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Leafly  Politics Published on October 5, 2022 You can glare at them all you want—those numbers in the annual FBI crime report aren’t going to make any sense. (AdobeStock) Earlier today, October 5, the FBI released its annual 2021 Crime in the Nation Report, which aims to give lawmakers and citizens alike an accurate picture […]

Leafly  Cannabis 101 Published on October 5, 2022 First time at a dispensary? Here’s how to help your budtender find you the perfect purchase. (Windynights/Adobe Stock) Walking into a dispensary for the first time is both a wonderful and surreal experience. Customers find themselves immersed in a whole new world of strains, extracts, edibles, topicals, […]

The Fresh Toast  Colombia appears to be the next country on its way to marijuana legalization. On Tuesday, lawmakers approved a bill to legalize and regulate marijuana all across the country, earning almost unanimous support. It’s a first step towards legalization. The proposed ruling would set the groundwork for legal cannabis sales, ensuring that revenue […]

Leafly  Demand for personable, knowledgeable dispensary staff has never been higher. With adult-use cannabis sales projected to start in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York by the end of the year, the people of the East Coast need budtenders they can trust. Budtenders help consumers find cannabis products for their tastes while getting comfortable with […]

Leafly  Strains & products Published on October 5, 2022 Not all weed is created equal. Here’s what the professionals are loving right now. (Yaron/Adobe Stock) Back when I was a budtender, the question I got most often was “what’s hot right now? What are you loving?” Manning the dispensary bar in California meant that my […]

Leafly  According to the Leafly 2022 Jobs Report, the cannabis industry (both medical and adult-use) supports over 428,000 jobs across cultivation, production, testing, and retail. A lot of those jobs are budtenders, and unlike Canada, the US has no standardized certification or training program for preparing budtenders to serve the public. Employees get a lot […]

Leafly  Lifestyle Published on October 5, 2022 Don’t be that guy. You know—that guy. (Jesse Milns/Leafly) For many of us, cannabis helps us keep our cool. A bad day at work never seems so acute after a nice joint or a couple of gummies; a hit of the vape pen soothes the anxieties of our […]

The Fresh Toast  Marijuana stores are popping up in unexpected places all over New York state; in the case of Native lands, tribal members have taken matters into their own hands, creating a functioning marijuana business that’s exempt from the state’s law. This means that marijuana shops are popping up in unorthodox locations, including gas […]

Leafly  Politics Published on October 5, 2022 (Alik Kaplicz / Associated Press) Failed cannabis screenings will no longer disqualify Air Force or Space Force members. With enlistment down across the armed services, will other branches permanently drop their ban on trees? The U.S. military is struggling to recruit new members. So much so that some […]

Leafly  Here’s why this eco-friendly building material rocks. Last month, the International Code Council (ICC) approved hempcrete–a mixture of the woody innards of hemp stalk and lime–as an acceptable material for in-fill construction in US homes. The change comes thanks to the US Hemp Building Association (USHBA), which filed a proposal for the policy in […]

The Fresh Toast  By As marijuana prices in some states drop, cannabis companies blame oversupply and are demanding a halt on the issuance of new licenses. Medical marijuana (MMJ) sales in Colorado have significantly declined. So far this year, total sales have reached more than $1 billion, yet MMJ sales for July reached just over $18 million, […]

The Fresh Toast  Within the past year, there have been different ideas to scale up the cannabis industry. One of the popular strategies was for growers considering identifying geographic locations where cannabis is widely grown. The growers said they got their idea from appellation and terroir designations in agriculture and winemaking. Terroir is a phrase […]