National Cannabis News

The Fresh Toast  Cannabis products are named the same way everything else in the world is named. Some names are unusual, some fascinating, some silly, and others logical. Most of these names have a tale behind them. There are also cannabis strains that are named after the other older strains in the generation. A perfect example […]

Leafly  Legal cannabis is America’s fastest-growing industry, with more than 428,000 jobs across dozens of states. If you’re curious about starting a cannabis career—or just want a job with decent pay and cool co-workers—budtending is an excellent way to learn the trade. Dispensaries in Eastern states are booming, and that means they’re hiring. Leafly’s 2022 […]

Leafly  Canada Published on October 4, 2022 Budtenders are the frontline workers of cannabis retail—how are they trained? As of October 2022, data firm Cannabis Benchmarks indicates that licensed adult-use cannabis stores across Canada keep coming, with over 3,290 stores coast-to-coast. That’s a lot of opportunity for job seekers who want to repurpose their existing […]

The Fresh Toast  By Recently, Senators filed another pair of marijuana amendments to a large-scale defense bill, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Cannabis-related amendments proposed for the Senate version of the NDAA include legalizing medical cannabis for military veterans and pressuring the VA to provide federal home loan benefits to veterans in the cannabis industry. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced an amendment […]

The Fresh Toast  Scientists have confirmed the existence of over one hundred cannabinoids in Cannabis sativa, including cannabinol or CBN. What is CBN? While tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the best studied cannabinoid, interest in the endocannabinoid system has spurred research into lesser-known cannabinoids like cannabidiol (CBD), cannabigerol (CBG), cannabichromene (CBC), cannabidivarin (CBDV), and tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV), and cannabinol (CBN). In this article, […]

Leafly  Over the past few days a disturbing report has surfaced regarding the death of a cannabis worker earlier this year in Massachusetts. According to a report filed by officials with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a staff member at the Trulieve production facility in Holyoke, Massachusetts, was working a late shift […]

Leafly  Canada Published on October 3, 2022 (Bill Hawley for Leafly) We all know the traits and practices that make for a good salesperson, bartender, or banker, but what makes a good cannabis budtender? The position of “budtender” hasn’t been around very long, after all, and dispensaries are nowhere near as common as a bank […]

Leafly  Strains & products Published on October 3, 2022 Each month, Leafly highlights a trending strain you should know about—we call it Leafly HighLight. This month: get stuck on Original Glue. (Sasha Beck) As fall approaches, a familiar beast stays atop the strain charts: Original Glue—aka GG4 or Gorilla Glue #4, dominates as a top […]

Leafly  Science & tech Published on October 3, 2022 A pharmaceutical company is performing clinical trials on a new drug to calm people who have consumed too much THC. (Joshua Titus / Leafly) A pharmaceutical company is developing a new drug that would treat people who become so high from cannabis that they seek medical […]

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Leafly  Meet the brothers who just got the green light to paint Florida’s new frontier green with medical cannabis. Earlier this year, in March, Florida regulators began reviewing applications from 12 Black farmers competing for one license to grow medical cannabis. On September 20, the Department of Health announced a “written letter of intent” had […]

Leafly  As the cannabis industry continues to grow across the United States, so has budtending as one of the most straightforward entry points to building a canna-centric career. The latest Leafly Jobs Report estimates the industry now supports nearly half a million jobs, and it’s only going up. Loving weed is a great foundation for […]