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Visa Closes a Loophole That Allows Buying Weed With a Bank Card

Visa Closes a Loophole That Allows Buying Weed With a Bank Card

In trying to distance itself from the cannabis industry, Visa has sent out a memo prohibiting the use of so-called cashless ATMs in thousands of medical and recreational dispensaries across the ...

3 years ago

Thailand: A Fast-Food Chain Uses Cannabis Leaves to Top Their Pizzas

Thailand: A Fast-Food Chain Uses Cannabis Leaves to Top Their Pizzas

One of the major fast-food chains in Thailand has introduced a new product—Crazy Happy Pizza—which is available in all its establishments across the country. Its most striking feature is ...

3 years ago

US Congress Urges Biden to Pardon All Those Convicted for Nonviolent Marijuana Offences

US Congress Urges Biden to Pardon All Those Convicted for Nonviolent Marijuana Offences

In a letter to Joe Biden, representatives Jamaal Bowman, Earl Blumenauer, and Barbara Lee reminded that the president has the unilateral power to pardon federal convicts, whether currently ...

3 years ago

Malta: A Two-Weeks Countdown to Cannabis Legalization

Malta: A Two-Weeks Countdown to Cannabis Legalization

The parliament of the tiny island nation in the Mediterranean has scheduled the third and final reading of the bill that will make cannabis legal. It means that in two weeks’ time, those of its ...

4 years ago

Jamaica’s Government is Busting Marijuana Myths

Jamaica’s Government is Busting Marijuana Myths

Jamaica’s officials launched the new educational campaign on Monday. Called “Good Ganja Sense”, it speaks about weed smoking in an open and unbiased manner. The centerpiece of the ...

4 years ago

Jim Belushi: From Movie Star to Master Grower

Jim Belushi: From Movie Star to Master Grower

Unlike many other celebrities who slap their name on a package of pre-rolls and call themselves ganja entrepreneurs, Jim Belushi prefers a hands-on approach to the marijuana business. Since 2015, ...

4 years ago

Uber Eats Will Now Have Weed on the Menu But Only in Ontario, Canada

Uber Eats Will Now Have Weed on the Menu But Only in Ontario, Canada

It’s been a long time since Uber started to think about entering the burgeoning legal cannabis market, and now the first step has been made. Soon, adult residents of Ontario will be able to ...

4 years ago

Germany Will Legalize Sales of Recreational Cannabis in Licensed Shops

Germany Will Legalize Sales of Recreational Cannabis in Licensed Shops

The three German parties that are likely to form the new coalition government all want to make the adult use of cannabis legal. According to a recent report by a government task group, they want ...

4 years ago

Cannabis Legalization Does Not Increase Traffic Injuries, Study Finds

Cannabis Legalization Does Not Increase Traffic Injuries, Study Finds

One of the most pressing concerns that people have when they weigh in the pros and cons of cannabis legalization is road safety. Will the availability of legal cannabis lead to more injuries in ...

4 years ago

Luxembourg: The First Country in Europe to Legalize Home Cultivation of Cannabis

Luxembourg: The First Country in Europe to Legalize Home Cultivation of Cannabis

Luxembourg is now allowing anyone who is 18 years of age or older to grow and possess cannabis if the substance is meant for personal consumption. Taking more than 3 grams outside your own home or ...

4 years ago

Colombia Poised to Become Leading Exporter of Cannabis

Colombia Poised to Become Leading Exporter of Cannabis

Colombia legalized medical cannabis back in 2016, but the industry failed to take off till President Duque allowed the export of the substance in dry smokable form last July. The decision changed the ...

4 years ago

Germany: Incoming Government Discusses the Details of Cannabis Legalization

Germany: Incoming Government Discusses the Details of Cannabis Legalization

As Germany’s three major parties are hammering out the details of the coalition agreement, the issue of making cannabis use legal for adults is a prominent part of the negotiations. The future ...

4 years ago

Mexico: Cannabis May be Legalized This Legislative Session

Mexico: Cannabis May be Legalized This Legislative Session

According to Mexico’s Senate Majority Leader, key parties are determined to finally adopt the measure that would establish a regulated marijuana market in the country. Ricardo Monreal Avila ...

4 years ago

Cannabis Is Becoming More Popular Among the Elderly

Cannabis Is Becoming More Popular Among the Elderly

An astonishing 6 percent of the elderly population in the United States are recent cannabis users. The findings published earlier this month show that the uptrend continues as medical and ...

4 years ago

Amsterdam’s Residents Want to Ban Tourists From Cannabis Shops

Amsterdam’s Residents Want to Ban Tourists From Cannabis Shops

For cannabis enthusiasts around the world, Amsterdam is the number one traveling destination. And the city’s main attraction is its 166 coffee shops. The innocuous name doesn’t fool ...

4 years ago

Mike Tysons New Cannabis Company Will Go National

Mike Tyson's New Cannabis Company Will Go National

Mike Tyson has revealed his plans of starting a new cannabis company, Tyson 2.0. It will help share his newfound love for the plant with even more people across the United States. The legendary ...

4 years ago

Costa Rica: The Congress Made the First Step in Legalizing Medical Marijuana

Costa Rica: The Congress Made the First Step in Legalizing Medical Marijuana

The Congress of Costa Rica voted Tuesday on a bill that proposes to allow the cultivation and production of psychoactive cannabis for medicinal use. If signed into law, the bill would make Costa Rica ...

4 years ago

The Sativa/Indica Classification Has No Meaning, a Study Claims

The Sativa/Indica Classification Has No Meaning, a Study Claims

When shopping for cannabis seeds, growers have come to rely, among other things, on the distinction between Sativa and Indica cultivars. However, a recent study by Canadian scientists questions the ...

4 years ago

Germany’s Three Major Parties Mull Over Cannabis Reform

Germany’s Three Major Parties Mull Over Cannabis Reform

As their coalition negotiations continue, all three main winners of the September elections in Germany express their commitment to further liberalize anti-cannabis laws. Each of the parties likely to ...

4 years ago

Germany: Future Coalition Government Urged to Legalize Cannabis

Germany: Future Coalition Government Urged to Legalize Cannabis

A member of the recently elected German parliament, Karl Lauterbach, who is also a medical professional, addressed the country’s three leading parties with a call to create a regulated cannabis ...

4 years ago

Outrageously Unjust: Why Anti-Drug Laws Need to be Changed Now

Outrageously Unjust: Why Anti-Drug Laws Need to be Changed Now

Recent headlines remind us again that cannabis policy is a constant tug-of-war between those who want a more sensible approach to this and other illicit substances and those who fight hard to ...

4 years ago

Ireland’s Medical Cannabis Access Program Sabotaged by Doctors

Ireland’s Medical Cannabis Access Program Sabotaged by Doctors

Peter Reynolds, an advisory board member of the Irish Medical Cannabis Council, expressed his sentiments regarding Ireland’s Medical Cannabis Access Programme (MCAP). It’s been four years ...

4 years ago

Justin Bieber Breaks Ground in Cannabusiness With “Peaches” Joints

Justin Bieber Breaks Ground in Cannabusiness With “Peaches” Joints

Justin Bieber has entered a partnership with Palms, an LA-based company that makes cannabis pre-rolls and sells them in California and Nevada. A 7-piece pack of joints costs $32. The singer’s ...

4 years ago