Soaring Unemployment Rates Among Drug-Sniffing Police Dogs The legalization of marijuana has been a trending topic in the United States for decades now. 18 states have legalized marijuana since 2012 and, according to the PEW Research Center, 90% of Americans support the legalization of Marijuana. As the legislation surrounding cannabis relaxes, and the plant becomes more socially acceptable throughout society, there is a decreasing demand for weed-sniffing […] Brains Jesse | July 14, 2021 1 Comment
How Mushrooms Can Eliminate Plastic Waste, Save the Bees, and Benefit Humanity Nature is unfathomably mysterious. The Earth is a living organism, and there’s so much we still don’t even know about it. Poetically, however, it may die that way, too. That is unless we put differences aside and assume the courage to actually do something about it. I know you’ve heard something along these lines before, and that last sentence probably […] Brains Martin Kuprianowicz | April 15, 2021 1 Comment
Colorado’s Marijuana Sales Surpass $10-Billion In 2012, Colorado passed Amendment 64, making recreational marijuana legal for adults 21 years of age or older. Amendment 64 allowed adults to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, and also required the state to set up a regulatory structure for the retail marijuana industry. Since marijuana first started being sold recreationally in 2014, according to the Colorado Department […] Miles Wong | February 12, 2021 0 Comments
California Officials Destroy 11 Fields Illegally Growing Marijuana Worth $1-Billion The Kern County Sheriff’s Office received information about several hemp cultivation sites that were actively cultivating marijuana. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office, with the assistance of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), initiated a joint investigation. Related: Colorado Snowstorm Destroys Millions of Dollars of Marijuana Plants, Affecting the State’s Legal Supply On […] SnowBrains | November 4, 2019 0 Comments
Mike Tyson Admits He Smokes 10-TONS of Marijuana Costing $40,000 Every Month Boxing legend Mike Tyson admitted on his Hotboxin’ podcast that he smokes around ten TONS of weed every month, at a cost of $40,000. “What do we smoke a month? Is it $40,000 a month? It’s $40, yeah, $40,000 a month,” said Tyson. “We smoke 10 tons of weed at the ranch a month,” added his co-host former NFL player […] SnowBrains | August 15, 2019 1 Comment
Colorado Just Exceeded $1-Billion Tax Revenue Since Marijuana Was Legalized The state of Colorado has now generated in excess of $1-billion in total state revenue from the legal marijuana industry. The state’s legal pot sales revenue doubled from the $500 million mark to $1 billion took less than two years. Achieving that first $500 million took almost three and a half years. Related: Colorado’s Marijuana Industry Continues to Grow | […] SnowBrains | June 13, 2019 0 Comments
Canada Now World’s Largest Legal Marijuana Marketplace Today, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, after 95-years of prohibition, Canada is set to become only the second country in the world and the first G7 country and major economy to legalize marijuana for all uses. Uruguay was the first country. Last night, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, hundreds of customers had lined up around the block at a private store by the […] Steven Agar | October 17, 2018 0 Comments
Corona Owner Invests $4-Billion in Marijuana Company Constellation Brands Inc., which for seven decades has made its money off beer, wine and whiskey, sees its future in a marijuana leaf. The owner of Corona, Kim Crawford Wines, and Ballast Point is to increase its stake in Canadian cannabis company Canopy Growth, investing US$4 billion to acquire a 38% share of the business. The drinks giant said that […] Steven Agar | August 17, 2018 0 Comments