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Paper: Racial Capitalism and the African American Experience Entering the Cannabis Industry By Dr. Ayoka Nurse

Cannabis Law Report

The current public policies in local and state cannabis ordinance and equity programs may enhance racial disparities if they follow the pattern of exclusion and criminalization that encompass past policies promoted as beneficial to African Americans but uphold racial capitalistic practices. Authored By: By Dr. Ayoka Nurse.

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Cannabis and climate crisis: Do consumers need to take more responsibility?

The Cannigma

Indoor cultivation’s carbon footprint is so energy intensive that it is indefensible from an energy and environment perspective, argued the authors of the report. Many cultivators prefer indoor cultivation because it makes possible five or more grow cycles per year, compared to only one or two outdoors. But there’s a price.

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Santa Barbara, Brand Farms Raid Reveals Political Dealings

Cannabis Law Report

He was an initial member of CARP, the Cannabis Association for Responsible Producers, which many of the group’s members played a large part in developing local cannabis policy by hiring lobbyists, attorneys, and communication firms. CARP Growers stated Brand resigned his membership from their organization after the raid.

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6 great Massachusetts ganja farmers to shop for

SpeedWeed

Eighty-eight final recreational cannabis cultivation licenses are better than the none. The pandemic killed 2020’s East Coast Cannabis Cups —trophies offer some of the few data points on a new market’s quality. Bountiful Farms also got second runner-up in the Cultivator’s Cup for Secret Formula. Canna Provisions. Now you know!

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Watch this machine sort 440 pounds of weed per hour

SpeedWeed

America grows almost 30 million pounds of weed each year, New Frontier data estimates, but who separates the sexy colas from the snicklefritz ? The average cost of a legal, tested eighth-ounce in California is now $48 before taxes, Leafly data finds. (We For most cannabis growers—harvesting is still medieval. But as the $18.3

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Leafly Buzz: 12 hottest weed strains of May 2021

SpeedWeed

Data grinder. Here’s the full data grinder: ? Orangeade +14%. ? Mimosa +13%. ? Crescendo +89%. ? Cement Shoes -23%. Courtesy Top Shelf Cultivation). Bred by Cannarado of Colorado and selected by Top-Shelf Cultivation in California, Whoa-Si-Whoa earned a 2019 Cannabis Cup. Parsing Leafly search data.

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New crop of US summer cannabis contests announced

SpeedWeed

Marijuana awards offer a rare data point on cannabis quality with history tracing back to the first Cannabis Cup held in Amsterdam in 1988. With COVID and everything, there was nothing really exciting going on, and not a lot of ways to shine a light on these top-tier cultivators,” said Greenwolf Co-Founder Brian Hart. “We

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