How Jaleel White Broke Into the Cannabis Market Using ‘Purple Urkle’ – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

Actor Jaleel White, best known as Steve Urkel from Family Matters, partnered up with 710 Labs for a cannabis brand called ItsPurpl. Family Matters fans might remember Stefan made Laura Winslow and the live studio audience go a little wild. And he said the process makes him feel like another famous creative genius. Products from […]

2 Toronto councillors push for limits on pot shop locations, saying cities should have more …

Paula Fletcher will ask city council on Tuesday to request that the Ontario government hit pause on new cannabis retail licences for a year, or until a private member’s bill on the issue becomes law. The private member’s bill, Bill 29, Cannabis Licence Amendment Act, 2021, would allow municipalities to have more say on where and how many […]

San Jose Entrepreneur Pushes City To Allow Cannabis Events | Campbell, CA Patch

Fernando Alvarez, founder of VaporTent Lounges, said the city is missing out on an economic policy he’s helped other California cities craft. Cities still have a great deal of discretion in governing what kinds of cannabis activities are permissible, so Alvarez works with local officials to create policies that allow cannabis events. San Francisco was […]

UI researchers find link between cannabis and driving impairment – The Daily Iowan

The researchers applied an electroencephalogram — a cap with metal discs that detect brain waves — to the scalps of each person to study their brain responses. The study found frontal midline theta power, which is associated with focused cognitive control and memory encoding, decreased in the subjects who had inhaled marijuana before cognitive and […]

Londonderry approves cannabis retailers, nixes 1 percent local option tax – Brattleboro Reformer

“When the state begins issuing licenses for cannabis retail stores, Londonderry will be a town that allows retailers to operate,” Pajala said. But the deadline for the newspaper’s legal advertising was missed and the town Select Board chose to delay the vote to make sure everything was properly done under Vermont election law. …Read the […]

Five years later, legal marijuana remains unfinished business in Massachusetts – The Boston Globe

On Nov. Meanwhile, the recreational marijuana industry today employs over 18,000 Massachusetts workers and has generated $2.2 billion in revenue, with municipalities and the state together netting a healthy 20 percent cut of the action . Still, legalization here is falling short of its potential in several ways, according to interviews with dozens of experts. […]

Cannabis dominates drug offences and Māori still over-represented despite police … – Newshub

A new report published by police canvasses changes to policing since the amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act in 2019. “The good news is these changes have led to a decrease in prosecutions in favour of warnings and other referrals. “Discretion is by its nature inconsistent, with the highest burden of that inconsistency falling […]

To survive extreme competition, Alaska pot businesses race to expand – Anchorage Daily News

Evan Levinton, co-owner Enlighten Alaska, walks through the cannabis vegetative room where infant plants and mother plants were growing at the cultivation facility in Midtown Anchorage on Monday, Nov. Rosin is a concentrated extract, made by freezing live cannabis plants, breaking them down in a bath of water and ice, then using heat and pressure […]

Amsterdam Will Ban Tourists From Entering Cannabis Cafes – Travel Off Path

Amsterdam is notorious for its excellent food, canals, architecture, and world-class nightlife. If you see a ‘coffee shop’ in Amsterdam, you’re probably not going to get your daily fix of caffeine. She said, “We would like them to come for its richness, its beauty, and its cultural institution. An Amsterdam-based local told Deutsche Welle that […]

‘Our teenage son could die without cannabis oil that costs £1,200 a month and is financially …

Without the oil, Bailey, who lives with his family in Fairwater in Cardiff, may suffocate or hurt himself falling over, meaning he can never be left alone. “It’s absolutely crippling,” said Rachel. “We are so tired of fighting for this, and the suffering is just immense. Before being prescribed cannabis oil privately, Bailey, who has […]