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Marijuana grower interested in merging with Sam Adams beer owner: report

Cannabis producer Green Thumb Industries is prepared to make a merger proposal to U.S.-based brewer Boston Beer, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Green Thumb CEO Ben Kobler said in a June 2 letter to Boston Beer founder Jim Koch that the merger would allow the cannabis producer, currently listed in Canada, to also […]

Millions of dollars worth of marijuana products found in NYC warehouse

Police discovered millions of dollars worth of illegal marijuana products at a Brooklyn warehouse on Friday morning. Police say they responded to a robbery in progress at 65 Adelphi St. around 5:30 a.m. and found three men inside the store and “large quantities of marijuana and THC products.” According to the New York City Sheriff’s […]

Thai government to reclassify marijuana as a narcotic, require permits for use

Thailand plans to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic drug and issue licenses only for medical and research purposes. Prime Minister Sureta Tabisin recently announced a shift in policy, aiming to recriminalize cannabis by the end of the year. The new regulations will ban recreational use of cannabis and require a license for cultivation, export and […]

Daily marijuana consumers outnumber Americans who drink daily: report

A newly published study finds that more people use marijuana daily than drink alcohol daily. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Addiction, was written by Jonathan Caulkins, a cannabis policy researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, and was based on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. While more Americans overall drink […]

Daily marijuana use surpasses alcohol in the US for the first time, data shows

Millions of people in the United States report using marijuana daily or nearly daily, outnumbering those who use alcohol daily or nearly daily. According to the data, in 2022 this pattern of marijuana use will surpass that of alcohol use for the first time. Approximately 40% of current cannabis users consume it daily or nearly […]