CANNABIS CULTURE – Speakers from across North America connected at the first-ever Psychedelic Summit to provide education to the public on the new wave of modern consciousness-expanding medicine. To begin the summit, which took place on February 25, 20…
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Kansas to Hold Medical Cannabis Hearing This Week
CANNABIS CULTURE – The Kansas State Legislature has begun hearing arguments on House Bill 2184 to decriminalize cannabis for medical use, a bill largely spearheaded by the Kansas Cannabis Business Association (KCBA). Kansas is one of several states wh…
Victoria Cannabis Buyer’s Club Faces Eviction
CANNABIS CULTURE – After 25 years of community service, the Victoria Cannabis Buyer’s Club (VCBC) now faces an eviction order from the BC Solicitor General. The Provincial Community Safety Unit has ordered the buyer’s club (and the 8000 patients they…
Councillor Bligh Says Fee is Too High
CANNABIS CULTURE – Vancouver City Councillor Rebecca Bligh introduced a motion to change the licensing fee to facilitate the opening of Cannabis retail stores. “The extremely high size of the municipal business license fee for cannabis retailers acts a…
Under the Influence “Marijuana Man” Memorial
CANNABIS CULTURE – With the deepest of broken-hearted sadness, I am very sad to share the news that our beloved friend Greg “Marijuana Man” Williams passed away this Tuesday February 16th. He was not alone. He was held by his friends and loved ones…
Sundial Cannabis Hyped On r/WallStreetBets
CANNABIS CULTURE – Are they headed for a peak or a cliff? Head-quartered in the Rocky Mountain foothills of Calgary Alberta, Canada — Sundial Cannabis Growers — has been named to the subreddit r/WallStreetBets prestige list of “meme-stocks” by popul…
“Independent Entity” With Canopy Roots Launches Contract Farming in Lesotho
CANNABIS CULTURE – Highlands Investments (formerly Canopy Africa) has launched Africa´s cannabis contract farming platform called Canna-Tract. Whether this is canna-colonialism or a secure platform for Africa’s cannabis cultivators has yet to be determ…
Dispensaries Struggle with Inconsistent Lockdown Rules
CANNABIS CULTURE – Cannabis Retailers at the mercy of ever-changing provincial health rules. Many dispensaries have switched to a Call-and-Collect or Click-and-Collect model where customers can call the store to pre-order a product or select their pu…
Multiple Non-Violent Cannabis Offenders Pardoned on Trump’s Last Day
CANNABIS CULTURE – Former President Donald Trump’s list of last-day pardons included 12 people imprisoned for non-violent cannabis offenses, some of who were under life-without-parole sentences. Last Prisoner Project Executive Director and General Cou…
New Zealand Suspends Helicopter Searches for Cannabis Crops
CANNABIS CULTURE – A spokesperson for the New Zealand police was quoted to say, “with the increased harm in many communities arising from other drugs, particularly methamphetamine, a one-size-fits-all annual aerial national cannabis operation no longer…