In the Weeds: Kansas Seizes In-Transit Cannabis Profits, USPS Bans CBD Vape Devices, Promotional Gifting Illegal in NY – Lexology
Newsworthy Highlights Cannabis Company Contests $166K Cash Seizure by Kansas Police. According to news articles, Kansas police seized $166,000 in Missouri medical marijuana profits during a traffic stop, claiming the money smelled like marijuana. The driver was transporting the money for cannabis dispensaries from Missouri to Colorado. Marijuana is legal in both states. According to the Kansas police and federal Drug Enforcement Agency, the profits were seized because marijuana is currently illegal under Kansas law and the money was obtained in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). The company argued the money should be returned because there is no…
Read More »Weed gifts to spice up your holidays: Pipes, grinders, more – Los Angeles Times
This is part of the L.A. Times 2021 gift guide. See the full guide here. Thanks to California’s maturing recreational cannabis market (it’s been a thing since January 2018) and the ever-quickening pace of technological advancement, this holiday season arrives with a bumper crop of ganja-themed gifts and gadgets. From old-school tools and high-tech toys to stow-and-go low-dose edibles, there’s something for practically every pot-loving person you’re planning to pick up a present for. Proto Rocket Pipe (Angela Lau) Willits, Calif.,-based Proto Pipe gave the world the Swiss Army Knife of pot pipes back in 1970. Practically indestructible, it’s a…
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Home Decor: Would you display an artificial cannabis plant?
Home Decor: Would you display an artificial cannabis plant? – Leafly 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. Move over monstera, there’s a new green giant sprucing up interiors and taking the potted plant world by storm. The Pot Plant is a hyperreal, artificial cannabis plant that lets folks spruce up their home decor with a little bit of Mary…
Read More »Joint Art: Beautiful Consumable Creations
Nothing gold can stay, but that’s actually a happy thought for Jaime Nacrur. Nacrur, better known by his Instagram handle @weavers_, has carved out quite a niche for himself in the cannabis community by crafting impressively intricate, and sometimes oversized, art sculptures made completely out of flower and 24-karat gold blunt wraps. While Weavers’ first commissions were relegated to making weapons such as guns and knives formed from tobacco wraps, the California artist has pushed the boundaries of his creativity by crafting blunts that include liquor bottles, microphones and even UFC fighting gloves. Weavers’ astounding works of smokable art even…
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Curaleaf executive talks cannabis industry challenges – Hartford Business
The cannabis industry is an exciting business filled with interesting people, Curaleaf executive Patrik Jonsson said, but it’s also extremely difficult and unforgiving. “I wake up every morning knowing I’m getting slapped in the face,” Jonsson said, quoting a business partner. “I don’t know by who, and I don’t know when, but I know I’m getting slapped in the face.” Speaking at an event hosted by the Hartford Business Journal in Farmington on Wednesday, Jonsson talked to an approximately 150-person audience, Jonsson, Curaleaf’s regional president for the Northeast region, and Shipman & Goodwin lead cannabis group attorney Sarah Westby said…
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Biden admin can legalize cannabis, congressional report says (Newsletter: November 4, 2021) – Marijuana Moment
MS gov dodges medical marijuana questions; PA bill to add small grower licenses; Study: Legal cannabis not tied to mental health problems 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… They say a journalist is a machine that converts coffee into copy. But where do you think the coffee comes from? Readers like you!Signing up for a $25/month subscription will help keep us digging, interviewing and reporting on all the cannabis news that’s fit to…
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Wash. state cannabis official: CT shouldn’t license too many producers out of the gate – Hartford Business
Connecticut cannabis regulators this week took in words of wisdom from a Washington official who’s overseen the Pacific Northwest state’s adult-use market since legal sales commenced there seven years ago. During a Tuesday meeting of Connecticut’s Social Equity Council, Rick Garza — who serves as agency director of the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board — said he thinks Constitution State regulators should initially license a limited number of growers, and increase based on market demand. When Washington regulators were setting up the state’s recreational marijuana program, they expected about 100 business license applications. They received nearly 2,900. When retail…
Read More »Delta-8, Hemp Joints Banned Under NY’s New CBD Rules – Law360
By Sam Reisman (November 3, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT) — New York state’s Cannabis Control Board voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a host of new regulations governing hemp-derived CBD products, while asserting that prerolled hemp joints and any psychoactive compounds, such as Delta-8 THC, are still unlawful. The new regulations were adopted at the CCB’s third meeting as part of a transition that will see oversight of the Empire State’s CBD retail market for consumable and retail products moved from the state Department of Health to the new Office of Cannabis Management. The rules, which became effective immediately, include requirements for the…
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