Ohio Lawmakers Will Be Forced To Consider Marijuana Legalization As State Validates Activist Signatures – Marijuana Moment
About a week after Colorado activists filed revised versions of 2022 ballot initiatives to legalize psilocybin and create “healing centers” in the state, a second campaign has submitted their own competing proposal to legalize psychedelics. Activists with Decriminalize Nature Boulder County filed the new, one-page initiative on Friday. It would allow adults 21 and older to possess, cultivate, gift and deliver psilocybin, psilocyn, ibogaine, mescaline and DMT. Further, the measure says that it would be lawful to conduct psychedelics services for guidance, therapy and harm reduction and spiritual purposes with or without accepting payment. It would not be legal to…
Read More »COVID-19 Supply Chain Crunch Impacts Cannabis Industry
One of the great struggles of today’s legal, publicly traded cannabis industry is to wedge a perishable agricultural product into the shelf-stable, uniformly sized box of a consumer packaged good. This means that the modern cannabis industry is susceptible to the same COVID-19 supply chain crunch plaguing every other commercial sector. Automobiles are scarce and exorbitantly expensive because of a dearth of computer chips. New home prices have sky-rocketed because lumber and hardware are more costly. And in addition to increased fuel prices and the cost of maintaining fleets of delivery vehicles, cannabis companies are grappling with an increase in…
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Curaleaf Continues to Roll Up the Cannabis Industry – New Cannabis Ventures
Exclusive Interview with Curaleaf CEO Joseph Bayern Curaleaf (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) continues to execute on its long-term strategy of building a leading cannabis company. CEO Joseph Bayern last spoke with New Cannabis Ventures in July 2021. Since then, the company has demonstrated organic growth and has announced a number of strategic acquisitions. Bayern checked in to discuss the company’s pillars of growth, recent deals and what comes next for Curaleaf. The audio of the entire conversation is available at the end of this written summary. Pillars of Strategic Growth The company is focused on four pillars of strategic growth…
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OCS: 5 unique cannabis products new in Ontario
OCS: 5 unique cannabis products new in Ontario | Leafly Link copied to your clipboard Leafly Leafly ® Loading… Where are you from? Which part of Canada? Darn! You’re not old enough to use Leafly. Sorry, Leafly isn’t available in your location yet. Redirecting you to By accessing this site, you accept the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. These special days when the Ontario Cannabis Store releases a fresh collection of new-to-market products always sort of feel like Christmas in January. You just never know what goodies you’re going to get and there are always a number of noteworthy…
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How Virgil Grant shaped social equity for the city of Los Angeles
How Virgil Grant shaped social equity for the city of Los Angeles | Leafly Link copied to your clipboard Leafly Leafly ® Loading… Where are you from? noyes Remember me for 30 days. I confirm that this is not a shared device. Darn! You’re not old enough to use Leafly. Redirecting you to By accessing this site, you accept the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Social equity is one of the hottest conversations in cannabis. That’s because the cannabis industry and the lawmakers policing it need to atone for all of the damage they’ve done to Black and Brown…
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Fairfield County Man Sentenced For Racketeering, Witness Tampering – Brookfield Daily Voice
A Fairfield County gang member has been sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for racketeering and witness tampering. Shakale Brantley, also known as “Charlie Wilson,” “Kellz,” and “Man Man,” age 22, of Bridgeport, was sentenced Wednesday, Jan. 26, said Leonard Boyle, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut. According to court documents and statements made in court, the FBI, ATF, DEA, U.S. Marshals Service, and Bridgeport Police have been investigating multiple Bridgeport-based gangs whose members are involved in narcotics trafficking, murder, and other acts of violence. Brantley was a member of the Original North End (“O.N.E.”), a gang…
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The Week In Weed: January 28, 2022 – Cannabis & Hemp – United States – Mondaq News Alerts
United States: The Week In Weed: January 28, 2022 28 January 2022 Seyfarth Shaw LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. We’re just one step away from medical cannabis in Mississippi. South Dakota’s legislature is hard at work on medical marijuana licensing. And South Carolina has a medical cannabis bill in the works. Delaware, meanwhile, is looking at legalizing adult-use marijuana. And finally, we’ve got another Girl Scout cookie story. mississippi Could…
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Fed regulator notes “bright future” for cannabis (Newsletter: January 28, 2022) – Marijuana Moment
MS medical marijuana to gov; MN gov’s budget has legalization funds; SC begins medical cannabis debate; CO psychedelics measures; WI GOP medical bill Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day. Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible… Free to read (but not free to produce)! We’re proud of our newsletter and the reporting we publish at Marijuana Moment, and we’re happy to provide it for free. But it takes a lot of work and resources to make this happen. If you…
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