6 ways to grow a cannabis business in Illinois
6 ways to grow a cannabis business in Illinois – 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. This article is the eighth in a series called, “So you want to start a canna biz?” created in partnership with Good Tree Capital. The last article in our series focuses on growing your cannabis business. So…
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Rhode Island Project Safe Neighborhoods Investigation Nationally Recognized – Department of Justice
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Project Safe Neighborhoods investigation that brought together thirty-six federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and culminated in federal charges being brought against twenty-three individuals and the seizure of thirteen kilograms of fentanyl, eleven kilograms of cocaine, eleven kilograms of marijuana, and two kilograms of psilocyn mushrooms, was recognized today with a national Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDEFT) award. All twenty-three individuals have been adjudged guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence and sentenced to federal prison. The eight-month investigation, dubbed “Operation Panamera,” relied on the combined expertise of the Rhode Island DEA Drug…
Read More »9 Healthy Reasons to Get High This Holiday Season
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. We now know that cannabis makes us more, not less. These days, more and more people are realizing that cannabis is about more than getting high. We use cannabis to focus, enhance our creativity, relax after a stressful day, energize our minds, or get a great night of sleep. Purposeful cannabis consumption is the key to a healthy and happy holiday season. Here’s why. Reason #1: Stress, anxiety, and insomnia are on the rise—and cannabis can help. Times are difficult for a lot of people. Mental health issues are on the rise….
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Illinois Announces $45 Million In Marijuana-Funded Grants To Support Community Reinvestment – Marijuana Moment
Colorado voters could have the chance next year to vote on legalizing possession and personal cultivation of psychedelics, and creating a system of licensed businesses to produce psilocybin, DMT, ibogaine and mescaline for supervised use at “healing centers.” A national advocacy group recently filed two separate psychedelics reform initiatives for Colorado’s 2022 ballot, both of which are titled the Natural Medicine Healing Act. The first would legalize the possession, cultivation and an array of entheogenic substances, as well as establish a regulatory model for psychedelics therapy. The other is a similar, but somewhat more dialed-back proposal that would initially legalize…
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Shake Up at MPP: Hawkins Out, Hutchinson In – CelebStoner
.page-container .pagenation ul li {list-style:none;} .page-container .pagenation ul {display:block; clear:both; float:left;} Toi Hutchinson (left), Steve Hawkins (right) Marijuana Policy Project has a new president and CEO, Toi Hutchinson. She replaces Steve Hawkins, who was executive director since 2018. Hutchinson is the first Black woman to head the organization. In a press release issued by MPP, Hawkins stated: “I’m proud of what we have accomplished at MPP and look forward to working alongside Toi in the fight to end cannabis prohibition.” Hawkins has had a dual role as United States Cannabis Council (USCC) president and CEO. He now will exclusively lead USCC….
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Tell Us What You Think – Take the NORML Survey – Norml
This has been a year for the history books. Together, we will make 2022 even better. In 2021, five additional states — Connecticut, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, and Virginia — legalized cannabis for adults. That means that an additional 42 million Americans were liberated from the oppressive and failed policy of marijuana prohibition. State lawmakers also took steps to ensure justice for individuals with prior marijuana convictions. Officials in California, Illinois, New York, Virginia, and elsewhere moved to either seal or expunge the convictions of some 2.2 million Americans who formerly faced the lifelong stigma of a marijuana-related…
Read More »Why Small Businesses Matter in Westport: New England Hemp Farm – HamletHub
Why Small Businesses Matter Shop small, do big things for your community Why Small Businesses Matter puts a spotlight on the local merchants who donate their time, talent, goods, and services for the betterment of our community. The shop local movement spreads virally as local businesses who are “tagged” have the opportunity to share their story! You’re IT New England Hemp Farm! Four questions with Brian Edmonds, CEO & Co-Founder of New England Hemp Farm. Why did you start your business? After retiring from Wall Street after 30 years I was looking for a new opportunity. I saw plenty of…
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Most murders in New Haven are unsolved but who cares? – Journal Inquirer
Last week New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker got a slap in the face from the city council, the Board of Alders, which rejected his nomination of Acting Police Chief Rene Dominguez to become permanent chief, despite her creditable 20 years with the city’s police department. The board’s complaints against Dominguez were that she hadn’t produced a plan for improving the department, the department’s upper ranks have lost members of racial minorities, the department is out of touch with the community and needs to look more like it, and the department has failed to solve most of the city’s recent murders….
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