The Mississippi Cannabis Trade Association will help educate the state about cannabis and support members who join from the industry looking for resources and connections.

Melania Trump Already Has Her Bags Packed

Sources close to FLOTUS say she’s been shipping items to her Florida and New York residences and that she’s ready to go home.

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MONOGRAM, Jay-Z’s much-hyped weed brand, finally makes its debut after a buzzy introduction back in October. 

Back in October, not much was known about the brand, other than it was the brainchild of Jay-Z and Caliva, one of the largest cannabis brands in California, and that it had a mysterious, vibey website with Fela Kuti, Bob Marley and the Wailers, and OutKast snippets playing as “Sounds from the Grow Room.” 

Today, MONOGRAM announced that after 18 months selecting and cultivating strains, “MONOGRAM is finally ready to introduce its core collection of products to the world,” according to a press release. 

MONOGRAM’s products are placed in three categories: Light, medium, and heavy. And rather than the traditional strain names we’re all used to (Blue Dream, OG Kush, Pineapple Express, etc etc), MONOGRAM’s newly introduced strains are numbered: No. 88, No. 96, No. 70 and No. 01. 

MONOGRAM is also launching with three product types: 

• THE OG HANDROLL: A premium cigar (read: blunt) rolled with flower to burn slowly and evenly for multiple sessions. 
• LOOSIES PREROLL PACK: A pack of four prerolls with .4 grams of top-shelf flower. 
• FLOWER: Small batch grown flower, available in 2 gram and 4 gram jars. 

“Cannabis has been around for thousands of years, yet it is still an industry whose legacy of skilled craftmanship is often overlooked,” JAY-Z said in the press release. “I created MONOGRAM to give cannabis the respect it deserves by showcasing the tremendous hard work, time and care that go into crafting a superior smoke. MONOGRAM products are next level when it comes to quality and consistency and we’re just getting started.”

JAY-Z has been a longtime proponent of ending the War on Drugs, culminating with a collaboration with the Drug Policy Alliance for a New York Times opinion piece in 2016. 

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Cannabis For The Holiday Hangovers

The holidays are known for two tings: Yuletide cheer and booze.

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Jay-Z’s MONOGRAM is finally available to the public.

Kate And William Have Changed In This Major Way Since Meghan And Harry Left

It seems Megxit had a positive side-effect on at least two royals.

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House Approves Bill To Enhance Medical Marijuana Research

Congress is working on a plan that would allow researchers to have access to higher quality cannabis products.

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Cannabis Investment Boom: Its Existence Is Up For Debate, Say Industry Insiders

The market’s varied views cast a layer of uncertainty every investor must assess before taking the plunge. 

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John Fetterman is pulling no punches when it comes to justice.

Seven in ten Americans support clearing the records of people with non-violent marijuana convictions, according to a new poll.

The YouGov survey, which was released on Tuesday and involved 7,141 participants, asked whether U.S. adults “support or oppose expunging marijuana-related convictions for non-violent offenders?”

Seventy percent of respondents said they favor the policy, with 46 percent strongly supporting it. There was majority back among every demographic surveyed, including political ideologies, regions of the U.S., age, gender and income level.

Via YouGov

Eighty-one percent of Democrats back expungements, compared to 57 percent of Republicans and 69 percent of independents.

Via YouGov

Support was strongest in the Midwest and Northeast (72 percent each) and lowest in the South (69 percent).

Via YouGov

The findings for where Americans stands on expungements is roughly equivalent to national support for broader marijuana legalization. A poll published by Gallup last month found that 68 percent of respondents were in favor of legalizing cannabis for adult use, which the firm said is its “highest reading” since it started polling voters on the issue in 1969.

The release of these survey results come shortly after voters in five states approved initiatives to legalize cannabis for medical or recreational purposes. That includes reform wins in traditionally conservative states such as Montana and South Dakota.

Despite the overwhelming support for the policy change among Democrats, President-elect Joe Biden has so far only backed more modest reforms such as decriminalizing possession and expunging prior cannabis convictions.

But he may feel pressure to adopt a more progressive stance given that the Democratic-controlled House last week approved a bill to federally legalize marijuana.

That piece of legislation also contains a provision to expunge the records of those with federal cannabis convictions.

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This article has been republished from Marijuana Moment under a content-sharing agreement. Read the original article here.

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