New Poll Reveals Americans’ Views on Cannabis | Financial Post

The national poll1 – conducted by the independent market-research provider Pollfish, commissioned by Jushi and overseen by Associate Professor at ArtCenter College of Design, Interaction Designer, Futurist and Jushi Experience Director Julian Scaff – revealed that more than half of cannabis consumers tried “legal cannabis” for the first time in the last 12 months. “The […]

This 4/20 Ben & Jerry’s Urges Senate to Improve Country’s Half Baked Approach to Cannabis Justice

We’re now calling on the Senate to step up immediately to pass its version of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or MORE Act, and ensure that the people most impacted by the war on drugs and mass incarceration – people of color – actually benefit from cannabis decriminalization. That’s why Ben & Jerry’s […]

Fiore Cannabis Announces Agreement to Acquire Assets of Unified Global to Create Can …

On completion of the Transaction, the existing shareholders of Unified Spinco will become shareholders of Fiore holding aggregately 24,400,000 Fiore Shares, representing approximately 13.53% of the then outstanding Fiore Shares on a non-diluted basis. As part of the Agreement, Fiore will benefit from a US$1.5 million financing month term, is secured by 1% of Fiore’s […]

High Time for Change: This 4/20 Ben & Jerry’s Urges Senate to Improve Country’s Half …

We’re now calling on the Senate to step up immediately to pass its version of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or MORE Act, and ensure that the people most impacted by the war on drugs and mass incarceration – people of color – actually benefit from cannabis decriminalization. Despite 39 states decriminalizing or […]

Reduced cannabis penalties in military proposed (Newsletter: April 18, 2022) – Marijuana Moment

The Alabama Democratic Party tweeted, “Despite basically equal usage rates, Black people are almost 5x more likely than white people to be arrested for having a little bit of weed. Previously he reported for Marijuana.com and MassRoots, and handled media relations and campaigns for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and Students for Sensible Drug Policy. …Read […]

Legal weed is a social equity enterprise. And failure is not an option | Editorial – nj.com

This prevents large out-of-state operators from dominating the market, but these licenses are merely a pathway. Rev. Indeed, New York State has just created a $200 million equity fund for this purpose, and advocates believe that’s something New Jersey can do. Murphy has yet to address the clemency request made by non-profits such as the […]

Social equity applicants for adult-use cannabis licenses face hurdles – NJBIZ

Like several other legal cannabinoid-focused operations, her cakes and gummies business is woven into the fabric of her community. The legislators who wrote the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act and the Cannabis Regulatory Commission created by that law have made a concerted effort to get folks from communities affected by […]

Opinion: Publications have their cannabis coverage wrong – The DePaulia

An individual’s eligibility for participation in the Illinois Adult-Use cannabis program, as a licensed business, requires the acquisition of competitive social equity related application points. The recent public awareness of state sanctioned deprivations committed against America’s Black community, as described by certain Black Lives Matter activists, brings the demands for social justice and equity in […]

Cannabis Usage in College Has Grown in the Past Few Years – Study Breaks Magazine

After the Mexican Revolution of 1910, recreational use of marijuana made its way to the United States. Today, its usage is widespread, and marijuana is the most commonly used federally illegal drug in the United States — 48.2 million people reported consuming it at least once in 2019, representing 18% of Americans. The study contains […]