Cannabis & Hemp News

Denver Decriminalizes Psilocybin (Mushrooms)

  • Posted by CO 420 Websites
  • On May 10, 2019
Denver has become the first city in the country to decriminalize psilocybin. While I-301 doesn't legalize mushrooms, it does make the cultivation and possession for personal low priority for police...
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What is SEO and What Are Best Practices for Cannabis?

  • Posted by CO 420 Websites
  • On April 18, 2019
What do you know about search engine optimization (SEO) for cannabis? A properly tuned, search engine optimized website being fed by active social media channels can be the monster lead generator you never know you could have!
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Colorado 420 Week – 2019

  • Posted by CO 420 Websites
  • On April 12, 2019
Adult-use marijuana has been legal in Colorado for nearly five years, and the annual high holiday is bigger than ever. Celebrate cannabis culture at some of our favorite events in the Mile High City: Mile High Chess (Not Checkers) Championship – April 11 Show off your chess skills at the first Mile High Chess (Not […]
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End of March Cannabis Industry News

  • Posted by CO 420 Websites
  • On March 29, 2019
3 Major movements in cannabis and hemp made headlines at the end of this March including: cannabis banking in West Virginia, failure to legalize it in New Jersey, and CVS pharmacy selling CBD products.
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Florida Lifts Ban on Smoking Marijuana

  • Posted by CO 420 Websites
  • On March 21, 2019
Smoking medical marijuana is now legal in Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a bill on Monday lifting a ban enacted in 2017 on smokable cannabis products.
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Legal Cannabis States Facing Supply Shortages

  • Posted by CO 420 Websites
  • On March 8, 2019
While cannabis may the same across the country, not all legal-cannabis states regulate it in the same way. Ironing out the particulars of marijuana laws isn't always straightforward, with regulations leaving some states struggling to keep pace with demand.
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Cannabis Brings New Life to Small Towns

  • Posted by CO 420 Websites
  • On February 20, 2019
In small towns like Smith Falls, Ontario, and Trinidad, Durango and Cortez in Colorado, Cannabis is bringing new opportunities and revenue to places in desperate need of hope.
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February 2019 Cannabis News Highlights

  • Posted by CO 420 Websites
  • On February 15, 2019
It's hard to believe the year is going by so fast - it's February already and these 4 big news items are already making waves in the cannabis community!
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Colorado Cannabis Dollars at Work

  • Posted by CO 420 Websites
  • On January 25, 2019
There's a new session of the Colorado General Assembly, and that means a slew of new bills about how cannabis revenue in the state is spent. Check out our list of how your cannabis tax dollars could be used for good in the year ahead!
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2018: The Year in Weed

  • Posted by CO 420 Websites
  • On December 30, 2018
Another year, more legal cannabis! 2018 saw a ton of changes in the cannabis industry and support for legalization is at an all-time high. Check out our 2018 Year End Recap for this year's highlights.
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Farm Bill Allows Cultivation of Hemp & CBD

  • Posted by CO 420 Websites
  • On December 14, 2018
The Senate passed the 2018 Farm Bill 87-13 on Tuesday, a huge step towards legalizing hemp cultivation. The bill would remove industrial hemp from the federal government's list of controlled substances and categorize it as an agricultural product...
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Canadian Researchers Map the Cannabis Genome

  • Posted by CO 420 Websites
  • On December 7, 2018
Researchers at the University of Toronto are mapping the cannabis genome, and have discovered that marijuana and hemp evolved into separate species of the same plant through the action of virus-like DNA segments...
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Massachusetts Rolls Out Adult-Use Cannabis Sales

  • Posted by CO 420 Websites
  • On November 22, 2018
Voters in Massachusetts legalized adult-use marijuana back in 2016, and two long years later adult-use pot shops opened in Leicester and Northampton, making them the first retail stores on the East Coast to have legalized recreational sales..
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Marijuana Wins Big in Midterm Elections

  • Posted by CO 420 Websites
  • On November 16, 2018
Election Day is finally behind us, and there were big wins for marijuana legalization. Here's how the votes played out in Michigan, North Dakota, Missouri, and Utah...
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