Children are at increased risk of accidental poisoning from marijuana edibles, study finds May 26, 2021 AggregatedNews Processing 0 Comments Children are at increased risk of accidental poisoning from edibles and other products made from marijuana, according to a new study analyzing calls to poison control centers from January 2017 through December 2019. Calls about poisoning as a result of consuming… Read More→
Big Candy Is Angry May 22, 2021 AggregatedNews Processing 0 Comments At first glance, the Skittles package appears to be just like the one sold in the candy aisle of a supermarket: It has block letters filled in with white, a flowing rainbow and a red candy that replaces the dot… Read More→
Alaska Marijuana Control Board is considering doubling the amount of THC allowed in edibles March 4, 2021 AggregatedNews Alaska 0 Comments Alaska marijuana regulators are considering loosening restrictions on edible marijuana products in the state. The regulation change would double the amount of THC, the plant’s psychoactive compound, allowed in a single serving. Proponents of the change say it would benefit… Read More→
North Dakota House green-lights bill allowing edible medical marijuana February 19, 2021 AggregatedNews North Dakota 0 Comments The North Dakota House of Representatives has endorsed a bipartisan bill that would allow the state's eight medical cannabis dispensaries to sell edible products. The lower chamber voted 63-31 on Thursday, Feb. 18, to send House Bill 1391 to the Senate. The… Read More→
Thailand serves up cannabis cuisine to happy customers January 16, 2021 AggregatedNews Thailand 0 Comments “Giggling bread” and “joyfully dancing salad” aren’t the usual dishes on a menu in Thailand, but one eatery is hoping its cannabis-infused cuisine can lure foreign tourists and take the taboo out of the recently legalized leaf. The restaurant at… Read More→
Martha Stewart Now Has Her Own CBD Line in Appropriately Fancy Flavors September 11, 2020 AggregatedNews Processing 0 Comments Martha Stewart has spent this summer dropping knowledge and serving lewks on her Instagram account. She's pretty much given the go-ahead to make your Martha-Ritas as strong as possible (and to drink them out of glasses bigger than the average birdbaths). She… Read More→
Florida marijuana patients able to gobble up pot products September 3, 2020 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments Just one week after health officials signed off on guidelines for edible pot products, Florida’s largest medical marijuana operator on Wednesday began selling THC-infused brownies, cookies, chocolates and gel caps in Tallahassee. The edible products are appearing on shelves nearly… Read More→
Edibles could boost Florida’s medical marijuana sales by $200M annually August 31, 2020 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments The addition of edibles to Florida’s medical marijuana market could boost a projected near-$1 billion in 2020 cannabis sales by 20 percent, or $200 million, industry analysts said. The Florida Office of Medical Marijuana Use (OMMU) released long-awaited guidelines for… Read More→
Florida quietly publishes medical marijuana edibles rules August 28, 2020 AggregatedNews Florida 0 Comments In 2015, a small group of Department of Health employees including Florida’s chief medical marijuana regulator, Christian Bax, and then-surgeon general Celeste Philip hopped on a plane to Denver. They linked up with the Colorado Department of Public Health to… Read More→
BevCanna and Argentia Gold to bring line of cannabis-infused beverages to the Atlantic provinces July 30, 2020 AggregatedNews Processing 0 Comments BevCanna Enterprises Inc (CSE:BEV) (OTCMKTS:BVNNF), a dominant player in the infused cannabis beverages industry, said Thursday that it has finalized a deal with Maritime-based licensed cannabis producer Argentia Gold Corp to exclusively represent BevCanna's line of cannabis-infused beverages in Newfoundland,… Read More→
You Know What Else Has Sold Well During the Pandemic? Weed Edibles July 14, 2020 AggregatedNews Processing 0 Comments Ben Emerson had never tried cannabis edibles before his birthday in April. He was raised in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, which he left five years ago, and marijuana was “this thing that I had never really even thought that I… Read More→
Dixie Brands, a Denver-Based Weed Edibles Company, Will Change Name June 30, 2020 AggregatedNews Processing 0 Comments Dixie Brands, a Denver-based marijuana edibles and drink manufacturer with operations in six states, will change the brand's name, according to an announcement from the company. The company is making the move given the historical context of "Dixie," a word… Read More→
Canopy Growth CEO says new data on cannabis beverages show they can be bigger than hard seltzer June 3, 2020 AggregatedNews Processing 0 Comments The world’s largest cannabis company Canopy Growth (CGC) saw shares fall another 5% Monday after cratering 20% following Friday’s fourth-quarter results, which disappointed against even its own revenue guidance. Analysts at Stifel Nicolaus cut Canopy to a Sell rating while Morningstar… Read More→
SF marijuana dispensaries see big shift to edibles amid coronavirus March 31, 2020 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments When San Francisco’s shelter-in-place order was announced on March 16, many city residents ran to the grocery store to stock up on things like canned goods and toilet paper. Other residents went straight to their local dispensary. “The day of… Read More→
Bill calling for secrecy in marijuana industry divides cannabis community in Maine February 11, 2020 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments Efforts to keep some marijuana license details secret has divided Maine’s cannabis community: some see secrecy as protection from rivals and theft, while others worry it will allow out-of-state raiders to take over the local adult-use market. But the industry is united… Read More→