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LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Dec. 16, 2022 – PRESS RELEASE – Planet 13 Holdings., a vertically-integrated Nevada cannabis company, announced that it has launched an exclusive collaboration with Lil Wayne’s GKUA Ultra Premium.Planet 13’s in-house brand, Trendi, and Lil Wayne’s brand, GKUA, together, have launched Trendi Superblunts+, available exclusively at Planet 13 Las Vegas.Trendi Superblunts+ are loaded with 2 grams of top-shelf flower, infused with .5 grams of premium indoor crumble, sealed with .1 grams of live resin terp sauce, sprinkled with .15 grams of indoor kief, all packed in a hemp wrap with an engineered wood tip for proper airflow.“That GKUA…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is “making a last ditch effort” to put marijuana banking reform in forthcoming omnibus appropriations legislation, a senior Senate Democratic aide told Marijuana Moment on Friday. With time running short in the lame duck session, there’s been a concerted push to use the spending package as the vehicle for the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act. Lawmakers failed to secure a deal to attach the reform to a must-pass defense bill last week, leaving them with limited legislative options. There are some GOP senators who’ve expressed support for moving the cannabis banking proposal,…

Even as more states legalized marijuana—and society started to return to normal following the worst of the coronavirus pandemic by lifting restrictions that kept many students at home under parental supervision—teen cannabis use remained stable in 2022, according to the latest federally funded Monitoring the Future (MTF) Survey. Experts like National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Director Nora Volkow had largely attributed an earlier substantial 2020 to 2021 drop in illicit substance use among youth to the fact that the pandemic minimized social interactions for many young people. The expectation was that there’d be a resurgence amid renewed socialization—but that…

New Jersey adult-use marijuana sales exceeded $100 million for the first time in the third quarter of the 2022 fiscal year, with combined medical and recreational cannabis purchases totaling $177,710,764, the state reported on Friday. The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (NJ-CRC) said that, between July and September, adult-use sales reached $116,572,533—a 46 percent increase from the prior quarterly total of $79,698,831. Medical marijuana sales increased slightly, from $59,262,014 in the second quarter to $61,138,231 in the third quarter. But the overall increase was primarily attributable to the state’s burgeoning recreational market. Via NJ-CRC. “New Jersey is only seeing the…

As adult-use sales are approaching in New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced a cannabis dispensary verification tool Dec. 15, which will allow consumers to know they are purchasing from a state-licensed dispensary.The verification tool is a seal that will be posted on licensed dispensary windows and will contain a QR code that says “scan to verify,” which consumers can scan to confirm the dispensaries license status. New York also plans to introduce a similar tool for cannabis delivery sales in the future, according to a press release. Dispensaries must also have a universal symbol on all product packaging, which will…

“I do think that there is a problem with government stepping in and deciding what kind of relationship the employer and employee ought to have.” By Wesley Muller, Louisiana Illuminator A panel that has spent months debating policy ideas to protect workers who use medical marijuana concluded the bulk of its work Thursday, approving more than a dozen recommendations to the Louisiana Legislature. Thursday marked the last meeting of the Employment and Medical Marijuana Task Force, a group created through a study resolution authored by Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, after workers in Louisiana raised concerns that they could be…

Health Canada has finalized amendments to the Cannabis Act that increase possession limits for cannabis beverages, as well as ease research and testing requirements.The amendments took effect Dec. 2, according to Health Canada’s Dec. 9 announcement.A copy of the final regulations, as well as the Regulatory Impact and Analysis Statement, will be published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, on Dec. 21.The amendments incorporate feedback from cannabis industry stakeholders, universities, researchers, health authorities, trade associations, licensees, provinces, territories and the public, according to the announcement.The new regulations increase the public possession limit for cannabis beverages to align with other cannabis…

CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 13, 2022 – PRESS RELEASE – High Tide Inc., retail-focused cannabis company with bricks-and-mortar as well as global e-commerce assets, announced that it has begun selling cannabis seeds in the United States, initially through its wholly owned subsidiaries Grasscity and Smoke Cartel, which are e-commerce platforms for consumption accessories. The company plans to expand seed sales to additional online retail platforms within its portfolio in 2023. This launch comes on the heels of the American Drug Enforcement Agency’s recent official determination that cannabis seeds fall under the legal definition of hemp and can therefore be sold openly in the United States. “With…

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While a class action lawsuit unfolds over its worker layoffs in Florida, Trulieve announced this week it is also reducing staff at its McKeesport, Pa., cultivation and processing facility in Allegheny County, just outside of Pittsburgh. The McKeesport worker cuts are due to greater efficiencies throughout the company’s operations, a Trulieve spokesperson said, ABC-affiliate WTAE reported. Trulieve officials did not say how many employees are affected, but the company will offer severance pay to those not able to move to other positions, the news outlet reported. The Tallahassee, Fla.-based multistate cannabis operator acquired three buildings in McKeesport totaling more than 228,000…