the lobsterpot< newswrap September 11th 23'​

The Sound of Sativa

Ad bans are more than just a pet peeve for cannabis marketers. Things are changing though – and Spotify is the latest platform to loosen its stance. Listeners in Illinois will soon be hearing ads for the Sunnyside dispensary chain. Sounds like success to us.

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Blacking Out: Blame It On The Bud?

Blacking out might be a familiar consequence of hitting the herb too hard (it happens…), but could powering illegal grows be KO-ing electricity supplies in the Spanish city of Granada?

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Looking At The (Re)schedule

The big news that the US is rescheduling cannabis is definitely a step in the right direction. But what does it *actually* mean? This piece delves a bit deeper.   

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Eastern Promise in North Carolina

Rec legalisation in NC is taking longer than we’d like, but one band of local landowners – the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians – has voted to make it so on their reservation in the western part of the state. If only the rest of NC could follow suit. 

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New Amsterdam?

As Amsterdam begins its blanket ban on cannabis consumption in public, tourist-dominated parts of the city, it stands to lose its crown as a haven for herb. Still, plenty of other places are ready to step up. But where?

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Wooooo-ing Sponsorship

Hot on the heels of his foray into the cannabis sector last year, retired pro wrestler and all-round lunatic, ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair has secured a sponsorship deal with NBA team, the Cleveland Cavaliers for his functional mushroom-based energy drink: Wooooo! Energy.

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