In a year confined and defined by the coronavirus pandemic, Americans turned to cannabis in record numbers. Americans spent nearly $18 billion on cannabis in 2020. That’s 65% more than last year. State tax and revenue data acquired and analyzed by Leafly reveal that nationwide sales of medical and adult-use marijuana increased by 67% over…
In a huge step forward for cannabis legalization and global drug reform, the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) voted on Wednesday to pull cannabis from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. Under the UN’s system, Schedule IV substances are considered the most dangerous and addictive drugs. Cannabis will no longer…
When a fight broke out among students at Belleview High School in central Florida, school official Mike Hickman entered the fray and put his body on the line to intervene. Nothing in the school’s administrative code tasked him with risking himself to secure his students’ safety, but he did so anyway. A school official’s good…
Let’s start with some math. As of this week there are 293 dispensaries open in Florida, patronized by the 441,000 Floridians who currently possess a medical marijuana card. That means there’s roughly one dispensary for every 1,500 patients in the state. That may seem like a solid ratio. New Jersey has only 12 dispensaries serving…
Medical cannabis has been legally available to Canadian patients since 2001, and more broadly through licensed retailers since 2013, but it’s still a relatively complicated system to navigate. Unlike other prescription drugs, medical cannabis is not prescribed at all, but rather its use is authorized by a doctor. Not necessarily your doctor either, as many…
Cannabis’ Long-Awaited Tipping Point The movement to legalize cannabis consumption continued Election Day as voters in five (5) states approved new laws allowing medical and recreational cannabis use. In Arizona, Montana, and New Jersey – where medicinal use is already permitted – voters approved recreational use. Tuesday’s election was a historic victory for cannabis legalization…
South Dakota voters just made history by legalizing medical marijuana and adult-use cannabis in one fell swoop. The recreational cannabis measure (Constitutional Amendment A) passed with 52% of the vote, and the medical measure (Initiative 26) passed with 69% of the vote. It’s particularly significant that Amendment A passed in addition to the medical initiative…
Congratulations, Mississippi! Initiative 65 has been approved by voters. Medical marijuana will become legal in Mississippi. Despite drastic efforts by Republican legislators to confuse voters by offering up their own shell of a competing bill—Initiative 65A—the real deal legislation cruised to victory with an overwhelming 74% of the vote. Here’s what happens next. Is medical…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s first licensed marijuana dispensaries opened this weekend in the St. Louis area with long lines and happy patients. The two dispensaries run by N’Bliss opened Saturday in Ellisville and Manchester. Another dispensary is expected to open Monday in the Kansas City area nearly two years after Missouri voters approved a constitutional…
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Missouri residents voted to legalize medical marijuana in Nov. 2018. Two years later, the state’s first licensed dispensaries are nearly ready to open. More than 60,000 registered medical marijuana patients are ready to make their first purchases of state-licensed cannabis. During the first few weeks, dispensaries will have cannabis flower available—and not much else. What…
Politicians in Mississippi are attempting to undermine the voice of the people on medical marijuana—and they’ve found a sneaky way to do it. More than 80% of Mississippians support legalizing medical marijuana via Initiative 65. State legislators know they can’t hold back the tide of popular support. So they’ve cooked up a strategy to divert…
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