Month: August 2026

[#item_full_content] Local headlines for Tuesday, September 1, 2026  Read More  

[#item_full_content] EAST DUBUQUE, Ill. — Local retailer RiverBluff Collective sells hemp products to over 70,000 customers annually, distributes to over 600 stores across the country and employs 20 people at its  Read…

[#item_full_content] The 31-year-old was charged with possession of a prohibited drug whilst on bail for sexual offences  Read More  

[#item_full_content] The 31-year-old’s guilty plea was entered at Mandurah Magistrates’ Court, south of Perth in Western Australia, on Tuesday  Read More  

[#item_full_content] By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s 24th licensed medical marijuana dispensary, Blue Sage Dispensary in Lebanon, launched Aug. 28, marking the halfway point of the state becoming fully…  Read More  

[#item_full_content] Massachusetts raised its cannabis retail license cap to six, with the sixth license reserved for Social Equity Businesses for 12 months.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] Smoking or vaping near a campus now considered a felony  Read More  

[#item_full_content] Authorities have charged an Oklahoma man with murder after a deadly explosion at a marijuana extraction facility he owns.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] MONTVILLE, NJ – Montville Township has received over $1 million in federal grant funding to assist with local water treatment efforts. At the Aug. 18 Township Committee meeting, Township...  Read More  

[#item_full_content] The distribution of 12,000 free lockable bags this fall is part of a Maine Office of Cannabis Policy program that was piloted in 2024 to reduce children's and pets' access…

[#item_full_content] California’s governor has signed a bill to more clearly define the types of marijuana packaging and labeling that is prohibited due to appealing to children. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) gave…

[#item_full_content] A narrative review found that maternal cannabis use may be associated with differences in breastmilk fat, protein, lactose, and the immune factor secretory immunoglobulin A, but evidence comes primarily from…

[#item_full_content] Authorities have charged an Oklahoma man with murder after a deadly explosion at a marijuana extraction facility he owns.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] Authorities have charged an Oklahoma man with murder after a deadly explosion at a marijuana extraction facility he owns. Ryan Bassham turned himself in over the weekend. The 35-year-old faces…

[#item_full_content] The bags are being distributed to participating retailers.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] A THC extraction facility in Oklahoma exploded, likely due to the illegal use of flammable gas to make cannabis concentrate.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] Shop River Botanicals’ Labor Day sale and get one item 70% off when you buy another with code LABORDAY70 through September 7. Read More   

[#item_full_content] The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies has worked with universities, clinicians and the Department of Defense. Its first partnership with a cannabis company is HoneyProjects, a three-store New Jersey operator…

[#item_full_content] Court documents show Ryan Bassham, the owner of Solos Extracts LLC, did not have a valid OMMA license or OBN registration. He was arrested for two counts of first degree…

[#item_full_content] By Jane Welch-Maiolo  Read More  

[#item_full_content] During a late-night traffic stop, officers discovered 18.89 grams of marijuana and a THC vape in a pickup driven by 27-year-old Deaarrion Williams.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] GERBER, Calif. — A 35-year-old man was arrested after investigators found 210 pounds of marijuana and methamphetamine at two homes in Gerber, according to the Tehama County Sheriff's Office.Antonio Esquivel…

[#item_full_content] The measure includes legislation that would delay for one month a looming federal ban on many intoxicating hemp products  Read More  

[#item_full_content] CHRISTMAS VALLEY, Ore. – An investigation is ongoing after police raided an illegal marijuana grow in Christmas Valley on August 26. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the…

[#item_full_content] Police carried out a major anti-narcotics operation in rural St John, destroying nearly 6,000 cannabis plants valued at over $1.4 million.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] The Niles Charter Township Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to decide whether to allow marijuana dispensaries to open in commercial areas under special conditions.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] The program is intended to help prevent accidental access to cannabis products by children, pets and guests.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] A 20-year-old Allen County man is accused of ingesting marijuana before causing a fatal crash on Indiana 332 in January that killed a motorcyclist.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] Mayor Kyle Hanson is hoping that allowing more cannabis facilities in the manufacturing district could help fill the facility as it shuts down production on Monday.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] Early Saturday morning, Oklahoma City police officers responded to a burglary call near NW Expressway and N. Villa Avenue.Officers reported that a suspect vehic  Read More  

[#item_full_content] Village Farms (NASDAQ:VFF) draws attention as cannabis reform, greenhouse scale, edibles and cultivation economics reshape its outlook.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] The licensed medical cannabis processor reportedly had been told to cease operations by a city fire marshal before the explosion.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] Canopy Growth (NASDAQ:CGC) Could Benefit From A Cannabis Policy Shift  Read More  

[#item_full_content] Police in ten states combined to make over 131,000 marijuana-related arrests in 2025  Read More  

[#item_full_content] A Hogansburg man has been arrested on federal drug charges for allegedly having 1,250 pounds of marijuana.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] An Aug. 29 cannabis festival in West Bend may be hemp's last hurrah. Low-THC hemp has been federally legal since 2018, but a November ban is looming.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] A months-long investigation led to three men wanted and seven others in custody for selling marijuana and cocaine in Montgomery County, officials say.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] It's the latest cannabis MSO to move toward listing its stock.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] A former Hoboken official who's in federal prison will be allowed to testify in a cannabis company's lawsuit against two local mayors.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] Louisiana’s governor is asking schools to publicize a new law he signed that threatens to send people to jail for up to one year if they smoke marijuana within 2,000…

[#item_full_content] Four years after Rhode Island legalized recreational marijuana, licensing delays and regulatory bottlenecks have kept new retail stores closed.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] At the first-ever Rooted in Wisconsin Cannabis Festival on Aug. 29, adults 21 and older could light up freely.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] See the highlights from the first Wisconsin cannabis festival in West Bend before a November ban on many items.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] Discover the top entries and winners from Wisconsin’s inaugural hemp competition held Aug. 29, 2026.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] In many states, people on probation and parole are forbidden to use medical marijuana, even when legally recommended by a physician.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] A 35-year-old man was arrested on two first-degree murder counts in the deadly Sand Springs explosion.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele announced today that ten defendants have been charged following a months-long narcotics investigation … Continue reading "10 charged with distributing cocaine, marijuana throughout…

[#item_full_content] One of the victims told an EMT the facility was “not ventilated enough” and that “he unplugged something and the building blew up,” according to an affidavit  Read More  

[#item_full_content] Texas can punish illegal THC edibles by total product weight while alcohol and tobacco remain widely available. Silly Nice says cannabis policy must change.  Read More  

[#item_full_content] Findings are first to highlight the unique challenges cannabis edibles pose for roadside enforcement  Read More