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Cannabis *NEW YORK, NY Brooklyn’s historic Medgar Evers College (MEC), celebrating over five decades of advancing knowledge, social justice, and excellence, becomes the first City University of New York (CUNY) campus to offer a cannabis minor degree program. Students can now enroll in “Introduction to the World of Cannabis,” a prerequisite course for […]

California Cannabis Farms (Photo credit: Courtesy of California Cannabis) *California Cannabis dispensary owner and social equity advocate Virgil Grant has taken the first steps to cultivate California Cannabis Farms. The businessman who owns three retail shops in Los Angeles has purchased 120 acres of land in Whitehorn in Northern California’s Southern Humboldt county. “It’s […]

Al Harrington, Ericka Pittman *Founded in 2011 by NBA veteran Al Harrington, Viola is one of the nation’s leading producers and licensed wholesalers of premium quality cannabis products.  The brand is named after and inspired by Al’s grandmother who suffers from glaucoma and diabetes, finding solace in cannabis remedies, according to press release.  Viola […]

WeWorks Los Angeles hosts Cannabis talk. Photo By TroY Tieuel *Modern-day political voice, cultural and legal expert, Dr. Christopher Metzler looks to inform and educate people on the actual effects and uses for the cannabis plant in a talk hosted at WeWorks’ shared workspaces located inside the MOCA Pacific Design Center.   The cannabis […]

* Cannabis comes in different forms and offers many medicinal benefits. Among all its forms, cannabis seeds are highly popular, contains a chemical component, helping the brain to work efficiently. This article gives insights into the health benefits of cannabis that you must know. Relief from arthritis Cannabis reduces inflammation and pain, promoting sleep, eliminating […]

*(CNN) — The first public sales of regulated cannabis in New York began at a dispensary in Manhattan’s East Village on Thursday at 4:20 p.m., hours after the first sale was made to a city official, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced. Housing Works Cannabis Company became the first licensed dispensary in the state […]

Mezz Brands Founder/CEO Erin Hackney * Cannabis or Marijuana as it’s more commonly known, with co-names such as pot, grass, bud, weed, Mary Jane, the chronic and so many other pop-culture labels, has been around since 500 BC, according to some “high-level” experts on the subject. Yet, the ways in which marijuana is viewed, […]

*SAN FRANCISCO — Eaze, California’s largest marketplace for legal cannabis, today announced expanded efforts to support an equitable cannabis industry: A major menu expansion in Los Angeles featuring Black and POC-owned brands, and the Social Equity Partners Program, a multi-point initiative to assist and elevate equity license holders. Eaze’s Social Equity Partners Menu, which […]

cannabis – pexels *Since the 1990s, drug-bust seizures of street cannabis have consistently contained higher levels of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in pot. The Daily Mail reports that concentrates such as ‘dabs’ have close to 100 percent purity. In America, the potency of street cannabis has jumped from 4 percent to more than […]

[…] drive one. Nope, you take it to a auto mechanic! So, with that logic in mind, we suppose the same is true when you’re looking for quality cannabis. You wouldn’t go to anybody just ’cause they smoke it. Nope, that’s where ex-NBAer Lamar Odom comes in. We all know his history with it, right? 🙂 […]

[…] most important to her. Kebra Smith-Bolden, a former nurse and founder of CannaHealth, aims to provide security for people in her community who consume or medicate with cannabis. A groundbreaking part of the new law, which went into effect July 1, is social equity. It requires half of all licenses for entry into the […]

California Cannabis dispensary owner Virgil Grant (Photo Credit: Robin L Marshall) *Below is what Virgil Grant, owner of California Cannabis, has to say about Cat Packer resigning as Director of the Department of Cannabis Regulation. “Cat Packer should have stepped down as the Director of the Department of Cannabis Regulation a long time ago. […]

Cannabis *(CNN) — The US cannabis industry is flush with fledgling companies and many unfamiliar brands. In that mix, however, is a 154-year-old company that is a household name: Scotts Miracle-Gro. Over the past decade, the lawn and garden giant has quietly entrenched itself in the young and fast-growing industry. Its Hawthorne Gardening […]

[…] legit in the business – he opened his store in a little over three years ago– Blunt says it is nearly impossible for Black and other minority-owned cannabis startups like his to make a profit in California. “Where’s the tradeoff? I’ve been in the business for a few years and I’m still in the […]

Merryjane.com *San Francisco   – This week at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, entertainment icon, Snoop Dogg, and media entrepreneur, Ted Chung, launched Merry Jane, a premier media platform at the intersection of cannabis and pop culture. Merry Jane represents the new reality of cannabis as part of our daily lives. “Merry Jane aims to be the premier media destination for all things […]