WEEDGANGSTER – FEED IT!

The British cannabis pharmaceutical company takes home an award that demonstrates how important cannabis has been to the British economy for over 20 years—but also how much it so far has been reserved, as an industry, and as a drug, for the eliteHere is the intriguing part of this story. GW Pharmaceuticals was just awarded…

Researchers to Study How Psilocybin Can Help Healthcare Workers Recover From COVID BurnoutNearly half of all healthcare workers have been suffering from professional burnout during the pandemic, and researchers believe that psilocybin-assisted therapy can help them cope.Image via The University of Washington is partnering with psychedelic biotech company Cybin to investigate whether magic mushrooms can…

State officials tasked with overseeing Ohio’s medical marijuana program approved last week the addition of three health conditions that qualify a patient to use cannabis medicinally. The move brings the number of severe medical conditions that allow a patient to use cannabis medicinally in Ohio to 25 and marks the second time that state regulators…

Maine’s legal weed industry has been breaking sales records every single month since adult-use stores opened for business last October.Image via Last month, Maine’s legal adult-use retailers sold more than $5 million worth of weed for the first time in state history.  Throughout the month of May, the state’s 34 licensed adult-use stores sold nearly…

Although there is still a powerful stigma against psychedelics, a growing number of young liberal voters are becoming aware of the healing power of entheogens.Image via Just over a third of American voters recognize the fact that psilocybin mushrooms and other psychedelics have valid medical use, according to a new poll conducted by The Hill…

Attention High Rollers: Cannabis Consumption Lounges Are Coming to the Vegas StripThe governor signed off on a bill that is about to make weed tourism explode in Nevada.Image via Legalizing cannabis in Nevada back in 2017 instantly posed an issue to the state’s tourism industry: While visitors could legally buy weed, but due to regulations…

NFL Will Award $1 Million to Researchers Studying Medical Cannabis As Opioid AlternativeThe NFL is dropping $1 million on medical marijuana research to help overcome obstacles created by the ongoing federal prohibition of cannabis.Image via This summer, the NFL will award $1 million in grants to researchers investigating how medical marijuana can serve as an…

Matt Benas from South Africa just paid over $15,000 for Gage Green Group’s exclusive seed drops — oh, and some whack art. Image via We’ve all heard of NFTs being used to capitalize on digital images of maritime characters with exposed brains and corporate executive tweets, but — actual cannabis? Is this a first for…