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Medical marijuana provisioning centers (dispensaries) have started delivering medical cannabis to the front doors of patients who order for products online. Utopia Gardens LLC, based in Detroit, was the first dispensary to take advantage of the legal changes permitting medical cannabis delivery. Donnell Cravens, the manager of Utopia Gardens, explains that home delivery was a … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Medical Cannabis Home Delivery Service Begins in Michigan”

Confident Cannabis, a cannabis wholesale platform, has raised $12m to bring its total capitalization to more than $18m from their inception. The new funding is intended to enable the company to expand its operations into new territories across the country. The Series A funding round was led by Poseidon Asset Management, a cannabis venture capital … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Confident Cannabis Raises $12M for Nationwide Expansion”

The growing discontent among companies that weren’t selected to receive one of the marijuana business licenses issued by the State of Nevada has grown to an extent of lawsuits being filed against the tax department. A dozen companies have gone to court and want the state to be stopped from issuing more licenses until court … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Nevada Dragged to Court Over the Issuance of Marijuana Licenses”

According to newly published research, the research-grade cannabis sourced from the only federally licensed cultivator (Mississippi University) is closer to hemp than the commercially available cannabis in the states where cannabis is legal. The findings of this research bring into question the outcomes of the marijuana studies which have been conducted using the cannabis from … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Federally Grown Cannabis is Closer to Hemp than Commercially Available Cannabis, Study Finds”

Medical cannabis has been available in Ohio for about three months now, but the latest data shows that the 20,000 people registered on the program haven’t displayed much eagerness to buy all the cannabis available at dispensaries. Here are some reasons that could explain this lack of buyer enthusiasm. High Product Prices One major concern … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Why Ohioans Aren’t Rushing to Buy Medical Cannabis”

When Minnesota legalized medical cannabis in 2014, a task force was established to evaluate the medical cannabis program and report back to the state. However, numerous complaints about the operation and effectiveness of this task force have arisen. Representatives of patients, law enforcement agencies, the medical community, lawmakers and other stakeholders make up this task … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Complaints about the Minnesota Medical Cannabis Task Force Increase”

A committee of the Idaho State Assembly has approved funding so that the state police can buy the equipment needed to test whether a given plant is industrial hemp or marijuana. This plan comes after the police seized a semitrailer carrying what the arresting officer thought was marijuana while the driver and his employer insisted … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Idaho Police to Procure Equipment That Distinguishes Cannabis from Hemp”

A group of 35 people in Erie County received an unexpected gift when John Flynn, the Erie County District Attorney, requested that a judge at the Buffalo City Court accept the prosecutor’s request to dismiss the low-level marijuana charges (misdemeanor charges) against the nearly three dozen people. The judge agreed with the prosecutor, and the … Continue reading “420 with CNW – New York Prosecutor Drops Marijuana Charges”

A new study has found that most Americans use medical marijuana in order to ease chronic pain. The study was aimed at finding out the exact reasons why people in the U.S. use medical marijuana, and whether those stated reasons have any scientific basis. Kevin Boehnke, a researcher at Michigan University’s Chronic Pain and Fatigue … Continue reading “420 with CNW – Chronic Pain Tops Reasons for Medical Cannabis Use in America”

The University of California at Berkley has announced that it has opened a cannabis research center that will study the effects of cannabis production upon society and the environment. This announcement was made on Tuesday this week (January 29). UC officials also revealed that the research center will primarily focus on three major areas. The … Continue reading “420 with CNW – UC Berkley Launches Cannabis Research Center”