Get Paid to Smoke Joints: Pioneering Cannabis Study Seeks Participants to Advance Smoking Standards

Ever wonder what makes a perfect puff? As cannabis culture evolves, enthusiasts and experts alike are delving deeper into what truly enhances the smoking experience. For decades, the cannabis industry has primarily focused its research efforts on maximizing crop yields and cannabinoid concentrations. However, a pioneering new study aims to shift that focus towards an …

U.S. House Approves Spending Bill Amendment Allowing VA to Recommend Medical Cannabis

The House of Representatives this week approved amendments to a major federal spending bill that would authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to accept medical cannabis use by veterans, and expand research efforts into psychedelics, Marijuana Moment reports. The amendments have been attached to the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilConVA) Fiscal Year 2024 …

South Africa Broadly Decriminalizes Cannabis

Before last week’s elections, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa gave final approval to a bill to decriminalize cannabis, making the nation the first in Africa to legalize cannabis for personal use. President Ramaphosa signed the Cannabis for Private Purposes Act on May 28, which removed cannabis from the nation’s Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act.  https://www.ganjapreneur.com/south-africa-broadly-decriminalizes-cannabis/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=south_africa_legalizes_personal_cannabis_use_canada_has_issued_few_cannabis_pardons_since_legalizing_and_more&utm_term=2024-06-04

This Cannabis Farm Tour Shows First-Hand What Makes Jamaican Weed so Special

It’s easy to find quality cannabis in Jamaica. That said, it’s also easy to be duped into buying subpar weed from one of the many hawkers targeting tourists in resort towns. Yet what connoisseurs and the general cannabis curious public can trust on first sight is a brand that opens the door to tourists and …

Poll: Majority of Americans Have Tried Marijuana and Say It Should Be Legal

Most adults acknowledge having consumed cannabis and six in ten say that the substance should be legal nationwide, according to survey data provided by YouGov. Fifty-seven percent of respondents said that they had consumed cannabis during their lifetimes. Of those who acknowledged having used marijuana, most described their experiences as “mostly positive.” https://norml.org/blog/2024/05/10/poll-majority-of-americans-have-tried-marijuana-and-say-it-should-be-legal/

Marijuana smoking lounge opens in Kalamazoo – one of Michigan’s first

Growing, buying and smoking cannabis legally inside a Michigan business was an alien concept during marijuana’s decades of prohibition. But it’s happening today in Kalamazoo, and everyone 21 and older is welcome. A cannabis consumption lounge has opened in Kalamazoo — only the third in Michigan to open. The business is called Only Alien Cannabis Co., which …

Amsterdam to ban cannabis in its red light district

It will soon be illegal to smoke cannabis in Amsterdam’s red light district. The new regulations unveiled in the Dutch capital will come into effect from mid-May. It is hoped the measures will make living in the city more hospitable to residents who have long bemoaned tourists’ anti-social behaviour. As well as banning use of cannabis on the street – …

What is a Jamaican Steam Chalice and Why Should You Try Smoking Weed Out of One?

Although smoking marijuana is widespread throughout the world, Jamaica has one of the most profoundly rooted cannabis cultures. The Rastafari, a 20th-century movement that reveres marijuana as a sacred plant, originated in Jamaica. They believe that smoking marijuana fosters calm, love, and depths of reflection and medication that can serve as a gateway to the …

DEA plans to move to reschedule marijuana as a lower-risk drug

The Biden administration will move Tuesday to reclassify marijuana as a lower-risk substance, a person familiar with the plans told CNN, a historic move that acknowledges the medical benefits of the long-criminalized drug and carries broad implications for cannabis-related research and the industry at large. The US Drug Enforcement Administration is expected to recommend that marijuana be rescheduled …

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