7/10 is unfortunately placed for a stoner holiday cuz it’s so close to the 4th. If elected your stoner president, I pledge to move Oil Day to the second Saturday in August so more can participate. And you’ll get a free hat. Hats for all! Ok ok I’ll type up…
I hope everybody is having a great, long Freedom Weekend! Holidays are usually slow but we managed to scrounge up some NEWS for ya: Virginia The kewlest thing I found this week was an article about Sanyal Biotecnologies, the Virginia lab that scored a license from the DEA to import…
Ah, another beautiful summer Friday to hide inside a dark cave a la Gollum and dig through the interwebs for precious NEWS! Maryland The buzz is all about UMd’s School of Pharmacy new graduate program in Medical Marijuana! If you remember, the university had planned to roll this out two years ago only to…
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue. Last week was an absolute trainwreck, folks. To top it all off, I went and mixed up my Soros with my Bezos with the pudding what goes in the Jello and hey hey hey. Seriously, though, my bad. I take…
So I was one of the patients that got this notice late, but ICYMI, the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission issued an advisory about possible lead contamination in “Used” Vape Cartridges. I’ll TLDR it for you here, offer my analysis, the questions I still have, and you can read the official…
Here’s your weekly dose of DMV weed news, my bouncing babies! Washington, DC Alright, the headline to today’s article is scandalous on purpose. I mean, it’s totally true. I just got a bad case of headline envy after reading “Feds: D.C. Man Arrested on Drug Charges Turned Out to Be…
Here’s your weekly weed news update for the DMV! Washington, DC The latest spending bill being passed around the House omits the “Harris rider” language that currently prohibits the District from passing tax & sales laws for marijuana like other like-minded states. On account of its not a state and the federal…
RECOGNITION! Washingtonian Magazine has named yours truly one of the “Best of DC” for my keen canna-reporting. “Best Local Weed Columnist” wasn’t even a thing before me, but I’m so good, they made me a category. HOT DAMN, BABY! Now I’m the “Award-Winning” Gentleman Toker. Hahahaha! Here’s some other NEWS…
Here’s your week in DMV weed news! Washington DC Turns out police field tests can’t tell the difference between CBD and THC. SHOCKED PIKACHU! This story affects everybody, but since it follows the experience of a CBD vendor at one of DC’s pop-up events, we’ll slot it here. It also…
Here’s your week in DMV weed news! Washington DC Has cannabis legalization increased crime rates? Wikileaf seeks to dismiss Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund President Jason C Johnson’s argument in this article that uses homicide rates in Seattle, Denver, and DC as a metric for cannabis legalization’s success. The article points out…
Here’s your week in DMV weed news! Maryland Edibles are finally coming to Maryland. Gov Hogan just signed off, which means the race is on, baby! Cookies, brownies, gummies, probably some healthy options in there, too, why not? We already had ingestibles, some of which are pretty decent, but maybe it’ll…
Above is the site on N Bond St where the first social cannabis club in Baltimore will open after the owners won their appeal to the Baltimore Municipal Zoning & Appeals Board today! The club, which is not yet named, will take up the 2nd and 3rd floors above Sir…
Here’s your week in DMV weed news! Washington DC Mayor Bowser has unveiled her long-rumored plan to move forward with legal recreational marijuana sales for the District despite Congressional interference. Lots of interesting details in the WTOP summary, including: five classes of licenses: cultivator, manufacturer, distributor, off-premise retailer and testing facility…
Here’s your week in DMV weed news! Virginia After Portsmouth prosecutors announced they were going to drop misdemeanor marijuana possession cases, district attorneys for Richmond & other counties announced their intention to keep the status quo. “I think it’s a complex issue and each locality has to do whatever reflects…
Here’s your week in DMV weed news! Maryland Maryland cracks me up, man. After all their “oh, we gotta hold off on implementing the law that voters approved so we can study other state’s programs” for years the Commission admits they were blindsided by the proliferation of management agreements between multi-state…
Cannabis Science Conference East 2019 just wrapped up at the Baltimore Convention Center and the Gentleman had a fantastic experience. Not only did I learn a lot, but the networking opportunity for the local industry was simply unparalleled. I found groups from many Maryland & DC medical dispensaries, cultivators, and…
Here’s your week in DMV weed news! Maryland Maryland is granting more medical marijuana business licenses y’all!!! They’ve already given Harvest their own processing license and approved 6 more dispensaries. But they’re adding 4 more grower licenses and 10 more processor licenses! The deadline to apply is May 24th. “The…
Here’s your week in local weed news, baby! Maryland Hoo boy did Curio get themselves in hot water this week! One of Maryland’s first cultivators to open, holder of three licenses themselves, Curio Wellness filed a lawsuit Monday over Maryland’s plans to issue more licenses to minority-owned businesses. The idea was that…
Washington DC People were shot at two suspected marijuana pop-up events last weekend. – Tysean Dunkins, 25, attempted to rob the Hubbly Bubbly hookah bar and died of his wounds. – a man leaving a pop-up with a backpack was robbed and shot. He is expected to recover. Vendor or customer is unclear. –…
