“Vapen MJ” a fully integrated agricultural technology, services, and property management company in the regulated cannabis industry, today announced a new product collaboration with Mexican-American rapper and singer Baby Bash. Vapen is releasing a “Baby Bash Powered by Vapen” line of Vapen Pen Batteries and Bash Berry, a new cannabis cartridge flavor. The batteries, available in gold and …
BY ALLISON STEIN When cannabis attorney Tom Dean’s office hosted an Arizona NORML meeting discussing the Smart and Safe Arizona initiative on Wednesday, Aug 14, Dean announced yet another new issue arising from the notorious “Jones Case.” According to Dean, legal counsel to Arizona NORML, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MSCO) is now running their …
ORIGINAL REPORTING By Andrew Brown, for Arizona Public Media Check out this story we curated from PBS about a retired cop who helps seniors get a better understanding of medical marijuana.. they call him a cannabis coach! Read the story below… As medical marijuana has become legal in much of the U.S., more senior citizens …
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ORIGINAL REPORTING By Steve Bloom for FreedomLeaf (JULY 22 2019) The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) has issued its Progress Report of Legislative Updates for 2019. The best news of the year so far is legalization passing in Illinois and decriminalization in Hawaii, New Mexico and North Dakota. Here’s the MPP’s state-by-state breakdown, in alphabetical order. Alabama to …
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ORIGINAL REPORTING By Melissa Schiller for Cannabis Dispensary Mag TORONTO, Aug. 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PRESS RELEASE — Nabis Holdings Inc., a Canadian investment company with specialty investments in assets across multiple divisions of the cannabis sector, has announced that it has entered into a Definitive Agreement for the acquisition of 100 percent of the …
ORIGINAL REPORTING By BRUCE KENNEDY for Leafly Note it on your calendar: Thursday, August 8, marks the second annual observance of National CBD Day. Wait, is National CBD Day really a thing? If it’s a thing, how did it become a thing? For decades now cannabis enthusiasts have marched, rallied, and gotten elevated on April 20, …
BY MIKEL WEISSER No, before you ask, Jim Morrison is not dead. And, “Errl” isn’t misspelled either, thank you very much. What Morrison’s brainchild, The Errl Cup, is however, is Arizona’s most popular, more important medical marijuana event series. This July 13th in Northern Phoenix the festivities will kick off on Morrison’s eighth Errl Cup …
BY MIKEL WEISSER After years of struggle Arizona will finally have cannabis testing. Now what? June 7, 2019, at approximately 2pm, supposedly Governor Doug Ducey made a quick call to Sen David Gowan (R-LD14). He thanked Gowan for his efforts at the Capitol and signed Gowan’s bill, SB1494, concluding a seven-year ordeal over testing in …
BY MIKEL WEISSER 61 Tons, one gram at a time When you or I “sample” or “test” cannabis, it usually involves twisting one up and burning it down. That process is called “organoleptic testing,” meaning tested based on tasting. (And that’s just one testing-related word you didn’t know you didn’t know.) Aside from the weed, …
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BY MIKEL WEISSER There’s an old phrase popular in AZ’s rough and tumble cannabis industry: “Pioneers get slaughtered, Settlers Thrive.” It’s a way of saying those who break new ground, usually get chewed up in the process and the second wave of entrepreneurs succeed from the earlier group’s mistakes. Luckily for Desert Valley Testing and …
