Reading Time: 4 minutes OnlySky · How To Be A Discerning Cannabis Consumer | Becky Garrison In a cannabis industry projected to rack up $43 billion by 2025, grassroots practitioners such as Luminous Botanicals find themselves struggling to survive in a cannabis market that values commerce over craft. Even though they took home their fifth 1st place finish in […]
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The Color of Cannabis
Reading Time: 4 minutes OnlySky · The Color Of Cannabis | Becky Garrison Despite the Biden Administration’s recent pardon of 6,500 people incarcerated under federal law for simple possession of marijuana, The Last Prisoner Project estimates that upwards of 40,000 people remain incarcerated on charges relating to cannabis, including a significantly disproportionate number of people of color. A 2020 […]
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Unpacking the legality of cannabis in Ukraine
Reading Time: 2 minutes The recent release of WNBA basketball star Brittany Griner, who had been jailed in Russia on charges of possessing and smuggling cannabis, raises questions about the role of cannabis in this region. The Soviet Union has the distinction of being among the world’s biggest manufacturers of hemp, which is used for oil, cloth, and food. […]
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Cannabis and psychedelics initiatives win big at the ballot box
Reading Time: 3 minutes Cannabis news outlet Marijuana Moment tracked six statewide cannabis and drug policy reform initiatives on the 2022 midterm election ballots, in addition to a number of local measures in states across the country. Cannabis legalization expands to 21 states According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 21 states and the District of Columbia have legalized […]
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Brittney Griner’s deepening nightmare
Reading Time: 3 minutes WNBA star Brittney Griner was detained and imprisoned in Moscow earlier this year for having less than a gram of cannabis oil. She is now being transferred to a penal colony, where prisoners are placed in barracks and are forced to perform daily hard labor. Griner was initially detained in February. In July, she went […]
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Oregon Cannabis Association calls Biden’s cannabis reforms ‘performative’
Reading Time: 2 minutes While Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) praised President Biden’s proposed cannabis reforms, the Oregon Cannabis Association (OCA) claimed Biden did the bare minimum. While Biden’s measure will impact about 6,500 people imprisoned for cannabis use, The Last Prisoner Project estimates that upwards of 40,000 people are currently incarcerated for cannabis-related crimes […]
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Biden calls for Griner’s release in Russia but silent on cannabis reform in the US
Reading Time: < 1 minute On August 4, President Biden called the nine-year sentence handed down by a Russian court to WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner “unacceptable.” Griner was convicted for possession of less than an ounce of cannabis oil. Biden added that his administration will continue to work tirelessly and pursue every possible avenue to bring her home safely […]
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The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act: Congress seeks to federally legalize cannabis
Reading Time: < 1 minute Following Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Corey Booker (D-NJ)’s introduction of the Right to Try Clarification Act, Booker joined forces with Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to introduce the Cannabis Administration And Opportunity Act (CAOA) with the aim to federally legalize cannabis. If passed, this legislation would remove cannabis from the Controlled […]
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Unpacking the nuances of legalizing hemp-derived CBD
Reading Time: 3 minutes OnlySky · Unpacking the nuances of legalizing hemp-derived CBD The passage of the 2018 Farm Bill included measures to legalize hemp in the United States. In theory, this law permitted hemp-derived CBD products to be transported across state lines and sold online. As per this bill, the laws to legalize hemp pertain to those plants that contain […]
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The Right to Try Act provides patients with new treatment options
Reading Time: < 1 minute On July 20, 2022, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced a bipartisan bill to amend the Right to Try Act to assist terminally ill patients. This bill titled the Right to Try Clarification Act would remove any obstacle presented by the Controlled Substances Act with respect to Schedule I substances when they are used […]