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Will Marijuana Finally Be Federally Legal? House Votes Next Week
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Politics
Will Cannabis Reform Happen Before The New Year? As the world of cannabis becomes more regulated having better cannabis reform in place is a must. During the election, Vice president-elect Karmala Harris made a promise to legalize cannabis on a federal level. Now that promise may come true in the near future. With that being said in the upcoming we
Recreational marijuana in South Dakota might create challenges for Minnesota law enforcement
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Cannabis News
South Dakotans voting to legalize recreational marijuana July 1 creates some challenges for law enforcement in Minnesota, mainly the possibility of impaired drivers coming back from South Dakota. “The potential for drivers who have consumed marijuana to various impairment levels and then driving in Minnesota creates a safety risk, mainly due to the
Cannabis Industry Expects A Green Christmas
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Cannabis News
When the pandemic began last Spring, Mary Jane’s Medicinals, which sells CBD and cannabis-infused topicals, took a big hit. April was “one of our worst months of sales ever,” said chief executive and founder Dahlia Mertens. A rebound soon followed though and by August sales were as high as they had ever been. The company’s growth this fall has been
North Dakota could soon be surrounded by legalized marijuana
420 Intel
Politics
With Montana and South Dakota approving recreational marijuana ballot measures earlier this month and Minnesota's governor and most Democrats in favor, North Dakota could in a year or so be surrounded by marijuana retail stores. To the north is Canada, which legalized marijuana nationally. "I think it shows that it's not a left-wing or right-wing i
Cannabis Beverages Offer A Trendy Alternative To Alcohol
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Cannabis News
With the holiday season already upon us, savvy hosts are busy preparing to celebrate with friends and family, whether the event is a planned family gathering or an impromptu party with friends. And while the challenges 2020 has thrown at us will mean things aren’t the way they usually are, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Consider beverages, for
Lil Wayne’s GKUA Cannabis Line Continues To Grow Amid Controversy
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Cannabis News
(image: credit GKUA Ultra Premium)   If you’ve listened to the music of groundbreaking rapper and entrepreneur Lil Wayne, his love of cannabis shouldn’t be much of a surprise. Now, Wayne is making a lasting impact in the cannabis space with his cannabis brand GKUA Ultra Premium.  “I used to just want to get high, now I smoke to get inspired…with GK
Novel cannabis plant extracts could protect against COVID-19
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Medical News
(image: Study: In search of preventive strategies: novel high-CBD Cannabis sativa extracts modulate ACE2 expression in COVID-19 gateway tissues. Image Credit: Dmytro Tyshchenko / Shutterstock) Researchers in Canada have conducted a study suggesting that novel Cannabis sativa extracts may decrease levels of the host cell receptor that severe acute r
Unique Cannabis Equipment Repurposed into Game Changing Tech to Fight COVID?
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Medical News
(image: Delta 9 Cannabis Inc.) A Canadian cannabis Company is rolling out a new take on its growing technology that may help the fight to contain the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 350,000 Canadians and killed more than 11,000. Worldwide, those numbers have surged to 60.6 million cases and more than 1.4 mi
Here's The Cannabis Packaging We All Deserve
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Business & Finance
(image: Cresco Labs) As the industry standards continue to be defined, this is the packaging every weed company should focus on. It may come as a shock to you, but most people don't know much about cannabis. A Science Daily study about THC levels in edibles found that most consumers aged 16—30 could not identify if an edible had low or high THC lev
Cannabidiol And Roundworms – Huh?
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Medical News
(image: Image: Wikimedia - CC BY-SA 3.0) A new study on the long-term effects of cannabidiol (CBD) on roundworms has been published. Here’s why it has some significance. Canada’s Canopy Growth announced recently announced its medical division, Spectrum Therapeutics, carried out a study focusing on toxicity and lifespan effects of CBD in Caenorhabdi
Man claims more than a kilogram of cannabis was meant for a (very big) batch of homemade soup
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Cannabis News
(image: Police grew suspicious when they noticed a marijuana smell emanating from his car. / PHOTO BY VMARGINEANU / ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS) 50-year-old Irish resident caught with €20k worth of weed. An Irish resident is definitely in the soup after claiming that the €20,000 ($31,000) worth of weed he had in his vehicle was merely meant as an in
GrowGeneration Emerges as Best Cannabis Stock of 2020
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Business & Finance
(image: Inside a GrowGeneration hydroponic garden center. Source: GrowGeneration) GrowGeneration Corp., the largest hydroponic garden-center chain in North America, is on a tear worthy of its name. The gardening supply company has gained over 700% so far this year, making it the best-performing cannabis stock of 2020 amid a sector-wide rally on hop
Aurora Cannabis (TSX:ACB) Signs Largest Marijuana Supply Deal in Israel
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Business & Finance
Marijuana firm Aurora Cannabis (TSX:ACB)(NYSE:ACB) has entered into one of the biggest medical cannabis supply deals by a Canadian pot grower with an Israeli firm to-date. This comes after the Canadian marijuana firm announced its two-year supply agreement with Cantek, a leading cannabis market player in Israel. Aurora Cannabis said it “intends” to
Thailand to Allow Cannabis and Hemp in Food and Cosmetics
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Politics
The health permanent secretary said the government plans to allow use of most parts of cannabis and hemp plants in food and cosmetics on Wednesday. Kiattiphum Wongrajit said the Narcotics Control Committee resolved on Tuesday to exclude the leaves, branches, stems, trunks, bark, fibre and roots of cannabis and hemp from the government’s narcotics l
More women switch out pharmaceuticals for medical cannabis
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Medical News
When it comes to how Americans treat their various health conditions, more of them are now looking to medical marijuana in states where it is legal. The fear of opioid addiction, deadly overdose and other downfalls of prescription drugs has, in ways, inspired a quest for safer remedies. However, it is women who are leading the charge, according to
So, How Did Sativa Really Become The 'Energy Queen' Of Cannabis?
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Technology
The common wisdom about cannabis enthusiasts is that they don’t have any common wisdom. The stereotype of the drooling guy “on” cannabis sitting in his parent’s basement playing video games for hours or Instagrammig nonstop is what many of the “straights” still imagine to be true. Hardly. In fact, smoking or vaping or eating cannabis—especially cer
Texas' medical marijuana laws are strict. This is what advocates want to see changed
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Politics
After one failed treatment after another, Sharlene Hernandez was at a dead end. Her 10-year-old autistic son wasn't speaking, barley eating and would play with and spread his feces around the house. Nothing was helping her child. One day, a friend in a similar situation recommended THC via a doctor's prescription. Willing to try anything, Hernandez
Marijuana Retailers Ready To Sue Over Delivery Rules
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Business & Finance
Commissioners seem ready to close out a bumpy policy-setting process next week with a vote to adopt new regulations that would reshape the legal marijuana industry to include a home delivery aspect, but that decision could give way to a legal challenge in short order. Through an attorney, some existing marijuana retailers recently threatened to sue

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