April brings spring flowers and a leaf-based celebration to Rochester, as residents gear up to light up for 4/20 on Saturday, a cult favorite holiday among marijuana enthusiasts. The annual event is said to have its origins in a group of California teenagers who’d gather after school to smoke at 4:20 p.m. in the 1970s, […]
Retail shops caught possessing or selling illicit cannabis in New York would lose their licenses to sell cigarettes, tobacco products, alcohol and lottery tickets under a bill being debated in Albany. Lawmakers are considering the bill to expand upon measures approved last year to crack down on the thousands of shops statewide selling illicit marijuana, […]
After decades of public debate and lengthy deliberations in parliament, adults in Germany will legally be able to smoke weed on the street beginning on April 1. That became possible after the upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat, gave a law partially legalizing cannabis the green light on Friday, and decided not to send the […]
Berlin (dpa) German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has called for support for the planned partial legalization of cannabis in Germany ahead of a vote in parliament. The current situation is “in no way acceptable,” the minister said in the Bundestag on Friday, referring to the rising number of users and “toxic concentrations” in cannabis from […]
As the global landscape around cannabis legalization continues to evolve, it’s crucial to recognize that even with changing laws, consumption comes with inherent health risks. Of course, it’s best for your health not to light the joint in the first place. But if you still want to, what can you do to minimize the risks? […]
A popular weed killer used on genetically modified cotton and soybeans could be off limits for 2024, a move that could raise already high costs for growers in Arizona. A federal court in Arizona ruled Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency violated notice-and-comment rules when it reauthorized dicamba products in 2020, and, for the second […]
Two people were killed and a third was injured during a shooting involving a drug deal, Missouri police say. The shooting happened at 1:50 p.m. Monday, Feb. 5, outside Black Forest Apartments in St. Louis, according to the St. Louis County Police Department. Police said the victims met with the two suspects, 19-year-old Tyler Coleman […]
Florida voters will likely have an opportunity to vote on whether to legalize recreational marijuana for adults in the state aged 21 and up in November. >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE
Elon Musk had to be drug tested for a whole year after smoking weed on Joe Rogan’s podcast — and now the FDA is thinking about defining marijuana as a lower-risk drug. Here’s what that means The most-watched episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast to date is episode 1169, featuring Tesla CEO Elon Musk. […]
(Bloomberg) — Tilray Brands Inc.’s diversification into the beer business paid off in the fiscal second quarter, even as the company is poised to start planting vegetables and fruit to monetize some of its unneeded cannabis cultivation space in Quebec. Most Read from Bloomberg Some alcohol companies have gotten into cannabis to offset the drug’s […]
The multi-million dollar threat to the lower Connecticut River from the invasive aquatic weed hydrilla has attracted attention from around the country, as scientists work on ways to contain it. Now, a group of engineering students from Northeastern University in Boston are developing a remote method of tracking its spread, a task that has so […]
By Sarah Kinosian (Reuters) – Beneath each full moon on the outskirts of a village in central Mexico, a group of women in nun habits circle around a roaring fire, cleanse themselves with burned sage, and give thanks for the moon, animals, and plants. Then they inhale deeply from a joint and blow clouds of […]