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Medical cannabis advocates head for MS state capital to demand special session
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Politics
 Mississippians prepare to protest in front of the governor’s mansion in Jackson, demanding Governor Tate Reeves to call a special session for the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act. Reeves told lawmakers that if both sides, Republican and Democrat, were able to come to a consensus and draft a bill for a medical cannabis program, he would call a spec
Does Cannabis Help With Bone Health?
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Medical News
The skeletal system is an essential of the human anatomy. We need our skeletal system to stand erect, to walk properly and function optimally. The sad reality is that, a lot of people take their bone health for granted thereby affecting the skeletal system. For some individuals, poor bone health is caused by the strenuous activities that they engag
How Mitch McConnell Accidentally Created An Unregulated THC Market
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Politics
Sen. Mitch McConnell didn’t know what he was doing when he passed the 2018 Farm Bill. The bill included his provision that legalized industrial hemp, a form of cannabis that can be made into a wide variety of products including cannabidiol, a non-intoxicating cannabis compound commonly called CBD. That part was intentional — the law quickly launche
Crackdown on medical cannabis education and promotion harms patients
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Medical News
Week after week, thousands of new patients enroll in Missouri’s fast-growing medical marijuana program. Less than a year since the start of retail sales, nearly 150,000 Missourians with cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma and 20 other qualifying conditions can now safely purchase their medicine at any of the more than 150 dispensaries approved to operate so
Surprising Side Effects of Too Much Marijuana, Say Experts
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Medical News
The days of Reefer Madness hysteria seem long behind us as more and more states legalize recreational marijuana. (Last week, one of the most conservative Supreme Court justices, Clarence Thomas, said he believed federal anti-marijuana laws might no longer be necessary.) Although pot is no longer considered the mania-inducing menace of years past, i
47% of U.S. Cannabis Consumers Report Choosing Cannabis Products Over Alcohol
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Cannabis News
New Frontier Data, the premier data, analytics and technology firm specializing in the cannabis industry worldwide, publishes its latest report, Cannabis & Wellness: A New Consumer Paradigm, released in partnership with SōRSE and Jointly, examining various facets of health and wellness-related consumption patterns amongst current U.S. cannabis cons
We Don’t Talk Enough About Cannabis And Its Effect On Senior Sex
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Medical News
Cannabis and its effect on sex is a topic that is often discussed. But cannabis and its effect on the sex lives of seniors doesn’t get nearly as much coverage, but it should. The range of which cannabis can affect someone’s sex life is wide, from simply helping people feel more turned on, to opening the mind to deeper intimacy and promoting mindful
Stamford officials want to limit marijuana use, but state law may have it covered
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Politics
 Some Stamford representatives want to prevent people from smoking marijuana in certain parts of the city, including on school property, but it’s unclear if they have to do anything to make such activity illegal. That’s because a recent bill signed into law by Gov. Ned Lamont already establishes restrictions for marijuana use. The law allows people
Top Marijuana Penny Stocks To Watch Mid October
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Business & Finance
Are you looking for top marijuana stocks to invest in for Q4 2021? For the past 8 months, the cannabis sector has experienced substantial market declines. This is mostly due to Congress not establishing marijuana legalization earlier in the year. Now in Q4 the SAFE Banking Act and the MORE Act have resurfaced and passed in the House. Although there
Climate Change Report Signals Need for Greener Operations in Cannabis
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Technology
On August 9, 2021, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sent shock waves through the financial markets and the world in general with the publication of its sixth assessment report. The IPCC report, the most comprehensive of its nature since 2013, made it abundantly clear that much of the damage incurred by the global ecosyst
Hemp-based Delta 8 THC: Science Improves Cannabis Products
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Cannabis News
Delta 8 THC is a naturally existing compound found in the hemp variety of cannabis, and is part of a family of compounds called "cannabinoids". There are 140+ cannabinoids in the hemp plant, including another one you likely have heard of, which is CBD. Another familiar compound is Delta 9 THC, the active ingredient in Marijuana.  But even though it
Palm Springs City Council approves new fee schedule for cannabis business violations
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Business & Finance
The Palm Springs City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a new schedule for municipal fines that can be levied on cannabis-related businesses that violate the city rules governing them.  In 2019, Palm Springs adopted a set of revised regulations for cannabis businesses, such as dispensaries and production operations, that was motivated largel
Are These Marijuana Stocks On Your Watchlist? Here’s Why They Should Be
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Business & Finance
A good amount of investors are looking at marijuana stocks from a different lens. What this means is a lot has changed in the sector in regards to how most cannabis stocks have been performing. Especially in the last year. Many investors at one point felt pot stocks were unstoppable in 2020 and early 2021. During this time many cannabis companies w
Don't Bogart That Joint...Uncle Sam Starts Counting Cannabis
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Politics
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will mail its first Hemp Acreage and Production Survey to 20,500 farmers across the nation beginning Oct. 18. Growing and harvesting hemp became legal under the 2018 Farm Bill created and sponsored by then U.S. Congressman Mike Conaway of Midland who represe
Two men indicted for fraud linked to public hemp CBD company
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Politics
A hemp CBD company listed on both the Canadian and Frankfurt stock exchanges was a vehicle for securities and wire fraud, according to an indictment recently returned by a federal grand jury in New York. Vitaly Fargesen and Igor Palatnik, both of New Jersey, are accused of soliciting funds based upon false and misleading representations of their co
Government to explore potential for development of hemp industry
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Politics
The Government has started a consultation process to explore the possibilities for the development of an industrial fibre sector using hemp. Advocates for the sector including Hemp Cooperative Ireland, whose members include farmers, engineers and scientists, argue that Irish-grown hemp has significant potential as a renewable agricultural cash crop
Here’s why Snoop Dogg’s firm just invested nearly $19 million into a European cannabis startup
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Business & Finance
AceCann, a Portuguese medical cannabis company, is receiving a €13 million ($18.7 million) investment from Casa Verde, a venture capital fund co-founded by Snoop Dogg. It is the firm’s first investment in continental Europe, according to Sifted. Original link
A dangerous kind of green: South Carolina police warn parents about heroin that looks almost like cannabis
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Cannabis News
The Greenwood Police Department (GPD) in South Carolina issued an advisory to parents this week cautioning them about a recent discovery in which a green substance tested positive as heroin, but looked quite a bit like cannabis. The advisory posted on Facebook implores PARENTS: PLEASE READ. In a straightforward approach surely meant to get parents’

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