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FridayJun 10, 2022 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — California Goes Hard Against Illicit Cannabis Sellers

California’s cannabis industry raked in a whopping $5.2 billion in 2021, making it the largest legal cannabis market in the world. Coincidentally, California is also home to an illicit cannabis market worth a staggering $8 billion. Experts estimate that up to 90% of the cannabis sold in the state falls into a legal gray area. California officials are having none of it anymore. State tax collectors have been specifically active against black market sellers, intensifying enforcement against unlicensed cannabis enterprises that owe the state millions of dollars in unpaid taxes. For the past couple of months, the California Department of…

FridayJun 10, 2022 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Cannabis Coalition Unveils New Campaign in Support of Banking Reform

Minorities for Medical Marijuana, Minority Cannabis Business Association, Marijuana Matters and Women Grow have banded together to create a campaign to help promote the economic and social equity advantages of allowing businesses involved in the cannabis industry to access financial services. The objective of the campaign, which has been dubbed SAFE4Equity, is to call for the SAFE Banking Act to be approved in Congress. This banking measure, which is sponsored by Rep. Ed Perlmutter, was enacted as part of the America COMPETES Act, which is currently in negotiations in a bicameral conference committee. Despite some advocates criticizing those who would…

ThursdayJun 09, 2022 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — California Government Report Highlights Racially Slanted Drug-War Effects

America’s criminal justice system has never been kind to minorities. Long before the drug war wrought untold havoc on the Black community, people of color were much more likely to run afoul of the law, even if they were innocent or had committed the same crime as a White individual. The war on drugs stepped up this racial persecution and allowed the criminal justice system to arrest and convict nearly half a million Black Americans. A California government task force recently released an interim report on offering the Black community reparations for the damage caused by marijuana criminalization and the…

ThursdayJun 09, 2022 9:45 am

Prime Harvest Profile: Jaxx Cannabis

Jaxx Cannabis is carving out a top spot in the cannabis world with its renowned customer service and quality products. The flagship brand in a portfolio of superior offerings from Prime Harvest, Jaxx features an expertly curated selection of premium products from some of the most respected brands in the thriving California market. Jaxx products are carefully selected to combine valued and quality to create an experience focused and centered on consumers. Jaxx Cannabis has differentiated itself in the cannabis space by creating and nurturing a welcoming culture for everyone and being innovative in uncovering new ways to grow both…

ThursdayJun 09, 2022 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Seedless Strains Could Dominate Future of Marijuana Industry

Cannabis may be colloquially known as weed, but the truth is that cultivating a batch of healthy and profitable cannabis plants requires plenty of care and attention to detail. A fickle plant in many ways, cannabis often gives cultivators a hard time, especially if those cultivators are commercial growers with large scale cultivations. One major issue that plagues commercial growers and has the potential to reduce their yield is pollination. Cannabis is dioecious, which means it produces male and female flowers on separate plants. Once female plants are pollinated, the quantity and quality of their yield is reduced significantly. As…

WednesdayJun 08, 2022 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Researchers Find That THC Blood Tests Don’t Detect Impairment

New research has found additional evidence that THC levels detected in the breath or blood of marijuana users isn’t a dependable impairment indicator. The scientists discovered that THC levels in the breath and blood didn’t offer dependable evidence of how recently an individual had used marijuana. For their study, the researchers recruited test subjects that were mostly individuals whom were daily marijuana users as test subjects. The researchers then determined the levels of THC in their breath and blood before and after each of them inhaled marijuana. Before they inhaled marijuana, most of the participants had residual levels of THC…

WednesdayJun 08, 2022 9:45 am

Flora Growth Corp. (NASDAQ: FLGC) Adding to Cannabis Product Line, Research

Flora Growth is building on its cannabis brand globalization efforts with two partnerships that expand its product portfolio and its research efforts in the United States and United Kingdom Flora’s partnership with former NFL athlete Ricky Williams has delivered its first product — a cannabis one-hitter accessory designed to provide a unique experience emblematic of Williams’ active lifestyle brand The company’s acquisition of the Masaya CBD brand developed by a cell biologist on Flora’s board of directors gives the company a formulation suitable for its current clinical trial efforts in the United Kingdom, and a well-received brand designed to help…

WednesdayJun 08, 2022 4:20 am

420 with CNW — States Grapple with Setting Regulations for Hemp-Derived Intoxicating Products

America’s hemp industry has been plagued by one major issue since the 2018 Farm Bill legalized industrial hemp: federal inaction. While the legislation allowed the cultivation and sale of industrial hemp under state programs, lawmakers did not create a comprehensive regulatory structure for hemp or hemp-derived products. The result is a sector that has been referred to as a “wild west” where businesses barely have any rules governing how they operate and which products they can put out into the market. One of the core provisions for legalizing industrial hemp was that it had to contain less than 0.3% delta-9…

TuesdayJun 07, 2022 4:20 pm

420 with CNW — Maryland Official Wants DOJ to Investigate Possible Flaws in FBI Cannabis Arrest Data

An official in Maryland is asking that the Department of Justice formally investigate the system of reporting used by the FBI for local and state cannabis arrests. The key issue is the confusion among agencies of law enforcement on the issuance of citations for the possession of marijuana under decriminalization laws in the state and whether they should be reported as arrests to the FBI. This confusion has caused inconsistency in the data that is released annually, calling into question the data’s use as a tool to inform policymaking on cannabis. The reporting system, which is known as the Uniform…

TuesdayJun 07, 2022 4:20 am

420 with CNW — Regulators in New York Urge Tiktok to Desist from Banning Educative Cannabis Content

Cannabis regulators in New York are asking that TikTok put an end to the ban placed on advertising anything involving the word cannabis, as they promote public education on New York’s move to legalize the herb. The state’s Office of Cannabis Management sent a letter to the social media app’s executives urging them to amend the platform’s policy on advertisement for government entities so they could talk about cannabis in a public health and safety context freely. Chris Alexander, the office’s executive director, also revealed that the office had launched a campaign to inform residents in the state about how…