marijuana
A Marijuana festival in Ohio is looking to pay people $100 an hour to judge individuals on their rolling skills when it comes to rolling up joints. The contest will happen on July 27th at the Stargazer Cannabis Festival. Ohio weed festival hiring joint-rolling judges, will pay $100 per hour (13wham.com)
Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced the pardon of 175,000 people with low-level marijuana convictions, marking one of the most extensive acts of clemency for such crimes in the U.S. This move aims to address barriers to employment, education, and housing that criminal records impose, particularly on people of color, who are disproportionately affected by marijuana […]
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pardoned more than 175,000 marijuana convictions Monday in a sweeping executive order. It impacts misdemeanor charges for people who were found guilty of possessing small amounts of marijuana. More than 150,000 of the convictions being pardoned are misdemeanors for simple possession of cannabis, and another 18,000 misdemeanors are for use or […]
3 people were taken into custody after Rochester police responded to a break at one of Rochester’s newest marijuana dispensaries on Monroe Avenue. Police say they responded to an alarm not too long after police arrived, they caught a 14-year-old boy and a 40-year-old man along with an 18-year-old from Syracuse after a foot chase. […]
Nicki Minaj’s concert in Manchester, scheduled for Saturday night, was postponed after she was detained in the Netherlands due to marijuana being found in her luggage. The promoter, Live Nation, announced that the concert would be rescheduled and tickets would be honored. Minaj tweeted that she was stopped at the Amsterdam airport, where police discovered […]
A new study published in the journal Addiction reveals that daily and near-daily marijuana use in the U.S. now surpasses high-frequency alcohol consumption. According to data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 17.7 million Americans reported using marijuana daily or almost daily in 2022, compared to 14.7 million who reported the same […]
A national survey revealed that over 11% of high school seniors in the U.S. have used delta-8 THC, a hemp-derived compound known as “diet weed,” in the past year. This usage is notably higher in states with no regulations on delta-8 and where marijuana is illegal. The substance, similar but milder than delta-9 THC found […]
The first legal Rochester marijuana store is set to open for business this week. Herbal IQ will open up across the street from Wegmans on East Ave and will be the first retail store in the city. The East Ave store is operating as a pop-up location and business hours will be 10am-8pm Wednesday-Thursday and […]
The first round of licenses for dispensaries to sell marijuana in the Finger Lakes region will be given out starting today June 15th. New York state has issued 99 dispensary licenses across the state but there was a delay for the Finger Lakes region. State will issue first licenses for cannabis dispensaries for Finger Lakes […]
Are you looking to get your marijuana and/or other past or present convictions expunged? Changing Legacies Expungement Event on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at Urban Euphoria 35 S. Washington Street, Rochester, NY 14608 in partnership with Assemblyman Demond Meeks, Mayor Malik Evans, Senator Jeremy Cooney, Senator Samra Brouk, Judicial Process Commission, LawNY and WSuite. Click Here […]
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