NY boosts medical marijuana access as legal pot market looms | Rome Daily Sentinel

As of late last month, clinicians can greenlight medicinal pot for any condition they think it would help, not just for a limited list of ailments. The changes, foreshadowed in legislation last spring, represent a big shift for a medical marijuana program that was once one of the nation’s most restrictive. “This is a huge […]

In the Middle East, culture around recreational drugs is changing – DW

El-Sissi, a military officer who has been running the country since deposing its elected president in 2013, takes the microphone, says a few words, then starts to laugh. Cannabis has been part of Middle Eastern culture for ages. Back in his native Damascus, Mahmoud said he and his friends smoked hashish, or cannabis resin, and took amphetamine […]

Utah Lawmakers Pass Bill To Protect Medical Cannabis Patients | High Times

Utah lawmakers have approved a bill to protect the rights of medical cannabis patients employed by government agencies. Joel Ferry, the House floor sponsor of the bill, said that the law is designed to protect patients legally using cannabis under Utah’s Medical Cannabis Act, which was passed by voters in 2018. Utah lawmakers drafted the […]

Include traditional ganja farmers in Medicinal Cannabis industry – Loop News – Barbados

Although provisions have been made in regional industries to facilitate research and development, the attorney-at-law insisted that more must be done. In addition to that, Barbados, Jamaica, St Vincent and the Grenadines, while we do things individually, I think the time has come where we have that conversation where we say how best as a region […]

Taiwan warns against importing marijuana-laced products from Thailand – Taiwan News

Taiwan Customs has seized many parcels from Thailand found to have been laced with marijuana recently, from cosmetics, snacks, to ointments. Businesses in the country have jumped on the bandwagon by introducing cannabis-derived products, spanning beverages, essential oils, candles, among others. Individuals entering Taiwan with cannabis-laced products, or sending or receiving parcels containing such goods, […]

Only 42% of Cannabis Businesses are Turning a Profit – Women and Minorities Fare the …

Many of the offers appearing on this site are from advertisers from which this website receives compensation for being listed here. Cannabis Business Conditions Survey Report, released by consulting firm Whitney Economics, shows how cannabis industry operators are viewing the success of the cannabis industry and what factors are limiting their growth. The survey also […]

CHAMPS Returns to Las Vegas for 23rd Annual Show | Cannabis Now

Founded in 1999, the expo has certainly grown and evolved over the years, along with the larger public positive perception of cannabis and increasing wave towards legalization. “We’ve been growing everywhere,” said Jeff Hirschfeld, founder and owner of CHAMPS trade shows, which take place annually in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Denver, Orlando and Chicago. As […]