Economy goes to pot: Officials weigh in on impacts of legalized marijuana – Las Vegas Optic
A nighttime shot of Smoke n Body 2.0 at 1213 National Ave. in Las Vegas. General manager Joseph Jaramillo expects the store to benefit now that the sale of recreational marijuana has been legalized. Courtesy photo Editor’s note: This is the first in a series focusing on how the Las Vegas and San Miguel economy will be affected by the legalized sale of marijuana come April 1. Joseph Jaramillo has no doubt his Las Vegas businesses will benefit from the state legalizing the sale of recreational marijuana starting on April 1. “A lot of the older generations will be more…
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FBI Report: Marijuana Arrests Plunge More Than 30 Percent in 2020 – Norml
Washington, DC: The estimated number of persons arrested in the United States for violating marijuana laws declined precipitously in 2020, according to data released this week by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report, police made an estimated 350,150 arrests for marijuana-related violations in 2020. This total is a 36 percent decrease from 2019, when police made an estimated 545,602 marijuana-related arrests. Not since the early 1990s has the FBI reported so few marijuana-related arrests in a single year. Marijuana arrests are down more than 50 percent from their peak in 2008, when police made over 800,000 marijuana-related…
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Which States Will Legalize Recreational Weed Next? – Green Entrepreneur
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A long list of states may become the next to make recreational marijuana legal. Some may do so through legislative action. Some may put the issue before voters. But the result is the same: Citizens in those states will get the right to possess and use cannabis (even if the federal government still says it’s a crime). When the legalization movement started, states took the matter to the voters. That’s typical on controversial issues—voters take the lead, and politicians follow once they see which way the wind is blowing. At this point in…
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Child Marijuana Poisonings Expected to Jump, UConn Wants Funding for the Response – CT Examiner
In a phone call with CT Examiner, Dr. Suzanne Doyon, medical director at the Connecticut Poison Control Center, discussed a request to fund two additional positions in an anticipation of a significant rise in child poisonings given the recent legalization of recreational marijuana. Doyon said she was most concerned about an increase in small children ingesting edibles, which she said make up about half the calls the center receives each year. Even before the legalization, Doyon said, calls had been on the rise. “I’m just concerned because children being admitted to the ICU… it’s just not fun,” she said. Doyon…
Read More »Nanyo Dominguez Opens Latin American Restaurant Bésame in Downtown NOLA – Eater New Orleans
After 20 years executing someone else’s vision in restaurant kitchens, chef Nanyo Dominguez is striking out on his own — and the aim is to create a joyful dining hub that brings together his Mexican roots with the Latin American influences that have shaped his restaurant career. Dominguez will soon open Bésame, a Latin American tapas bar and restaurant, in downtown New Orleans at 110 S. Rampart St. That location — the intersection of Rampart and Canal Streets, close to the Orpheum and Saenger theaters and two-year-old restaurant Palm&Pine — may sound familiar: It’s next to the site of the…
Read More »Gavin Newsom Gave the Cannabis Industry Its Mask-Off Moment
You could say that Gov. Gavin Newsom saved the California cannabis industry. Way back in March 2020, with the mysterious but deadly novel coronavirus spreading like an out-of-control and invisible late-fall wildfire, the governor declared all cannabis dispensaries essential businesses. This meant they could keep their doors open during the strict California stay-at-home order while bars, restaurants, and most other retail shut down. As public-health professionals clutched at pearls, the result was the biggest buying spree in marijuana legalization’s history, a 57 percent increase from the prior year. You could also say that Gavin Newsom—one of the first prominent politicians…
Read More »cbdMD Signs Exclusive Strategic Partnership Agreement with Troon – KULR-TV
CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep 30, 2021– cbdMD, Inc. ( NYSE American: YCBD, YCBDpA), one of the nation’s leading and most highly trusted and recognized cannabidiol (CBD) brands, announced it has signed a three year exclusive strategic partnership agreement with Troon, LLC, whereby Troon will provide promotional and marketing services to cbdMD to help access distribution opportunities to the more than 600 Troon-affiliated facilities. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210930005238/en/ (Graphic: Business Wire) “cbdMD is a leader in CBD golf marketing, with two-time Masters Champion Bubba Watson and Masters Champ Patrick Reed as our brand ambassadors. Now…
Read More »Bhang Announces Expanded Partnership with Trulieve – StreetInsider.com
Bhang Announces Expanded Partnership with Trulieve <!– $jq = jQuery.noConflict(); –> <!– –> <!– var siteInfo = new Array(12, ‘www.streetinsider.com’, ‘ic_landing.html’); IC.LoadView(siteInfo); –> <!– –> <!– –> FREE Breaking News Alerts from StreetInsider.com! StreetInsider.com Top Tickers, 10/1/2021 September 30, 2021 7:27 AM EDT Get instant alerts when news breaks on your stocks. Claim your 1-week free trial to StreetInsider Premium here. Trulieve licenses Bhang’s award-winning products with plans to launch across markets Northampton, Massachusetts–(Newsfile Corp. – September 30, 2021) – Bhang Inc. (CSE: BHNG) (OTCQB: BHNGF) (“Bhang”) and Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF) (“Trulieve” or “the Company”), a…
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