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NBA Hall of Famer and CEO, Announces Participation in the Stellantis-National Business League Black Supplier Development Program
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Business & Finance
Using Sustainable Hemp Solutions, One World Pharma Seeks to Become a Major Supplier Within the Federal Government, and Public and Private Sectors, Both Nationally and Internationally. Original link
The Green Organic Dutchman Makes Australian Debut
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Cannabis News
Canadian cannabis firm The Green Organic Dutchman (TGOD) is celebrating its first medical cannabis shipment to Australia. In September last year, TGOD inked a distribution agreement with LeafCann for Australian and New Zealand medical cannabis markets, where LeafCann will be the exclusive supplier of the company’s products in both countries. While
Town Board looking to opt out of marijuana dispensaries, consumption sites due to lack of information
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Cannabis News
The Batavia Town Board on Wednesday night voted to schedule a public hearing on a resolution that would enable the municipality to opt out of allowing cannabis retail dispensaries and on-site consumption sites through New York’s Marijuana Regulation & Taxation Act. “I don’t think there’s enough information from the State of New York to enter into s
Could Another Acquisition Be on the Horizon for Tilray?
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Business & Finance
The company's merger with Aphria closed in May, but investors shouldn't rule out another one in the near future. Cannabis company Tilray (NASDAQ:TLRY) is hoping to reach $4 billion in annual revenue by 2024. For a company that is currently at a run rate of less than $700 million -- it has a long way to go in reaching that target. Original link
Paraguay Incinerates Record Seizure of 36 Tons of Marijuana
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Politics
Agents of the Paraguayan SENAD incinerated 36 tons of marijuana on September 17, 2021, in Concepción department. (Photo: Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat) On September 17, 2021, agents of the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD, in Spanish) incinerated 36 tons of marijuana in Concepción department. “It was the largest drug inc
Police warn of marijuana edibles that look like candy ahead of Halloween
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Medical News
  Scam artists are giving a whole new meaning to trick or treat. With Halloween around the corner, police want you to take extra precautions to keep children safe.     Law enforcement agencies are asking parents to check every piece of candy their child receives. Be on the lookout for tampered treats or marijuana edibles inside packing that appeals
Advisory issued after chemically-altered THC found in medical marijuana
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Medical News
The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority issued a patient advisory recently after confirming the presence of THC analogs, including THC-O-acetate, in a rising number of medical marijuana products.   According to the OMMA, the manufactured THC compound is not a medical marijuana product and has been shown to be harmful when added to products already
Meet Jeng, The Alcohol-Free, Hemp-Infused Beverage for Cocktail Lovers
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Cannabis News
BOULDER, Colo. — Introducing jeng an alcohol-free, hemp-infused, ready-to-drink cocktail to excite the palate, inspire conversation, and elevate social experiences. jeng is the brainchild of Christopher Lackner and John Enghauser, old friends who reconnected with an idea right before the pandemic hit. Using a recipe from John’s favorite “home cockt
Ohio medical marijuana users say prices still too high
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Medical News
It’s been nearly three years since the first medical marijuana dispensary opened in Ohio and a little more than half of the state’s marijuana card holders are either “extremely dissatisfied” or “somewhat dissatisfied” with the program. That’s just one of the results of a recent report prepared by the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center at Ohio State
Will US Grown Marijuana Even Exist In 10 Years?
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Business & Finance
Costs such as labor, electricity, and tariffs may have already doomed the US cannabis industry. Costs of labor, water, electricity, and tariffs may all signal an unfair market for US marijuana growers. The US cannabis industry’s final chapter has already been written before it even began!  While the US cannabis industry anxiously waits for Federal
Rantoul considering adult-use cannabis craft grower business
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Politics
Rantoul leaders are giving thought to a potential start-up adult-use cannabis craft grower business in the village.  The News-Gazette reports Rantoul natives Dane Ehler, operator of Heartland Hemp Co., and Blake Schilb, shared a proposal with the village board at an October study session that would seek to change a village ordinance banning all com
Cannabis Producers Could Be Making a Colossal Mistake in Dismissing This Threat
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Business & Finance
It has now been three full years since Canada legalized the recreational marijuana market on Oct. 17, 2018. In the early stages, marijuana producers in the country were generating strong growth numbers due to the new segment of the market opening up (previously, only medical marijuana had been legal). But fast forward to today, and top companies li
Texas says popular cannabis extract, delta-8, is illegal, sending retailers scrambling
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Business & Finance
Three years after federal legislation removed the marijuana extract known as delta-8 THC from the nation’s list of controlled substances, Texas health officials have put it on its own list of illegal drugs, sending a shockwave through the growing CBD retail industry across the state and making the substance, essentially, illegal. Christine Perez, w
What Is Cannabis 3.0? CBD As Trojan Horse? Industry Experts Discuss The Future Landscape of Cannabis Brands
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Business & Finance
Speaking at last week’s  Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in New York City, Mary Ellen Schrock, brand evangelist at Vibe Growth told her colleagues on a panel called “The Trends Dictating the Future Landscape of Cannabis Brands” that it was time for the next generation of cannabis branding. (As Originally Seen On Benzinga by: Nina Zdinjak) Orig
N.J. ‘Big Weed’ cannabis capers may limit minorities, locals
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Business & Finance
Before recreational sales even get started, is New Jersey’s “budding” cannabis industry starting to resemble another regulated one that, too many times, has had competitors bringing out the knives against one another? Many in South Jersey will recall an all-out war of words that developed a few years ago between Virtua Health and Cooper University
Case study: Can CBD oil shrink lung cancer tumors?
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Medical News
Cannabinoids are chemical compounds presentTrusted Source in the Cannabis sativa (C. sativa) plant. Some people use cannabis therapeutically to treat seizures, pain, inflammation, spasms, and anxiety. CBD and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) are the two major cannabinoids present in the cannabis plant. However, CBD does not produce a euphoric fee
Costa Rica congress approves legalization of marijuana for medicinal use
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Medical News
Costa Rica’s Congress on Tuesday approved the legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes, despite opposition from conservative groups and President Carlos Alvarado, who still needs to put his stamp of approval on the law. The law allows for the production and processing of cannabis, but does not regulate its recreational use. Independent lawm
Cannabis vendors in Constantine leery of retailer's ‘night club’ proposal
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Business & Finance
Representatives of medical and adult-use marijuana businesses in Constantine attended the Constantine village council meeting Oct. 18 with questions about a presentation to the council last month by Scott Dianda and Ed Santangelo of Tranquility Fields Retail, regarding opening a consumption lounge in the village.  Tranquility Fields representatives

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