Category : Leafly

You Picked Our 2019 Strain Madness Champion. Here It Is

While March Madness plays out on the court, we’ve got a competition on the sidelines. Welcome to Leafly’s Strain Madness, where your votes have decided which strain gets dubbed the champion of all cannabis. All week long you’ve been voting to see y...

This Week in Cannabis: Top Stories From Across Canada From Mar. 15-21

This week in Cannabis: Tokyo Smoke is opening a cannabis store on Yonge Street in Toronto, the CEO of a Canadian cannabis company called on police to crack down on the black market, and Canada’s 2019 Budget reveals a plan to tax edibles, extracts, a...

Portland’s $6 Eighth-Ounces Are the Future of Cannabis

You might not feel it yet, but the price of cannabis is crashing nationwide. To see your future, just fly to Portland, OR, then take a Lyft to Floyd’s Fine Cannabis on NE Broadway St., and lay down $6 cash on the scratched glass display counter. Yo...

New York Legalization Lives or Dies by Friday, Senator Says

This morning, New York state senator and longtime legalization advocate Diane Savino made a dire prediction: If legalization doesn’t make it into the state’s budget on April 1st, it may take another three years to pass. Including legalization in th...

There’s a Mess of Legalization Bills in Congress. Here’s What Really Matters

Congressional support for cannabis prohibition is finally crumbling. During the last Congress, which ended Jan. 3, 2019, federal lawmakers introduced more than 60 pieces of cannabis-related legislation—more than in every prior session since prohibit...

5 Ways Cannabis Influenced Texas During SXSW

Last week, cannabis hit Austin, Texas in a big way. The first ever Cannabusiness track—a series of panels and presentations on the technological, cultural, and political ecosystem surrounding the future of cannabis-focused enterprise—landed at the S...

Round 4: The Strain Madness Championship

While March Madness plays out on the court, we’ve got a competition on the sidelines. Welcome to Leafly’s Strain Madness, where you will decide which strain gets dubbed the champion of all cannabis. Check back every day to find out which strain win...

Say Hello to Spring With These Floral Cannabis Accessories

As March slowly pokes its head out from under layers of snow and ice, we’ve all begun to wonder: When will it finally be spring again? One of the best parts of spring is when all of the gorgeous flowers start to bloom. The first thing I feel when I...

‘Costco of Cannabis’ Aims to Cut Prices in Half. Will it Work?

Over the past year, small bags of legal cannabis have doubled in price in California—hitting a record $100 per eighth-ounce in San Francisco this year. This has generated a spate of teeth gnashing among local consumers, and no small amount of gloati...

Support for US Cannabis Legalization Reaches New High, Poll Finds

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A growing majority of Americans say marijuana should be legal, underscoring a national shift as more states embrace cannabis for medical or adult use. Support for legal marijuana hit 61 percent in 2018, up from 57 percent two yea...

Canada Wants to Tax Your Cannabis Based on THC Content

The next wave of cannabis products in Canada will be taxed by THC-content according to the federal government’s 2019 Budget. Coming into effect on May 1, edibles, extracts, and topicals will be subject to excise duties at a proposed rate of one cen...

Round 3: The Final Four Strains

Here’s How to Get a New York Medical Marijuana Card

Recovering from shoulder surgery is never fun. One incision in my armpit, two weeks of narcotic pain relievers, one month in a sling, and six months of physical therapy brought me sort of back to normal. But two years passed before I was completely...

11 Glass Artists Who Changed the Game

“Degenerate art” is a euphemism used to describe highly stylized pipes, bongs, dab rigs, and other smoking apparatuses, coming from a fascinating 2011 documentary that looks inside the world of functional art glass. Artists working in this largely...

Unlimited Licenses? Pennsylvania Legalization Bill Charts a Bold New Plan

Earlier this week, Pennsylvania senators unveiled the details of a cannabis legalization bill that, compared to the more restrained bills being considered elsewhere, is striking in both its scope and progressive approach. The bill, SB 350, set to be...