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The Fresh Toast  By Just days after President Joe Biden announced he would pardon all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession and urged governors to do the same, North Carolina’s Gov. Roy Cooper (D) has taken steps in that direction. During a Friday task force meeting on racial equity and criminal justice, Cooper addressed the issue of […]

The Fresh Toast  Do dispensaries share information with the government? The short answer is probably not. Dispensaries have little incentive to share customer information with the government at either the state or federal level. Furthermore, the information that dispensaries collect from customers will vary from state to state. Government access to dispensary information could also […]

The Fresh Toast  Some argue that marijuana is far less toxic than any drugs made in a lab, since it is a plant that comes from Mother Earth. While the sentiment and logic is in the right place, the sad truth is that our Earth, its soil and the way we grow plants in this […]

Leafly  From Washington State to Nevada and New York, indigenous cannabis ventures serve millions of customers and bring revenue to dozens of tribes Legal marijuana has been a boon to state economies across the country by just about every measurable figure. Sales, tax dollars, jobs, investments, you name it — the numbers are off the […]

The Fresh Toast  The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on September 30 that it had charged eight in a stock promotion scheme that included promoting Emerald Health Pharmaceuticals and High Times Holdings stocks. The SEC says investors purchased $80 million of securities following the promotions. The individuals received payments based on the number of securities sold. […]

The Fresh Toast  This week, President Biden pardoned all people convicted in federal court for marijuana possession. It was a big moment for marijuana proponents, one that suggests that the Biden administration is reconsidering the government’s stance on the drug. What happens if marijuana were to be descheduled? This process is not clear and would […]

The Fresh Toast  While drug tests are able to tell if a person has recently consumed marijuana, there’s currently no way of measuring if a person is high, something that’s becoming increasingly important as more and more states legalize the drug. But that may be changing. Researchers at UCLA and ElectraTect, a UCLA startup, are […]

The Fresh Toast  By Adam Jackson, Green Market Report Cannabis stocks across exchanges soared in the late afternoon Thursday after President Biden surprisingly announced to pardon thousands of people convicted in federal courts for simple possession of cannabis and launch a review of the plant’s classification under the Controlled Substances Act. Here’s a snapshot of how […]

Leafly  Cannabis 101 Published on October 7, 2022 (Sasha Beck) How to detox from weed So, the time has come for a THC detox. Perhaps you need to pass a drug test for a new job, or maybe you’ve decided to take a T-break (tolerance break) and want to flush weed out of your system […]

Leafly  Strains & products Published on October 7, 2022 Having trouble choosing or recommending new strains? Leafly mapped the six main strain types to music genres to sort through the noise. (AdobeStock) There are six main smell types that define the 6,000 strains in the Leafly database today. Leafly turned them into music genres, so […]

The Fresh Toast  In plain terms, an heirloom refers to a valuable item or artifact that has been passed down from one generation to another through decades and centuries. Heirloom cannabis strains have also been passed down through generations, but instead of being items and artifacts, they refer to cultivars of cannabis that have been […]