As cannabis reform takes hold across the nation, the East Coast is brimming with opportunities for small businesses, but without legal framework for recreational sales, cities like Washington, D.C. — who already have medical marijuana, are stuck in a cannabis limbo where gifting and trading is legal, but selling recreationally is not. This strange regulatory system in the District has… Read more →
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: NORML Executive Director speaks with me right after the first congressman in 30 years admits to using cannabis, medically. Executive Director of @NORML on @DanaRohrabacher saying he uses a #cannabis infused product, medically pic.twitter.com/dJKYQDO3oY — Chloe Sommers (@ChloeCannaNews) May 27, 2016 The month of May saw advocates and industry leaders in the cannabis space fly into Washington, D.C.… Read more →
It’s been a very busy April as I traveled to Denver to cover World Cannabis Week and some of the emerging issues in the cannabis industry that I’ve noticed are the war on opiates ever since the Obama administration came out with new opiate prescription guidelines, as well as pesticide regulations hurting cultivators and manufacturer’s bottom line. In these stories, you’ll… Read more →
A local pro-pot group calls for President Obama to completely deschedule the plant with an act of “civil disobedience” by consuming marijuana outside of the White House. Problem is, the grounds in and around the White House are federal property and therefore completely off limits to marijuana. But it’s a risk this pro-pot group is willing to take in order to draw… Read more →
Drinking for a cause – Grammy award winning singer-songwriter and breast cancer survivor Melissa Etheridge does it with her cannabis infused wine. An outspoken medical marijuana advocate and supporter of women in the cannabis industry, Etheridge launched her own cannabusiness of pot-infused wines. “We’re changing the paradigm. Cannabis is the thing that’s going to push the whole conversation about health,”… Read more →
