NFL Great Jim McMahon shares tales of living and playing on natural grass
The Punky QB prefers pot over Percocets with some mushroom caps on the side After more than a decade of throwing his body all over the field in pursuit of Super Bowl Championships, Jim McMahon’s body and mind took a major beating. While team trainers prescribed opioids to get him back onto the field, McMahon […]
Bettering Days ahead for cannabis companies
High-end edibles brand The Bettering Company raises $6.7 million in preparation of fall launch While boom times are far from back in the bud biz, green shoots are beginning to sprout up all around us. After an 18-month hash hibernation, investors over the last few weeks are returning to the cannabis sector with aplomb. The […]
Aon’s leadership green lights expansion into the cannabis industry
Aon’s leadership green lights expansion into the cannabis industry Stakeholders across ascending industry convene to address common interests at the Burn ‘Em Plan Launch Meeting It’s not everyday when an iconic financial services company that has shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange details with cannabis industry leaders why it is bullish on bud. […]
Green chutes in Maryland while a red flag is waved in Virginia
Governors of bordering states Maryland and Virginia could not be more different in terms of how they roll out their state programs. While cannabis industry leaders nervously watch Washington D.C. lawmakers quibble over language in the latest iteration of the SAFE Banking Act, Governors of bordering states Maryland and Virginia could not be more different in terms […]
Illinois adds 55 dispensary licenses to a market where operators struggle to raise capital
“It’s tough right now, even for people who have a rolodex.” The Illinois Department of Finance and Professional Regulation today via a lottery awarded 55 new social equity adult-use dispensary licenses. A list of new conditional licenses awarded, including 36 in Chicago and outlying suburbs, can be read here. New conditional licensees, who did not […]
Will cannabis be a primary concern for republican voters this election season?
The GOP’s evolving support for THC Charles Koch is dealing. The most prominent republican kingmaker of our generation is vocal about “the huge negative manifestations” cannabis prohibition has on individual liberties and society at large. Mega doner Koch last week committed $70 million to any and all candidates capable of beating Donald Trump in the […]
Mind-altering progress by Polis, weed in Wisconsin, introducing the Burn ‘Em PlanTM
Psychedelic vision Colorado Governor Jared Polis made a fortune earlier in his career understanding how to capitalize on the will of the people. His visionary stance on psychedelics will soon be conventional wisdom. Polis earlier this month told thousands of Psychedelic Science conventioneers in Denver that when it comes to issues related to mental health […]
A Juneteenth in the lives of innovative cannabis entrepreneurs in Chicago
A day infused with resilience, contradictions and cheese fries Serial entrepreneur Corvain Cooper in 2021 co-founded Los Angeles-based cannabis brand 40 Tons. Earlier in his career, Cooper’s expertise in merchandising marijuana in pre-legal U.S. markets contributed to a life sentence in federal prison. After being granted clemency on the final day of the Trump administration, […]
Alabama a sweet home to 21 new cannabis licensees as sensimilla in the sunbelt shines
Getting ready for a green wave in red states There will soon be more legal bud in the Bible Belt. The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC) this week awarded its first 21 licenses to grow, manufacture and sell a tightly controlled mix of marijuana products. While smoking the plant will still be forbidden, card-holding patients […]
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