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Cannabis Meets Lollapalooza, First Festival Since Illinois’ Legalization

Cannabis Law Report

Now that cannabis can be purchased legally in Illinois, one might wonder if the consumption of illegal, potentially unsafe drugs will decrease at the festival. Chicago’s sweet history . You may or may not know Illinois’ Windy City, Chicago, has a rich candy making history. Drug use is popular at Lollapalooza.

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Pabst Expands Its Line of THC-Seltzer, Cementing Big Alcohol’s Role in Legal Weed

SpeedWeed

Heineken subsidiary Lagunitas Brewing Company (a similar business set-up that side-steps federal legal issues with a Cali brand) was an early entrant into the cannabis bev game with its Hi-Fi Hops and has subsequently released a terpene-flavored IPA. billion market that analysts say cannabis beverages will comprise by 2025.

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California Cannabis Crops Threatened by Wildfires More Than Any Other Type of Agriculture

Veriheal

Fire history. Moving forward, the state is encouraged to seek out crop insurance options for licensed marijuana farmers in California, where legal recreational cannabis sales are expected to top $6.59 billion by 2025. billion the state generated through legal cannabis in 2016. Crown fire potential. Topography. Vegetation.

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Illinois Senate creates cannabis omnibus

Illinois News Joint

New language for transporters also exist in the omnibus, such as, “By January 1, 2025, the Department shall adopt rules for the issuance of consolidated transport center licenses and shall issue applications for consolidated transport center licenses,” and the addition of 16,000 pounds for a commercial motor vehicles that transporter use.

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Good news, governor: Cannabis will not kill your kids

The Cannigma

During a press conference held to oppose a medical cannabis legalization bill advancing in his state, Governor Pete Rickets pulled out all the stops to paint cannabis as a dangerous drug. “If If you legalize marijuana, you’re going to kill your kids,” he told Nebraskans. Fair enough, but should the governor also educate himself?

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Gen Z Women Are the Quickest Growing Group of Cannabis Consumers

Veriheal

The future of cannabis appears to be female, as Gen Z women have become the fastest-growing group of consumers of legal cannabis, according to NBC News. They explain that the covid-19 pandemic led to a 46% growth in legal cannabis sales during 2020. It appears that Gen Z saw the fastest growth but that the women took the lead. .

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Hemp CBD Across Europe: Spain

Canna Law Blog

The enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill and the legalization of hemp and hemp derivatives, including cannabidiol (“CBD”), has led to a massive CBD craze in the United States. According to a recent study by Cowen , the sales of these products are expected to reach $16 billion by 2025. Spain has a long history of hemp production.

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