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Rumor has it... cannabis legalization could be on the table for lawmakers, again! Sources say the 'MORE' Act may be headed to the House floor for a second vote. Also, dispensaries in Washington State slammed by armed robberies. Many say the solution lies with the bank. Then, Brittney Griner is still locked up in Russia. Is the U.S. Government finally getting more serious about bringing her home? P...

Tyson Takes Another Big Bite Out Of The Cannabis Industry

Weed Talk News this week includes the story of WNBA Superstar Brittney Griner and US Olympic basketball gold medalist who is now cut off from any consular contact, and her whereabouts in Russia are not known. She plays professionally in Russia and was trying to board a flight when she was arrested for carrying hash oil. Needless to say, the timing could not have been worse for this incident that c...

MSO Curaleaf clears up it's ties to Russia -- or lack thereof -- amid the ongoing conflict with Ukraine. Then, the SAFE Banking Act may be stalled, but it doesn't look like that's slowing banks down when it comes to working with cannabis clients. Plus, one lawmaker in Missouri condemns international sports committees for banning Sha'Carri Richardson from last year's Olympics -- and calls out Presi...

Leafly's annual job report is in -- and the cannabis industry is BOOMING! We take a look at just how rapidly job numbers are growing, and which state is leading the way in expansion. Also, hemp farmers in New York may be the savior for THC sales as the state issues temporary licenses to allow those farmers to cultivate THC cannabis. Plus - weed that doesn't smell?! It's all this week on Weed Talk...

Small cannabis farmers in Humboldt County, California have been squeezed by tough taxes and rough regulations. But they're voices have been heard! Will the country follow? And, don't expect to see any commercials for weed during the Big Game this weekend. Plus your weekly roundup of cannabis news from state to state! All this week on Weed Talk News Anchored by Alaina Pinto. Rick Thompson with the...

The Safe Banking bill is headed to the US Congress for it's 6th try. This time the author of the bill, Colorado Rep Ed Perlmutter is getting one last shot to pass in his final term in the House. Medical Marijuana Legalization is now in 37 states as Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signs it into law. The NFL will budget one million dollars in a grant to research the effectiveness of a pain killing...

On Weed Talk News this week anchored by Alaina Pinto, tax money generated from billions of dollars of weed sales in Massachusetts has now passed the total from alcohol sales in the same state. Does this mean, weed is more popular than alcohol in the Bay State now? The south adds a medical marijuana program with the addition of Mississippi, now up to 37 states in the US. Growin' Belushi is back on...

"There's an arrest for cannabis every :37 seconds in the US", that's how Gary Chambers Jr. (D) running for US Senate in Louisiana starts his campaign advertisement that went viral over the past 48 hours. He also share the fact that black people get arrested 3.5 times more often that white people, yet the percentage of use by both races is equal. Mississippi gets closer to launching a medicinal mar...

The results are in and a group of researchers at Oregon State University say they've discovered ways CBDa and CBGa could help prevent COVID-19. We talk with PCM TV's Medical Director Dr. Mary Clifton about why it has *nothing* to do with smoking weed! Plus, bellissimo! Italian officials pave the way for a vote on legal weed. A Massachusetts dispensary gets ready to welcome robotic budtenders. And,...

Check out our weekly cannabis news show, here with you every Friday at noon so you can stay on top of everything going on in the industry. We follow the best and most important stories and publish them here, with our contributors from 10 different states and one contributor even located in Europe! Many legally operating dispensaries are recording cannabis transactions as "ATM fees", and VISA is ca...

Once again we bring you the coast-coast week in cannabis on Weed Talk News, anchored by Alaina Pinto - and now with a new European cannabis report! Federal cannabis reform took another set back when the Amendment for Safe Banking passed by US House multiple times gets ousted from the annual defense budget where it had been added a month ago with advocates hoping to get it to the Senate floor. Phil...

Political forces are forming in Washington DC with some cannabis reform attached to the annual approval of the defense budget, but will both sides be able to reach agreement before the end of the session in December? Another reason to love New York state, only 9% of cities and towns in NY have banned the opening of cannabis stores in their areas, one of the lowest in the history of the reform move...

On last week's Weed Talk News, when asked about why a Republican from South Carolina would introduce a new Federal reform of cannabis bill, NCIA's Michael Correia hinted that it was a personal issue that was the motivation for SC Congresswoman Nancy Mace to file a Federal legalization of cannabis bill. This week the South Carolina Republican Representative told her story on FOX Business News expla...

On Weed Talk News this week, can a Republican lead the nation to Federal legalization of cannabis? Freshman Rep. Nancy Mace from South Carolina is making it her personal mission to make a difference by filing a bill that will legalize cannabis on the Federal level, if it gets through the House and the Senate? Jimmy Young talks with Michael Correia the lead lobbyist for the NCIA about its chances,...

Weed Talk News anchored this week by Alaina Pinto, with Jimmy Young on assignment in New York at the 7th annual CWCB Expo where cannabismeansbusiness.com With New York politicians and new regulators in attendance, thousands of cannabis business enthusiasts and legends like Steve DeAngelo flock to the Javits Convention Center this week for the CWCB Expo. Plus state by state reports on the supply sh...

The Vape industry took another shipping hit when the USPS stopped shipping vape cartridges and hardware. The state of New York is going to allow cannabis flower to be sold in existing medical dispensaries but the first is Colombia Care in Rochester, New York. The Labor board in that state also changed its policy about cannabis use outside of work hours, and now that will not be just cause for firi...

On Weed Talk News this week, two US Senators appeal to Attorney General Merrick Garland to deschedule cannabis from the controlled substances act and put a deadline of October 20th on a response. The NBA will not test their players for cannabis this season, an extension of a policy first implemented during the bubble postseason in Orlando last year. Snoop Dog's VC group enters into the European ma...

On Weed Talk News this week, many cannabis companies struggle to find platforms to market on their pages, groups and businesses, and when Facebook, Instagram, and What's App went dark for six hours this week, conspiracy theorists wondered if it was just a technical glitch or a hack? Fred Smith from speedscaling.com in LA shares his own story about how he's able to tiptoe around the social media gi...

Weed Talk News from DC to the Bay State where KindTap disrupts the industry by going to market with a legal credit card for the cannabis industry. (That announcement was first made on The Green Rush LIve show -Fridays at 4EST, the nation's live business of cannabis talk show.)Many companies have tried to launch with this business model, but with one of the nation's largest Cannabis Law Firms Burns...

On Weed Talk News this week, the US House attaches Safe Banking to next years defense budget, is this the strategy that can open up the banking industry to the cannabis industry? Cresco Labs makes another medical dispensary acquisition and this time it's in Pennsylvania. New Jersey misses a deadline to start taking legal license applications. A former Fall River Mayor gets sentenced to six years i...

What do the Nation's Mayors, US Senators, Pop Culture and Sports Figures all have in common? All want to see cannabis legalization and all are pressuring President Biden on any kind of cannabis reform, that was one of his campaign promises that has gone largely ignored since gaining the White House. So how's that Cannabis Administration and Opportunity act coming along? We'll hear from the NCIA Di...

19:00 - 21:30 On Weed Talk News this week, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders tells a town meeting in Iowa that progress has made on the legalization of cannabis front, but does he mean among his fellow Senators or state by state? The largest cannabis convention in the New England area every year is the New England Cannabis Convention or NECANN, now returning to Boston for the first time in two years....

Las Vegas is open for the cannabis convention business again, and the first in person Cannabis Conference is a success. PCM Affiliate, Emerald Media's Christina DeGiovanni returns with her impressions and reaction. Kevin Durant has won every championship in professional and olympic basketball but when he announced his intention to help Weedmaps breakdown the weed stigma, he missed his shot. Now pe...

Check out our video to catch the latest in cannabis news this week! In another major merger and acquisition Canadian Cannabis Giant, Tilray acquires the millions of dollars of debt that MedMen has accrued during a tumultuous few years. Tilray's stock soars, and Green Market Report's Debra Borchardt has the story. The Gallup Pollsters come up with another poll that favors the cannabis lobby with a...