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Smokers Corner: Cannabis Quality

With the sudden influx of new, unlicensed dispensaries, pop-up weed shops, and “gifting” being done across the state, we have to wonder, where is this weed coming from? Who’s growing it and how? But most importantly, is this a quality product that is safe for me to consume? There...
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9 Best Comics for When You’re High

I like books as much as the next guy, but I’ll be the first to tell you nothing beats a comic book, and furthermore, nothing beats a comic book when you’re high! You get into this zone if you’re really engrossed in the story, where it becomes almost like an interactive movie where...
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HHS Recommends Rescheduling Cannabis to Schedule III

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recommended that cannabis be rescheduled from Schedule I to Schedule III under the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA). This is a significant development that could have a major impact on the cannabis industry and the way cannabis is reg...
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Cannabis Smuggling at Ports of Buffalo

CannaBlotter While illegal cannabis smuggling has likely slowed down due to the trucker protests surrounding vaccine mandates in Canada, there is still plenty of illicit cannabis entering the US from our neighbors up north. Take a look at these “bust measurements” in Buffalo Niagara bel...
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RIV Capital takes Big Hit on Etain Acquisition

In our last issue, we reported on RIV Capital, an investment firm backed by Scotts Miracle-Gro that planned to help Brad Termini build a cannabis campus in Buffalo. RIV entered the NY market by paying $247 million to acquire Etain LLC, NY’s only women-owned and operated medical cannabis compan...
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Cannabis & Complications from COVID-19

Written by Sherry Verostko-Slazak, ANP-BC and Marlene Rogers, FNP-BC of Advanced Integrative Care Even before recreational marijuana was legalized in New York State, the use of marijuana as a medical treatment has been recognized as an effective option amongst the alternative, holistic, and integra...
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Women in Cannabis: A look inside NY’s only Female Owned and Operated Medical Marijuana Company

This article was first seen in print and was produced in collaboration with Courtney Friedline (IG: @TheCannaBroad) and CannaHaven. Women have long been the healers and caretakers of this world and it only makes sense that women are emerging as leaders in the medical cannabis industry. It is widely...
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DOH Proposes Medical Marijuana Registrants purchase Hemp from Licensed Growers in the State.

A new rule proposed by the Department of Health last week aims to help the state’s medical marijuana and hemp research programs work together. Currently, medical marijuana organizations are only allowed to produce products using marijuana they’ve grown themselves, or purchase it from ot...
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Otsuka Adopts A New Mindset

Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, the company that developed the blockbuster drug Abilify, has acquired a Canadian psychedelic biotech company, Mindset Pharma, for $59 million (USD).  The all-cash transaction gives Otsuka control over Mindset's preclinical pipeline of psychedelics, which includes a psil...
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