Selling Products Without a License. The Jaydega 7.0 store on Main Street, Canandaigua was shut down Thursday after allegedly selling cannabis products without a license, according to the state Office of Cannab

Company launches first Hemp-based insulation product Image Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023 Kingspan‘s new bio-based insulation HemKor product range is largely made of hemp and can help drive down the embodied carbon of buildings. HemKor, the new bio-based insulation product range, offers three products to help reduce the carbon footprint of buildings

Ohio voters approved a new recreational Marijuana law. Why can the Legislature change it? Image Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023 Ohio voters made the Buckeye State the 24th to legalize recreational marijuana for adults. The ballot measure, known as Issue 2, passed in the Nov. 7 election with 57% of the vote, according to unofficial results. And Ohio R

University of Utah to Open Medical Cannabis Center, Seeks DEA Approval Image Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023 The Center for Medical Cannabis Research at University of Utah can help gain evidence-based data on medical cannabis. Researchers at the oldest college in Utah are opening a medical cannabis research center and seeking for a DEA-approved grow

Why Hemp-Derived THC Drinks Are Riding High Image Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023 Since marijuana’s cannabis cousin was federally legalized in 2018, hemp has outpaced the legal weed market in America. Now canned cocktails and other THC-infused beverages are going mainstream—especially in states where pot is still illegal. In 1939, six years after Pro

More Than 10% of Older Americans Have Used Cannabis in the Last Year Image Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023 Newly published research provides more evidence that gray-haired Americans are increasingly into green. After analyzing available survey data, researchers at the University of Michigan said that 12.1% of adults in the United States aged 50-80 re

Recreational Marijuana becomes legal in Ohio next week — what to know Image Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023 With Dec 7 fast approaching, Klutch Cannabis in Akron is getting ready for some big changes as a result of Ohio Issue 2. “December 7 starts the clock, around the six-month mark I believe, applications will start going out. The timeline of nine

Could state lawmakers finally implement a Marijuana marketplace? Image Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023 As lawmakers prepare to return to the Capitol, one issue is certain to come up again in the next General Assembly — marijuana. It’s now legal to possess small amounts of marijuana in Virginia. But nobody has a license to sell it because the General

What's behind the rise in Marijuana dispensary break-ins? Image Cannabis NewsDecember 1, 2023 An alarming trend of break-ins at marijuana dispensaries across metro Detroit and the State of Michigan is continuing, and employees say more needs to be done to prevent them. Just in the last two weeks, marijuana dispensaries on Detroit's east side have b

Ireland – a country on the road to Cannabis reform? Image Cannabis NewsNovember 30, 2023 Citizens' Assembly and Cannabis Reform: What's Happening in Ireland. With a bill to decriminalise the personal use of cannabis making its way through parliament and a ‘broad call for change’ from the recent Citizens Assembly, Ireland is a country worth keeping

Germany Will Likely Legalize Adult-Use Cannabis In 2024 Image Cannabis NewsNovember 30, 2023 The German coalition government is finalizing details for long-awaited cannabis legalization, including dates for cannabis cultivation and the establishment of cannabis clubs. Germany's new agency, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA), revealed further details yes

Legalizing Cannabis in Wisconsin: Do the benefits outweigh the costs? Image Cannabis NewsNovember 30, 2023 In the state of Wisconsin a 13-year-old boy was diagnosed with brain cancer and given six months to live. However, his parents refused to give up on him. They moved the family to Colorado and arranged to receive cannabis plants that they could

Odor-Control Pact with Cannabis Growers Breaks Down Image Cannabis NewsNovember 30, 2023 We Kept Our Promises, and They Broke Theirs. It’s been more than two years since the Santa Barbara Coalition for Responsible Cannabis signed a peace treaty with a leading growers’ organization in the Carpinteria Valley. Today, the coalition says, that agreement

South Carolina Bill Would Tax, Regulate Delta-8 THC Image Cannabis NewsNovember 30, 2023 H 4628 would impose regulations and a sales tax on hemp-derived delta-8 THC products in South Carolina. The delta-8 THC market is bigger than ever before, regulated like hemp, but South Carolina could change that if one proposal takes root. Rep. Rosalyn Henders

Two-thirds of Florida voters back recreational Marijuana amendment Image Cannabis NewsNovember 30, 2023 Across every category, a majority of Florida voters are positive about decriminalization. It appears Sunshine Stater voters are still high on the prospect of legalizing recreational marijuana. A new poll from the University North of Florida found

Indigenous Cannabis entrepreneurs choose between government red tape and reserve ‘red markets’ Image Cannabis NewsNovember 30, 2023 Indigenous Cannabis Entrepreneurs Navigate Legal Challenges in Canada. On Alderville First Nation – a reserve south of Roseneath, Ont. – a dozen cannabis stores make up a short stretch of Highway 45, in what’s been dub

Birds may be getting high on 'weed' Image Cannabis NewsNovember 30, 2023 Many kinds of birds eat cannabis seeds, which may affect them mentally and physically, like humans. Q: I was at a local park some weeks ago and photographed this black-capped chickadee picking at the seed pods on a cannabis plant. The plant was in the middle of a patch of pois

Cannabis Entrepreneur Berner Joins Last Prisoner Project to Free Air Force Veteran Image Cannabis NewsNovember 30, 2023 Rapper Berner Joins #FreeRobertDeals Campaign to Highlight Unjust Cannabis Incarceration. Rapper and Co-founder of pioneering cannabis company Cookies – Berner – is joining forces with cannabis campaign group the Last Prisoner Pro