ORIGINAL REPORTING By Matt Brooks The Trump administration will not stand in the way of states setting their own marijuana policies, according to the president’s most recent statement on the issue. President Trump was responding to a question from DC Examiner journalist Steven Nelson, who asked whether marijuana would be legalized at the federal level before …
President Trump Supports State-Level Marijuana Legalization Read More »
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 …
Retired cop guides Arizona seniors as medical cannabis coach Read More »
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 …
MPP’s State-by-State Guide to Marijuana Legislation in 2019 Read More »
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, …
Passing the Test, Part 2: Basic Primer on Testing and Its Many Incomprehensible Terms Read More »
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 …
BY MIKEL WEISSER Despite the challenges AZ’s oddly written medical marijuana program created for Desert Valley Testing and Delta Verde Labs, the companies adapted to the ecosystem and thrived, even though, at any time, their facilities could have been raided and their employees charged with possession with intent to distribute. Before the passage of SB1494 …
BY MIKEL WEISSER Rounding out the valley’s assorted testing options are two companies that are family affairs: KB Labs and Pure Labs Labs. In both cases learning about cannabis proved a turning point. For Boaz Lerer of KB Labs, the research meant looking into the newest canna-research out of his own home country of Israel. …
