According to The Fresh Toast, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions is now hinting at expanding enforcement of federal cannabis laws. The report indicates that, at a news conference today, Sessions said they are looking "very hard right now" at possible changes to the Cole Memo. That...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo yesterday signed a bill into law permitting those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to access legal medical cannabis. It was particularly symbolic that the bill was signed on Veterans' Day, since many battle-scarred veterans suffer from PTSD. Most states...
Two big announcements this week on the finance side of the emerging global cannabis industry. First, yesterday's word that the giant alcohol company, Constellation Brands, the maker of Corona Beer among others, is acquiring a stake in Canada's Canopy Growth Corporation. Canopy is possibly the...
Like so many, I have been simply stunned and shocked by the overwhelming, incomprehensible, devastating shooting tragedy in, ironically, the world's playground, Las Vegas. This just two days after I happily posted surprising tax collecting success in the first month of Nevada's legalized cannabis industry....
Netflix found an interesting way to promote their new show Disjointed, which will star Kathy Bates as the operator of a California cannabis dispensary. They partnered with a California medical cannabis seller to operate a pop-up shop selling 12 different cannabis strains named and developed based...
Unfortunately, the use of synthetic cannabinoids has been growing worldwide and especially here in the US. Synthetic products, available over the Internet and inexpensive, start with natural herbs and flowers but add manufactured cannabinoids to create the "high." The problem is that the synthetic product...
Last month New Hampshire became the 22nd US state to eliminate jail sentences for marijuana possession. The states that have decriminalized now are: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont, in addition to...
Phoenix based American Green Inc. is buying the entire town of Nipton, CA, all 120 acres of it. They want to turn the town into a cannabis tourism destination. Nipton, population 20, is a mere 60 miles from Las Vegas and about 3 hours from...
Last week the US Senate Appropriations Committee voted to renew the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment when it expires September 30. That amendment, renewed annually since 2014, blocks the US Department of Justice from using federal funds to interfere with the implementation of state medical cannabis laws. The...
Eight months after Massachusetts voters approved legal adult use of cannabis, reluctant Republican Gov. Charlie Barker signed legislation to start a year long phase-in of permitting adults to buy and use cannabis. The expectation is that the first stores will be open by next July. The...