Track and field star Sha’Carri Richardson could miss the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for marijuana, The New York Times reports. The 21-year-old sprinter, who won the women’s 100-meter race at the U.S. track and field trials in Oregon last month, accepted a one-month suspension after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency …
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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