Rolling Stone is growing its partnership with cannabis brand Curaleaf, to bring the co-branded “Rolling Stone by Select” line of cannabis products to new markets across the U.S. The Rolling Stone and Select partnership first launched in June, with Select’s first-ever pre-roll, as well as “The Cliq,” Select’s proprietary pod …
Read More »Bernie Sanders' Marijuana Legalization Plan Goes Furthest of Any Candidate
Sen. Bernie Sanders has unveiled one of the most ambitious marijuana legalization plans to date. Yesterday, at precisely 4:20 p.m., the candidate released a detailed, sweeping proposal to legalize marijuana on the federal level. “Too many lives were ruined due to the disastrous criminalization of marijuana. Today I am releasing …
Read More »Country-Rocker Kyle Daniel Sparks Up 420 With 'A Friend With Weed'
Kyle Daniel has been weaving his high-and-mighty pot singalong “A Friend With Weed” into his live shows for the past few months, but the song received its more official debut on Friday night in Nashville, just in time for 420. Delivering a tight 45-minute set of brawny country-rock as the …
Read More »Canadian Weed Company Canopy Growth to Buy U.S. Firm Acreage After Legalization
Canopy Growth, the Canadian cannabis conglomerate, which owns a variety of marijuana brands and companies, has struck a deal to purchase the U.S.-based cannabis firm, Acreage Holdings, for $3.4 billion on the condition that marijuana becomes federally legalized in the United States, CNBC reports. Canopy is reportedly paying Acreage $300 …
Read More »Los Angeles Set to Reduce or Expunge 50,000 Marijuana Convictions
Nearly 50,000 people who have been convicted of marijuana-related offenses will have their convictions erased or reduced, according to a statement on Monday from the district attorney of Los Angeles County. In partnership with Code for America, a nonprofit tech organization, Los Angeles County will identify decades-old court cases that …
Read More »Why 2019 Will Be the Year of Weed
In 2018, pot reached a tipping point. A clear majority of Americans now wants to see the drug made fully legal. California and Canada began selling marijuana to anyone over 21. Corporate behemoths like Altria (parent company of Marlboro cigarettes) and Constellation Brands (parent of Corona beer and Svedka vodka) …
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