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Eaze Technologies Inc., the San Francisco-based cannabis technology giant that was once valued at more than $700 million, is laying off more than 500 workers and closing down later this year, SF Gate reports. The company launched in 2014 and offers on-demand delivery services in California and Michigan. Eaze CEO Cory Azzalino said in a LinkedIn post on Monday that the company sold its assets at auction in early August and had begun “winding down operations” with plans to be shuttered completely by December 31. “As we proceed with the transfer of the company’s assets, we will provide more clarity…

The Arkansas campaign to put a medical cannabis expansion question to voters in November has been given more time to collect additional signatures after advocates submitted more than 108,500 signatures, of which 85% were valid, but not enough total to get the issue on ballots, Arkansas Advocate reports. Under Arkansas law, ballot campaigns are allowed a cure period if the initial submitted signatures equal at least 75% of the overall required number of signatures and 75% of the required number from at least 50 counties.   In a July 31 letter to the campaign, Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston said…

Indiana’s incoming governor said this week that it’s “probably time” to legalize medical marijuana in the state—a reform that, according to a new survey, nearly 9 in 10 residents support. “It’s probably time for it to have found its way to Indiana—on the medical side,” Gov.-elect Mike Braun (R) told local reporters this week. Medical cannabis is already legal in all four states bordering Indiana: Michigan, Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky. All but Kentucky have also legalized marijuana for adult use. Braun’s comments to WEHT-TV come as the governor-elect touts his so-called “freedom and opportunity agenda,” which also aims to lower…

The ballot initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis in North Dakota has qualified for the November election, the Associated Press reports. Advocates with New Economic Frontier, the group sponsoring the legalization proposal measure, submitted more than 22,000 signatures in July. On Monday, Secretary of State Michael Howe said that officials verified nearly 19,000 signatures — more than enough to qualify the initiative for voter consideration. If approved by voters, the proposal would legalize the personal use, possession, and cultivation of cannabis by adults aged 21 and older. The policy would also set purchasing and possession caps at one ounce of dried…

A cannabis store employee has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder after turning himself in following a deadly shooting at La Mota in North Portland, according to news outlet KGW. Jason Steiner, a Gresham resident and employee of the cannabis retailer, surrendered to detectives on Wednesday. Steiner pleaded not guilty to the charges and filed a notice for self-defense the next day, according to KPTV. An Oregon Live report stated that police indicated Steiner was working at the dispensary when the incident took place. The incident occurred on Oct. 3 when police responded to reports of a shooting…

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) has approved a pair of bills that expand medical cannabis access for patients in the state. The governor signed the legislation on July 26.  One measure, SB 357, allows anyone “who is licensed to prescribe drugs to humans” and “possesses an active registration” from the Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe controlled substances and “who is primarily responsible for the patient’s care related to his or her qualifying medical condition” to recommend patients to the state’s medical cannabis program.   The other, HB 1278, allows health care providers to issue a medical cannabis recommendation to…

With tons of research backing its nutritional potential, you’d be crazy not to consider adding hemp seeds or hemp oil to your daily diet. Hemp packs a punch when it comes to health benefits. Not only is is full of vitamins and minerals like magnesium, zinc, phosphorous and vitamin E, but it’s one of the only perfect plant-based proteins containing all 20 amino acids. According to nutritionists, it also hosts one of the best ratios of Omegas 3 and 6 found in nature. That said, hemp is perfect if you’re looking to add an extra health kick to your meals.…

Newly published research on the psychiatric effects of psilocybin suggests a complicated, potentially bidirectional relationship between the psychedelic’s therapeutic effects and sleep. Taking psilocybin not only appears to reduce sleep disturbances in patients for up to four weeks, the study says, but sleep itself may actually modulate the substance’s benefits in a “complex yet prominent” way. “Using our own preliminary-data, we demonstrated that both depressive-symptoms and sleep-disturbances decreased significantly following psilocybin use, though sleep improvements were smaller compared to depressive symptoms,” authors explained in the new paper, published last month in the journal Current Psychiatry Reports. “More severe sleep-disturbances at…

The Justice Department is condemning the Memphis, Tennessee Police Department (MPD) following an investigation that discovered a “pattern” of civil rights violations—including racial disparities in marijuana-related arrests. At the same time, however, cannabis remains criminalized across the board under federal law. Following a broader review of the local department’s enforcement practices, U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said on Thursday that among DOJ’s findings is the fact that MPD “cites or arrests Black adults for marijuana possession at 5.2 times the rate of white adults, based on data from 2018 to 2023.” One prosecutor cited in the new federal report…

Two organizations linked to North Dakota medical cannabis companies have contributed the bulk of the funds to New Economic Frontier, the campaign spearheading the cannabis legalization initiative in the state, the North Dakota Monitor reports. The Secretary of State’s Office announced on Monday the question will appear on November ballots.   Pure Dakota Health, which operates a chain of three medical cannabis dispensaries in the state, has contributed about $247,000 in regular and in-kind donations to the campaign, according to campaign finance reports outlined by the Monitor, while GR Holding OH-ND LLC, a company associated with multistate cannabis company Curaleaf, donated…