Author: Jelena Cikes
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Jelena Cikes
Writer and journalist specialized in financial markets and American politics. Pop culture aficionado, travel junkie, YouTube devotee.
Illinois marijuana sales total $3.2 million on first day
First-day sales of legal recreational cannabis in Illinois landed at a whopping $3.2 million, the state announced this week. As was the case in other states on the first day of legalization, excited residents lined...
Cannabis shows increasingly popular in the US
2019 was a good year for cannabis content as more than a million American households streamed shows and documentaries about marijuana. Compared to 2018, total streamed hours of marijuana content jumped 42.7% in the US,...
Police in Florida arrest man for handing out free weed for Christmas
In another Florida Man news report, police in Saint Petersburg, Florida, arrested a man who was handing out marijuana to people on the street “because it was Christmas.” Local news channel WFLA reported that authorities...
Illinois prepares for recreational marijuana this New Year’s
The holiday frenzy in Illinois has been taken up a notch this Christmas season as residents await the launch of legal recreational marijuana in the state. Sales of recreational weed are set to kick off...
Zambia’s government greenlights marijuana production, exports
Amid economic hardship and soaring external debt, the government of Zambia became the latest country to legalize the production and exporting of marijuana. This week, government spokeswoman Dora Siliya said that the approval for cannabis...
Company to send hemp and coffee to space to study microgravity effects
Hemp and coffee cell cultures are set to make their space debut next year when the two plants will be sent to the International Space Station (ISS) for an experiment. American agricultural company Front Range...
California explores THC warning label for pregnant women
Although the effects of smoking marijuana while pregnant haven’t yet been examined thoroughly, most doctors would caution mothers-to-be against using cannabis during these nine months. Now three years after California legalized cannabis, the state Developmental...
Puffco Plus V2 Review: Stylish and Very Portable
The Puffco Plus V2 is a portable oil vaporizer manufactured by New York City-based Puffco. The company was founded in Brooklyn in 2013 with the idea of offering products that are free from glue, fibers,...