Category: Cannabis

Syracuse, N.Y. — One fan brought a vintage Sports Illustrated celebrating Syracuse basketball’s only NCAA Tournament championship. Another brought newspapers stored safely since the 2003...

An Upstate New York teacher has been placed on leave after “inadvertently” giving two students marijuana edibles. A Buffalo Public Schools teacher was put on...

He’s a Syracuse Orange national champion and legend. He’s a first-ballot NBA Hall of Famer. He’s the father of one of Syracuse basketball’s top recruits...

Famous rapper and actor Ice-T has partnered with a former Playboy model to debut a new weed dispensary in Jersey City. The cannabis dispensary had...

While I pretty much disagree with everything happening in Washington right now, I’m going to borrow one idea. Let’s ask Pennsylvania legislators to list five...

A bill making its way through New Jersey’s state legislature would allow patients to use medical weed to treat sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell is...

The majority of candidates running for governor want to give New Jersey residents the ability to grow their own weed. Four Democrats — former Senate...

Gov. Phil Murphy has vetoed a bipartisan expungement bill, arguing that reforms recently put in place covered some of what the legislation sought to address....

Supporters of legalizing cannabis for adult use rally outside the state Capitol in Harrisburg.Ed Mahon / Spotlight PA Story by Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA...

Weed sold at New Jersey dispensaries from 17 cultivators and manufacturers did not meet state safety standards for things such as mold and accurate labeling,...

Ed “NJ Weedman” Forchion, the longtime marijuana advocate, was seriously injured last weekend when a truck collided with his motorcycle in Trenton. Forchion livestreamed the...

By Kelsey Brown | Times Union, Albany Albany, N.Y. — When New York legalized recreational marijuana four years ago, Kate Miller was among the many...

A recent letter complained that lax regulation of the cannabis market is causing lower retail prices, making it hard for cannabis stores to maintain the...

New Jersey could make possessing cannabis a crime again under new legislation advanced by the leaders of the state Senate that would target those who...

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed into law a bill on Monday that mandates a $300 minimum fine for low-level marijuana possession. It...

Edward “Lefty” Grimes uses cannabis to manage his pain. Grimes has neuropathy, a form of nerve damage, from a back injury he sustained decades ago....

The oversaturated cannabis market in Oregon, caused by over-licensure and poor policy, has created a survival-of-the-fittest environment that mirrors the novel “Lord of the Flies.”...

Co-owner and brewer Tim Shore at Buried Acorn Brewing Co., 881 Van Rensselaer St., at Hiawatha Boulevard near Destiny USA. Don CazentreDon Cazentre Syracuse, N.Y....

By Gillian McGoldrick The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) PHILADELPHIA — Gov. Josh Shapiro again proposed legalizing recreational marijuana for adults as part of his $51.5 billion...

A man who was getting baked while bare of any clothes was seriously injured when his weed pen exploded, a lawsuit filed Friday claims. Gustavo...

When Oregon became the third state in the United States to legalize recreational marijuana use, proponents envisioned a double dose of green. Residents were given...

Oregon’s marijuana market continued to deteriorate last year, with prices falling to an all-time low even as the state’s harvest hit a record high. It’s...

A member of a legendary hip-hop group is coming to Syracuse for a concert, but it won’t start at a typical time. Masta Killa will...

In his recent column, “With my layoff looming, a final word on Gov. Phil Murphy,” Tom Moran (the Star-Ledger’s editorial page editor) asserts that Phil...

New Jersey became a billion dollar cannabis market last year. The state’s legal weed businesses raked in a total of $1.004 billion in 2024, a...

Story by Ed Mahon of Spotlight PA Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to...

Three Oregon laboratories who certify the potency of marijuana before it lands in consumers’ pipes and bongs are under investigation for allegedly doctoring tests to...

Healthcare providers want to learn more about how cannabis can be used to treat chronic pain, new research shows, as a growing number of people...

By Alex Gault | Watertown Daily Times The first grant program financed with tax revenue from legal cannabis sales has opened in New York, with...

Meru Patel and his partners have been working for several years to open a dispensary selling legal recreational marijuana in Onondaga County. Like many others...

Oregon lawmakers violated the state constitution’s free speech protections when they prohibited e-cigarette makers from marketing their products with colorful packaging that could lure minors...

WILLIAMSPORT — A Lycoming County man who spent more than a year in jail before his charges were dropped has filed a federal lawsuit alleging...

A conflict over unionization is taking place at one of the state’s largest cannabis dispensaries, Green Thumb Industries. The United Food and Commercial Worker Local...

Mike Flynn’s entry into the legal marijuana business in Central New York has been more successful than he expected. Now he wants to take that...

Orange native and former NBA player Al Harrington is now starring on a different court: he’s the owner of a recently opened cannabis dispensary in...

A federal judge on Wednesday struck down parts of a New Jersey law that aims to put more restrictions on how intoxicating hemp products are...

WILLIAMSPORT — A strong smell of marijuana is the reason police say a Williamsport Area High School student was searched Wednesday and a gun was...

A new law aimed at getting intoxicating hemp products off the shelves of gas stations and other places in New Jersey has been challenged in...

NY Cannabis Insider (NYCI) is hosting its only full-day industry conference of the year at the Crowne Plaza (Desmond Hotel) in Albany, N.Y. on September...

Charles Barker, one of the Cannabis Regulatory Commission’s most outspoken critics of big cannabis corporations, is being replaced by the Murphy administration. The administration has...

Damian Fagon, the embattled Chief Equity Officer at the Office of Cannabis Management, resigned on Friday following an investigation into allegations of retaliation and favoritism,...

NY Cannabis Insider (NYCI) is hosting its only full-day industry conference of the year at the Crowne Plaza (Desmond Hotel) in Albany, N.Y. on September...

Join NY Cannabis Insider for its next full-day conference in Albany on Sept. 25, 2024. Tickets available now. Happy weekend, everyone! We hope everyone’s enjoying...

The U.S. is divided when it comes to state and federal marijuana policy, but recent political developments could move the country toward a greater acceptance...

An Alabama man tried to fly from Portland International Airport to Colorado with more than seven pounds of marijuana, telling investigators he thought he was...

Gov. Phil Murphy signed Thursday a contentious hemp bill that had drawn applause from supporters who say it will crack down on dangerous unsanctioned products...