The Weldon Project

RAW Rolling Papers, under the charitable arm of RAW Giving, has donated $100,000 to The Weldon Project, a non-profit organization working to reform cannabis laws and rectify the damages they have caused. The donation adds to RAW's impressive $3 million milestone in contributions, underscoring...

In 2016, after serving 13 years in prison, Weldon Angelos, who once worked with artists like Snoop Dogg and 2Pac, was released following President Obama's commutation, supported by Senators Cory Booker, Mike Lee, Rand Paul, prison reform advocate Alice Johnson and Charles Koch. This milestone...

Vertically-integrated cannabis company 4Front Ventures Corp. (CSE: FFNT) (OTCQX: FFNTF) is partnering with The Weldon Project, a non-profit dedicated to driving social change and furthering federal cannabis reform and supporting those incarcerated for nonviolent cannabis-related offenses...

Marijuana organizations, industry leaders, cannabis companies and experts in the field are teaming up to push for cannabis reform on the federal level. Last October President Biden asked the attorney general and Department of Health and Human Service to review cannabis classification under...

Glass House Brands Inc. (OTCQX: GLASF) (OTCQX: GHBWF) (NEO:GLAS.A.U) (NEO:GLAS.WT.U) apointed Luke Scarmazzo as brand ambassador for the NorCal Region. Scarmazzo was released from federal prison last month after serving 15 years of an unjust 22-year sentence for operating a medical cannabis...

The nonprofit organization The Weldon Project unveiled Mission [Green] Alliance Tuesday, a project designed to inspire customers of legal cannabis to contribute to cannabis justice efforts. By rounding up their purchases at participating dispensaries, customers can make a...

After 14 Years In Prison For Licensed Medical Marijuana Shop, Californian Finally Released When medical marijuana was legalized in California in 1996, not everything was made perfectly clear and regulated for those operating in the industry. One of them is Luke Scarmazzo, who with...

Mission Green, an initiative of the Weldon Project, filed a clemency petition for Parker Coleman, Jr., who is currently serving a 60-year federal sentence for marijuana-related offenses. This filing along with several other petitions comes on the heels of President Biden's historic mass pardon...

Senators of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism, which is setting up a hearing on marijuana reform, presented a non-definite list of possible witnesses to testify on Federal Cannabis Decriminalization, reported Marijuana Moment. The hearing will be held on for...

Verano Holdings Corp. (OTCQX: VRNOF) (CSE:VRNO) entered into an exclusive partnership in support of The Weldon Project’s Mission Green, the non-profit organization’s initiative that promotes clemency for cannabis-related offenses. Through this partnership, Verano will initiate a...

Cannabis-focused blockchain company Burn1 has partnered with the social justice reform nonprofit The Weldon Project and the Black Comics Collective to develop a non-fungible token (NFT) project. The trio will combine original artwork by New York Times best-selling artist John Jennings...

MediPharm Labs Announces Board Shake-Up CBD-focused pharmaceutical company MediPharm Labs Corp. (TSX: LABS) (OTCQX: MEDIF) (FSE: MLZ) announced changes to its board of directors Tuesday. The company, based in Barrie, Ontario, revealed that Pat McCutcheon, Warren Everitt and Keith...

Cannabis companies Verano Holdings Corp. (CSE: VRNO) (OTCQX: VRNOF) and Glass House Brands Inc. (NEO: GLAS.A.U) (NEO: GLAS.WT.U) (OTCQX: GLASF) (OTCQX: GHBWF) have joined a long list of cannabis companies that are sharing their profits with relevant charities and non-profits. On Monday, Glass...

The Weldon Project’s initiative MISSION [GREEN] is receiving $25,000 from Cookies’ Social Impact to sponsor and support the launch of the Hand Up Program. Cookies’ Social Impact is committed to targeting issues crucial to creating a more equitable and accessible cannabis...

A new coalition dubbed The Cannabis Freedom Alliance was launched Tuesday by right-wing billionaire Charles Koch, and criminal reform advocate Weldon Angelos. What Happened The idea for the alliance came up last summer in a Zoom call between Snoop Dogg, Koch, and Angelos, during which Koch...