A Legal Pot Pioneer Was Busted in Idaho With 56 Pounds. He Has a Plan.

In retrospect, the Idaho shortcut might have been a bad idea. The mission had already begun to go sideways when Dana Beal — a pioneer of New York’s marijuana legalization movement but someone who has never obtained a driver’s license…

In a New Cannabis Landscape, a Navy Veteran Battles for Racial Equity

Wanda James is on a mission to empower entrepreneurs from communities harmed by racial disparities in marijuana arrests. Jam the towel under the door. Open the window. And hide the bong. For decades, college students have found ways to mask…

Can Mike Tyson Become a Heavyweight in the New York Marijuana Industry?

On a recent weekend, fans of Mike Tyson, one of the greatest boxers ever, lined up by the hundreds at dispensaries in New York for a chance to meet him and to support his latest business move: selling weed in…

Allen Iverson’s cannabis strains to be sold at medical marijuana dispensaries in Pennsylvania

Allen Iverson's impact on the game of basketball is well-documented, and the former NBA MVP is still lauded as one of the most influential players 13 years after his last game. The Answer, as he is affectionately known, also has…

‘Joint’ venture: Ben from Ben & Jerry’s starts pot nonprofit

One of the co-founders of Ben & Jerry's has gone from ice cream to ‘blunts,’ promising a line of marijuana products with a social mission. Ben Cohen has started Ben's Best Blnz, a nonprofit cannabis line with a stated mission of…

Raphael Mechoulam, ‘Father of Cannabis Research,’ Dies at 92

March 22, 2023
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Raphael Mechoulam, a pioneering Israeli chemist who is credited with opening the field of cannabis science after identifying the structure and function of the key compounds of cannabis, died on March 9 at his home in Jerusalem. He was 92.…

Big Papi takes a swing at Maine cannabis market

Papi Cannabis, a line of products developed with Major League Baseball Hall of Famer David Ortiz, is blowing into Maine through a partnership with JAR Cannabis Co. The partnership marks Papi Cannabis’ entry into the Maine market at the beginning of April, when Ortiz's…

Native Roots’ COO Beth Kotarba on Sustainability and the Single-State Business Model

February 14, 2023
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New industries do not emerge from the primordial muck of a federal prohibition every day, and when they do the immutable law of government malaise predictably dictates that there will be years of market chaos before something resembling a functional…

The 32-Year-Old Tasked With Making Legal Weed Work Queens native Christopher Alexander is building the market from scratch.

Toward the end of July, around 40 people gathered at the Black Spectrum Theatre in Queens to voluntarily sit through a PowerPoint presentation. It was part of a public forum organized by the Office of Cannabis Management, the state regulatory body…

What do we really know about the Russian roots of America’s biggest cannabis company?

July 19, 2022
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Curaleaf could be worth $75bn by 2030. But its US-born chair, Boris Jordan, faces questions over his two decades in Russia New Jersey is far from Moscow. But when cannabis sales began in the Garden state on 21 April, one…

Steve DeAngelo is Listening (to the Plant)

July 18, 2022
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Steve DeAngelo’s paternal responsibilities as “The Father of the Legal Cannabis Industry” – as Mayor Willie Brown Jr. famously christened him – are far from done, and in fact have entered a critical phase. To hear DeAngelo explain the situation,…

John Boehner accused of stealing data, talking points from marijuana lobbyist

John Boehner backed out of a deal to join a marijuana lobbying group — but only after he allegedly stole its data and talking points to form another, pro-weed lobbying outfit of his own, an explosive lawsuit claims. The former…

Flaming Lips Frontman Wayne Coyne Inks Marijuana Edibles Deal

Oklahoma-based medical marijuana company The Nirvana Group announced on Monday that it has entered into a partnership with Lover Yer Brain, the cannabis edibles firm founded by Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne. Under the terms of the agreement, The Nirvana…

Illinois’ top cannabis official Toi Hutchinson leaves post to head national lobbying group that helped draw up law making pot legal in state

The top marijuana official in Illinois, Toi Hutchinson, is leaving her state job to work for the national lobbying group that led the push to legalize cannabis in the state. Hutchinson, who was Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s senior adviser for cannabis…

Massachusetts’ newest marijuana entrepreneur? Steven Van Zandt

Steven Van Zandt is hardly the first musician to break into the nation’s burgeoning legal cannabis industry. But true to form, Van Zandt — a rocker with legendary status in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and actor best known for…

A Legal Pot Pioneer Was Busted in Idaho With 56 Pounds. He Has a Plan.

In a New Cannabis Landscape, a Navy Veteran Battles for Racial Equity

Can Mike Tyson Become a Heavyweight in the New York Marijuana Industry?

Allen Iverson’s cannabis strains to be sold at medical marijuana dispensaries in Pennsylvania

‘Joint’ venture: Ben from Ben & Jerry’s starts pot nonprofit

Raphael Mechoulam, ‘Father of Cannabis Research,’ Dies at 92

Big Papi takes a swing at Maine cannabis market

Native Roots’ COO Beth Kotarba on Sustainability and the Single-State Business Model

The 32-Year-Old Tasked With Making Legal Weed Work Queens native Christopher Alexander is building the market from scratch.

What do we really know about the Russian roots of America’s biggest cannabis company?

Steve DeAngelo is Listening (to the Plant)

John Boehner accused of stealing data, talking points from marijuana lobbyist

Flaming Lips Frontman Wayne Coyne Inks Marijuana Edibles Deal

Illinois’ top cannabis official Toi Hutchinson leaves post to head national lobbying group that helped draw up law making pot legal in state

Massachusetts’ newest marijuana entrepreneur? Steven Van Zandt

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