Who said it? President-elect Donald Trump or the Joker?

It’s hard to tell with “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill adapting one of President-elect’s sinister tweets for Batman’s perverse nemesis in a creepy audio clip shared Saturday night.

Hamill, an acclaimed voice actor who portrayed the Joker in "Batman: The Animated Series" and many other projects, giggled, growled and howled the incoming commander-in-chief’s New Year’s Eve greeting into a calling card made especially for the Clown Prince of Crime.

New Jersey's Rutgers University is breaking ranks with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) on cannabis. Last summer, RU quietly revamped their marijuana policy for school athletes. The new rules - which took effect on August 1, 2016 - separate cannabis from performance-enhancing substances and hard drugs like heroin and cocaine.  

Marijuana will remain a prohibited substance, but student athletes at Rutgers will receive lighter punishments for using it compared to taking PED's and hard drugs. The new policy was developed in collaboration with coaches, legal counsellors, medical personnel and administrators at RU.

If not for pervasive uncertainty about the incoming Trump Administration the cannabis industry would be on a hiring spree.

Election night 2016 will be remembered as a resounding success for those supporting medical and recreational cannabis legalization. Recreational use was legalized in California, Nevada, Massachusetts and Maine. Voters in Florida, North Dakota, and Arkansas all approved medical marijuana initiatives, and voters in Montana realigned the current laws to reflect the patient interests outlined in the original 2004 medical marijuana law.

Getting too high takes the fun out of getting high. Here are some tips for avoiding "too high" and how to mitigate it if you are. 

Being too high is no fun. Getting stoned on weed is supposed to be a chill, relaxing thing, but even experienced cannabis consumers can get to the point where their dreamy buzz takes on some nightmarish aspect, whether it's couch-locked immobility, fear of impending overdose death (the Maureen Dowd syndrome), or just plain old panic and anxiety.

Oh that smell, can’t you smell that smell? 

The 2017 inauguration for President Trump takes place in Washington D.C. in a little over a week, and cannabis supporters are making a point – by handing out 4,200 joints to onlookers at the National Mall.

DCMJ, a D.C. cannabis advocacy group, is organizing the event. Their objective is to remind Trump and his fellow politicians that there’s a ‘marijuana majority’ in America.

“We legalized cannabis in Washington, DC and we are not going to let anyone take that away from us,” reads the invitation.

Privateer Holdings led 2016 deals with a $40M convertible note round, followed by Syqe Medical and MedMen.

As more states have loosened or abolished restrictions on cannabis over the past few years, global equity funding to private cannabis-focused startups has skyrocketed, with 2014 and 2015 seeing a surge in investment. However, in 2016, deals and dollars began to level off, with funding coming in slightly below 2015′s level. With 8 states and Washington D.C. approving some form of marijuana legalization late last year, though, Q4’16 did see a big uptick in funding dollars and a slight rebound in deals as well.

Content marketing is how we think about marketing. Back in the day it was hit them over the head over and over until they buy from you. It’s different today. The cannabis industry is new and it’s getting smarter. Content has to have value, period. It has to provide engaging and entertaining information, which is totally different than the hit them over the head strategy.

Think of it like this: a fish is not aware of the water. This is how content must be… like air. You just have to be there, surrounding who wants to engage.

“Dispensaries have always been operating in a legal gray area, so they are comfortable taking a risk”

Recreational marijuana has been legal in California for two months, and although individuals are allowed to grow up to six plants or possess an ounce of weed, it is not yet legal for businesses to sell recreational pot. Prop. 64, which passed on November 8th, postponed the start date for legal marijuana sales until January 1st of next year, giving the state time to establish a licensing system.  Selling marijuana without a license is still illegal, although the crime has been downgraded from a felony to a misdemeanor.

North Dakota voters overwhelmingly approved the legalization of medical marijuana, and lawmakers are grappling with launching the program. But patients are about to learn that legalization does not mean insurance will cover the cost.

Major health insurers in North Dakota have said they will not provide coverage for medical marijuana, which voters approved in the November election by a margin of almost 64 percent, citing what they say is inadequate evidence of its effectiveness.

“We don’t cover it in Minnesota nor will we in North Dakota,” said Greg Bury, senior manager for public relations at Medica. “We don’t believe the efficacy has yet been established.”

There are couple of charges that qualify as a driving offence, commonly called DUI (driving under the influence). These include Impaired Driving, Over 80, failure or refusal to perform physical sobriety tests or give breath or blood samples.  Not only that, but this also includes Impaired Driving charges connected to driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.This is noteworthy because as Canada moves to legalize marijuana, new changes will be implemented to existing DUI laws. Marijuana consumption trends are changing, and with it the way in which people interact with and interpret the law.