Merry Jane

Inspired by the trend of plant-themed baby names, one family has gone a step further, naming their daughters SaTiva and Indica, according to Merry Jane. In October 2018, Fred Lee of Baltimore, Maryland, the uncle to the two girls, tweeted that his brother named his daughter SaTiva. One year and...

Virginia became the first state in the South to open its doors to recreational marijuana this year thanks to Gov. Ralph Northam's amendments that pushed the law to take effect July 1, three years ahead of schedule.  This means that Virginia residents have been...

Texas House Sends Psychedelics Research To Governor’s Desk  The Texas House approved a budget amendment to the psychedelics research bill advancing it to the Governor’s desk.  The bill, HB 1802, requires the Department of State Health Services and Texas Medical...

New York and Colorado joined several states that have already banned delta-8 THC made from hemp, reported Merry Jane. Delta-8 THC is a chemical component of the cannabis plant. Although delta-8-THC occurs naturally in very small concentrations, it can produce a mild psychoactive...

Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies, backed by Snoop Dogg, launched Friday on the London Stock Exchange with the opening price of 5 pence per share. The British company placed 960.4 million shares at 5 pence per share, suggesting a market cap of around £48 million ($69.1 million),...

The death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died a week ago during an arrest in Minneapolis, has sparked protests nationwide.  As the demonstrations became more chaotic over the weekend, with looting in some cities, cannabis dispensaries were heavily hit. According to Leafly, more...

The mental health care company COMPASS Pathways reported Thursday that its its COMP350 (psilocybin) was well-tolerated by healthy volunteers who participated in a placebo-controlled trial at King’s College London. The active ingredient in magic mushrooms provoked no serious...

Calvin Broadus, aka Snoop Dogg, has become a brand ambassador for Seedo Corp (OTC: SEDO). The Israeli agritech company, which offers automated growing technologies for personal and commercial use, announced Monday that it will collaborate with Snoop Dogg on different platforms to help...

By MERRY JANE's David Silverberg, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Blockchain may be the solution for the many regulatory and oversight issues plaguing the cannabis industry — and the benefits have nothing to do with Bitcoin. A critical question every cannabis consumer will ask...

By MERRY JANE's Zack Ruskin, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Illustration by Brian Blomerth. What you hear when you’re shopping for cannabis may be more important than you think. For many dispensaries, the music playlists offer a window into an operation’s overall...

It was another news-filled week in the weed world... Nelson Peltz joined Aurora Cannabis Inc (NYSE: ACB) as a strategic advisor; Harvest Health & Recreation Inc (OTC: HRVSF) acquired Chicago-based Verano Holdings in an all-stock deal valued at $850 million; Nielsen Holdings PLC (NYSE: NLSN),...

Rapper and entrepreneur Snoop Dogg and his media platform MERRY JANE teamed up to launch a new esport tournament series called Gangsta Gaming League that will be broadcasted live on multiple platforms March 14. The Gangsta Gaming League involves an eight-person bracket-style tournament held at...

April 20 is, for many, the happiest day of the year. It's said the celebration derives from a tradition of smoking cannabis at 4:20 p.m., originated in a high school San Rafael, California, and spread all over the world by the Grateful Dead. Nowadays, people from all corners of the globe...

Back in May, while chatting with Andy Williams, co-star of MSNBC's “The Pot Barons of Colorado” and founder and CEO of Medicine Man Denver, Medicine Man Technologies Inc (OTC: MDCL) and several other companies, Benzinga asked which were the largest challenges entrepreneurs in the...

A reunion could be in the works. Talking about his new record, "Coolaid", Snoop Dogg told Rolling Stone the follow-up LP could include collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, and Dr. Dre. However, what Snoop really wants is a tour. "A Snoop-Dre album would be amazing, but...