Rio Gregorio, in the State of Acre (Brazil), will host the 5th Indigenous Ayahuasca Conference, led by spiritual leaders Nixiwaka Yawanawa and Putanny Yawanawa. This gathering of Indigenous peoples united by the ceremonial brew will take place from January 25-30, 2025. The fifth edition marks a “strategic and essential step” for Indigenous governance and for strengthening […]
Voters in more than 100 cities and counties last week approved measures to allow medical cannabis businesses to locate in their communities, marking a clean sweep of all 106 local ordinances on the ballot. All 53 counties and 53 cities with a medical marijuana referendum on the ballot approved the measures, although dozens of local […]
A couple in Bengaluru were arrested for allegedly growing ganja in flower pots after they posted videos of their balcony garden on Facebook. Sagar Gurung, 37, and his wife Urmila Kumari, 38, hail from Namchi in Sikkim, and have been living in M S R Nagar, Sadashivanagar, for the past two years. Sagar runs an […]
MRR report Seven marijuana transport companies have sued the Illinois Department of Agriculture, citing discriminatory practices that favored larger majority white- and male-owned companies. The Chicago-based plaintiffs, in a lawsuit filed Nov. 1 in Sangamon County Circuit Court, include ACC of Illinois Transportation, Runway Logistics Services, Hands to Heart, Reliavan, Fade Express, Piff Patch and […]
Where was she when they needed her.. oh yes going for the big one! Wiles brings a wealth of experience from her time at a Florida-based lobbying firm representing Trulieve Cannabis writes Marijuana Index… The firm in question is Mercury Public Affairs, a lobbying and public relations firm. While Wiles was co-chair at Mercury, the firm […]