The results show that McGowan had the support of 5% of the poll’s respondents, trailing Republican conservative radio talk show host Larry Elder . The most recent poll also showed that 92% of Democratic voters planned to cast a ballot in the recall election or already had, up from 84% in June. “What was driving […]
If you want to get into the cannabis industry in California—where more than $5 billion worth of legal, adult-use cannabis is on pace to be sold this year, according to tax figures—and you want to do it quickly, don’t bother with selling adult-use cannabis. And almost everyone running a retail storefront says that high taxes […]
Or so the distinction is supposed to go. That’s the theory behind Hometown Hero CBD’s “Select Spectrum” products. Select Spectrum products come from hemp—lots and lots of hemp, enough hemp to produce enough THC to get you stoned. When we talked in early August, Gilkey predicted that Select Spectrum would trigger a rush of other […]
Her Highness, a luxury cannabis brand with operations in several states in the United States, has announced that they will be expanding into both Canada and Mexico. Founded by serial-entrepreneurs Laura Eisman and Allison Krongard, Her Highness claims to be purpose-driven with a mission to educate women on the benefits of cannabis through a suite of sophisticated products. Diving deeper […]
It’s true Cuomo signed into law in March the state’s Marijuana Revenue and Taxation Act, which legalized adult-use cannabis in the nation’s biggest city and set the stage for a statewide industry worth as much as $4.6 billion. This summer, with entrepreneurs and consumers waiting for a clearer indication as to when legal commercial sales […]
California-based cannabis company Papa & Barkley has announced the creation of its new Sleep Releaf Collection, which is a line of cannabis-infused sleep aids the company says is guaranteed to deliver consumers one more hour of sleep per night. The new line of cannabis-infused sleep aids infuses its Sleep Releaf Products with a formula of CBD […]
It’s got the “19” at the end of it not because there have been 18 other Covids as Ted Nugent may have thought, which I covered previously for Forbes. The Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma, Lambda, and other variants of concern and interest listed on the World Health Organization website have all resulted from progressive mutations […]
Many different groups are descending upon this industry while, simultaneously, the people who’ve been working with cannabis for decades are feeling displaced and disrupted by the newcomers. Investors, corporate leaders from other businesses, and a tsunami of mainstream industries like agriculture, extraction, and retail, are all jumping in with high-level relationships and funding. On the […]
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced on Thursday the results of a lottery to award social equity cannabis dispensary licenses, with 55 winners chosen out of 589 applicants to operate as retailers in the state’s lucrative recreational marijuana market. “Social equity and justice are the heart and soul of the Adult-Use Cannabis […]
According to information procured exclusively ahead of an official announcement, the publisher has partnered up with California-based cannabis producer NUG Inc. “We found that our audience was interested in BuzzFeed bringing them branded cannabis products, and the insights revealed that Goodful’s audience in particular was interested in branded cannabis products and recommendations. “NUG’s overarching mission […]
The deal values Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, which was founded in 2016 to tell women-driven stories, at $900 million, thanks to its track record of hits like Big Little Lies, The Morning Show and Little Fires Everywhere, and a promising pipeline of adaptations of popular books. She earns at least $1 million an episode for her […]
Comedian Kathy Griffin, who revealed Monday that she’s undergoing surgery for lung cancer, told ABC News she developed an addiction to painkillers and contemplated suicide in the years after appearing in a photo that depicted her with a bloody mask that looked like Donald Trump’s head—a joke that cost her a regular role on CNN’s […]
A 2006 Drug Enforcement Administration raid on a medical marijuana dispensary in city limits—that was obeying state law and paying state sales taxes—that landed both co-owners in federal prison set the tone. Judging by the city’s books, promoting weed was the smartest move. Chandra Ann Levy, the daughter of Robert and Susan Levy, just finished […]
– The Canadian company Tilray, which aims to become one of the world’s leaders in the therapeutic cannabis industry, inaugurated its European production site today in the central Portuguese town of Cantanhede. Investments cover the breadth of the cannabis supply chain; a quarter of reported deals were found to fund formulation and manufacture activities, 17% […]
#Packers QB Aaron Rodgers has indicated to people close to him that he does plan to play for GB this season, sources say. Green Bay’s veterans are scheduled to report for training camp on Tuesday, and the first practice of camp is Wednesday. Five hours before the NFL Draft on April 29, word leaked that […]
According to Pro Football Talk, PointsBet sports book and DraftKings have removed Green Bay from the list of 32 teams where you can make over-under win total bets. Rodgers has been upset with Green Bay’s management team since the Packers selected Jordan Love in the first round of the 2020 draft to be his eventual […]
Remember the days when you could just replace the battery in your phone? Or have access to the insides to make your own repairs? Most of the major phone manufacturers have shut that down. Microsoft says that if hacked, then outsiders could potentially install programs, view and delete data or even create new user accounts […]
The court said Wednesday, that they found an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case. He was charged in 2015 for the alleged attack and subsequently arrested just days before the 12-year statute of limitations was set to expire. Thank you to all my fans, supporters and friends who […]
Last year, the Austin, Texas-based company distributed products containing Delta-8-THC, the most exciting, and most psychoactive compound in the hemp industry, to 44 states. Gilkey teamed up with the Texas Hemp Federation to fight the bill, which was being supported by one of the medical marijuana companies in the state, and it died while being […]
For years, the federal government has basically allowed state-legal cannabis markets to operate without major interference, despite marijuana still being a banned drug on the Controlled Substances Act. Yet, these “laissez-faire policies” on cannabis are in stark contrast with laws still on the books that block cannabis companies from the mainstream financial system and allow […]