After kicking off  Adult Use cannabis with hour long lines to gain entry to dispensaries, Nevada’s legal cannabis market is expected to explode raking in a whopping $30 million in sales in the first six months alone. With more than 44 million visitors expecting to swing through Sin City next year, are Vegas’ dispensaries really ready for the green rush? Enter the Las Vegas Weekend Box, launching July 14 at dispensaries across Las Vegas. Each month, the Weekend Box will curate 10 products from the Las Vegas cannabis community complete with an educational guide to safe consumption in our fabulous city.…...

On the eve of Adult Use cannabis becoming legal to purchase in the state of Nevada, a small group gathered at a sprawling 420-friendly Las Vegas mansion to partake in a bring-your-own-cannabis yoga class. After a few tokes and extensive postures, the conversation enthusiastically shifted to midnight: July 1, when Nevada became the fifth state with shops selling cannabis to the public.   “Oh yeah, there’s definitely going to be lines,” Luxe Mansion’s Asia Duncan predicted. And lines there were. Some media outlets estimated hundreds of people both local medical marijuana patients and tourists alike stood in line for up to an hour…...

Millennials marijuana usage continues to increase as legalization movements succeed across the nation. Here in Nevada Social Media Unicorn, the premier cannabis marketing agency and the Las Vegas Medical Marijuana Association are teaming up for a monthly conversation featuring the top millennial minds in the cannabis industry. This Thursday, May 4th beginning at 6pm, moderator Krista Whitley will host a conversation to help educate industry insiders on new and innovative ways to capture the attention of this fast growing market segment. Special invited guests include Shelby Stanley who works with DigiPath Labs, helping clients test and analyze reports on the quality of the…...

This week, the May installment of Millennials in Cannabis is happening at the Las Vegas Country Club.  Special invited guests include Katy Bruce, a Las Vegas area cannabis consultant who has a career in cannabis spanning more than 20 years. Growing up in Northern California and Washington state, Bruce had a successful  career running a trimming business. Now, Bruce uses her relentless knowledge and passion  for the marijuana industry is relentless. She spends most of her time doing what she loves the most, teaching others learn how to cultivate cannabis.  On Thursday, May 4, Bruce will join the May installment…...

  Originally from New York, Jacob Silverstein has been a medical marijuana patient and advocate in Nevada for the past several years. After a lengthy career in government and the non-profit sector, Jacob entered the cannabis industry as the marketing manager for Silver State Wellness and Las Vegas ReLeaf.   Photo via Las Vegas Journal and Review “As a premiere distributor of Dixie Elixirs in Nevada, Las Vegas ReLeaf is proud to offer patients an increased variety of high quality products that appeal to both novice and veteran consumers alike, and particularly to non-smokers by offering sodas, mints, tinctures, topical lotions,…...

Cannabis is legendary for its helpful effects subduing nausea; something that comes in handy when experiencing morning sickness. Many women in the past have claimed to have smoked marijuana to them cope with excessive vomiting and it’s estimated that 2-3 % of American women smoke marijuana throughout their entire pregnancy. But the question still remains is it safe to smoke marijuana while pregnant? And what effect, if any will it have on the trial. Research has been conducted on both mothers and infants exposed to marijuana use during pregnancy. The most notable difference observed was the length of children exposed to…...