Jan 03 2025
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Our January 2025 list of the most popular marijuana strains brings a mix of timeless classics and rising stars, reflecting the diverse preferences of cannabis enthusiasts across the nation. The list was compiled using data from several state regulatory agencies and Leafly.
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Jan 03 2025
The “Medical Marijuana Public Employee Protection Act” seeks to prevent discrimination against public employees and job applicants for lawful medical marijuana use, while setting clear guidelines for its regulation in the workplace.
The proposed legislation prohibits public employers, including state and local government entities, public schools, and universities, from taking adverse actions—such as firing, suspending, or refusing to hire—against employees or job applicants solely due to their status as medical marijuana patients. Exceptions are included for cases where marijuana use demonstrably impairs an individual’s ability to perform their job duties.
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Jan 03 2025
This brings the year-to-date total for 2024 to an impressive $1.81 billion, reaffirming Florida’s position as the largest medical marijuana market in the nation. This is according to data released by the research firm Headset.
Dried marijuana flower remained the most popular category among purchases in December, followed by vape pens, edibles, concentrates, tinctures, capsules, and topicals.
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Jan 03 2025
While this marked a decrease from the $346 million reported in November, it brought the state’s total marijuana sales for 2024 to an impressive $4.2 billion.
These sales generated over $900 million in tax revenue for the state in 2024. Dried marijuana flower remained the top-selling category, followed by vape pens, prerolls, edibles, and concentrates. The average price per gram of dried flower in December was $8.62, or $23.32 per eighth, while concentrates averaged $16.24 per gram. Blue Dream retained its position as the most popular strain of the month.
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Jan 03 2025
The Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation reports that legal marijuana sales in December totaled $10.11 million, with $8.32 million attributed to recreational sales and $1.79 million to medical marijuana.
December’s figures bring the 2024 total to $118,321,577 across 3.2 million transactions.
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Jan 03 2025
The research, conducted by teams from Columbia University, Stanford University School of Medicine, and the University of Maryland, aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of psilocybin in individuals who had failed to respond to at least five prior treatments.
The study involved 12 participants aged 18-65, all experiencing a major depressive episode with documented resistance to conventional treatments. Conducted at Sheppard Pratt Hospital, the trial required participants to discontinue psychotropic medications two weeks before and three weeks after receiving a 25 mg dose of synthetic psilocybin. Patients underwent multiple therapy sessions before, during, and after the dosing period.
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Jan 03 2025
This marks the third consecutive month of prices dropping to a new low. By comparison, in October 2016, when the state first began licensed recreational marijuana sales, the average price was $10.50 per gram—nearly three times higher than today’s rates.
Oregon’s marijuana concentrate market has also seen significant price reductions. In December, concentrates were priced at an average of $15.83, slightly above the record low of $15.36 set in April 2024 but a sharp decline from $40 per gram in October 2016.
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Jan 02 2025
Miller, a long-time advocate for medical marijuana, expressed concern over the lack of safety standards and oversight in Texas’ burgeoning market for cannabis-derived products. He criticized the current situation as a “wild west” where unregulated cannabis items, including edibles and vape pens, are sold without proper safety inspections or chemical analyses.
While acknowledging the challenges posed by the state’s existing laws, Miller emphasized his belief in the potential benefits of medical marijuana. “I strongly support medical marijuana and our state’s compassionate use program,” Miller said in a press release sent today. “In fact, I want to see it expanded to include far more medical conditions than it currently does. Everyone who can benefit from it to help with their legitimate medical condition should have it available to them.”
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Jan 02 2025
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According to the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, the state saw $78,553,980 in marijuana sales in December, bringing the total for 2024 to $960 million, and bringing the all-time total to $7.18 billion.
The $960 million in marijuana sold in 2024 resulted in $163 million in tax revenue for the state (this does not include the up to 3% local tax implemented by some cities). Revenue from the state’s 17% marijuana excise tax is allocated as follows: 40% to the State School Fund, 20% to mental health and treatment services, 15% to the State Police, 20% to local law enforcement, and 5% to the Oregon Health Authority for drug treatment and prevention programs.
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Jan 02 2025
“I am honored to serve in a leadership position to help shape our nation’s marijuana policies,” Congressmember Titus said in a press release sent today. “Whether it is access to banking services and regular tax treatment for cannabis businesses, veteran use of cannabis for medicinal purposes through the Veterans Administration, or pushing the federal government to reform its outdated scheduling of marijuana as a dangerous drug, there is much work to be done.”
Titus continues: “In Nevada and the 23 other states that have decriminalized marijuana, the cannabis industry has demonstrated it is a responsible industry. It is time for the federal government to recognize that and treat it accordingly.”
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