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According to a Gallup poll released Tuesday, Americans’ support for cannabis legalization remains at the record high of 68% recorded by the pollster over the last two years. The poll found a majority support for the reforms among most subgroups, including 81% of Democrats and 51% of Republicans.  The only subgroups that did not back the reforms were conservatives (49%) and respondents who attend church weekly (46%). Support was highest among the non-religious (89%) and liberals (84%). Support among older adults and Hispanic adults was also below the national average at 53% and 56%, respectively.   The majority of individuals…

The world of female weed growers is budding with talent and expertise. These ambitious women are not only leaders in their work-life but also beacons for aspiring cultivators across Canada. Long before the legalization, women have been building a space of their own in cannabis. Still, female growers are the minority in the field of cannabis cultivation. A job that carries a significant stigma, despite years of legalization.This is why for International Women’s Day, Leafly asked female-identifying cultivators in weed to share their voices and highlight their achievements. Here are five of the many women in cannabis that are paving…

Missouri voters have officially legalized recreational cannabis via Amendment 3. The 39-page constitutional amendment passed on Nov. 8 by a margin of 53 to 47, with 89% of the votes counted.Here’s what happens next.Is marijuana legal for adults right now?No, not quite yet. When will it be legal to possess weed? Possession will become legal for all adults age 21 and older on Dec. 8, 2022.How much can I possess? Beginning on Dec. 8, adults 21 or older may possess up to three ounces of cannabis flower, or its equivalent in other products. Once state-licensed stores open, consumers may purchase…

Researchers compared obesity rates in two states—one with legal cannabis and one without. Here’s what they found. Another stigma bites the dust. Munchies be damned, a new study showed cannabis use could be connected to lower obesity rates in states that legalize adult-use. North Dakota State University researchers tracked obesity rates in Washington State, from 2002 to 2018. They compared those rates to those in a synthetic control state. The stigma-shifting results were published in “Cloudy with a chance of munchies: Assessing the impact of recreational marijuana legalization on obesity,” by Raymond J. March, Veeshan Rayamajhee, and Glenn L. Furton.…

Spliffs, blunts, mokes, mole bowls, skofes, and slaps are just a select few of the unbelievably silly names stoners have given to the various methods of ingesting cannabis and tobacco at the same time. Thus far, no one has managed to combine the two because cannabis is oil-based and nicotine juice is water-based, which means they won’t mix. Enter ExStax, a cannabis technology and extraction company from Arizona. Co-CEO Rick Avila told High Times that every cartridge they sell comes with a removable mouthpiece, allowing the user to either use the cartridge as is or to essentially stack vaporizer chambers…

Cannabis data company New Frontier Data released “Growing Excellence: Seven Ways to Optimize Cannabis Cultivation in Newly Legal Markets” on Sept. 7, which highlights seven key issues that new cannabis producers should consider in order to achieve success. “The continued activation of new legal markets will keep pushing existing cannabis producers to expand operations and draw new producers to the market,” said New Frontier Data CEO Gary Allen. “By basing their strategic plans around the seven key factors identified in this report, operators can capitalize on this massive market opportunity.” In a press release, New Frontier Data projects that more than…

By John Veit A hundred years from now, Avram Noam Chomsky is going to figure in the history books as the prime voice of conscience, dissent and reason in the wars and social catastrophes of the late 20th century. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1950s, he began an intellectual revolution in the understanding of linguistics which very efficiently challenged and subverted the old knee-jerk behavioristic worldview that nourished the Cold War. His seamless critical essays on American foreign and domestic policies since then have unerringly diagnosed their fallacies, relentlessly dissecting the propaganda of the power establishment. We…

Entertainment mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs announced on Friday that he is launching what is billed as the world’s largest Black-owned cannabis brand with the $185 million purchase of existing licensed marijuana operations in three states. Combs is purchasing the business operations from Cresco Labs and Columbia Care, two multistate cannabis operators that are required to divest the assets to complete a previously announced merger of the two companies. The transaction, if approved by state and federal regulators, would add to Combs’ portfolio of enterprises, which includes ventures in entertainment, media, fashion, and alcohol. Combs, the chairman and CEO of Combs…

The novel food consortium of the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) has finalized applications for two forms of CBD headed for the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), according to a memo issued by the Association last week. Applications covering natural CBD isolate and synthetic CBD were submitted by the consortium, EIHA projects GmbH, through ChemSafe, an Italian consultancy that is heading the science-based analysis of CBD for the group. Daily intake In a memo updating consortium members, EIHA also said it has proposed to EFSA a maximum daily intake level of 17.5 mg/day of CBD after analysis showed effects in…

A UK CBD seller has received a warning from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over health claims in marketing materials. The ASA, which reviews advertising for violations under rules of the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP), told London-based Blessed CBD to stop making the claims. ASA cited four “advertorials” about Blessed products that were placed by Consumer Logic Research, an affiliate marketing partner of Blessed CBD. The material appeared between June and December 2021 The case grew out of a complaint from the European Specialist Sports Nutrition Alliance, which challenged whether the ads misleadingly implied the products were independently recommended,…