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4 Myths about working in the cannabis industry debunked
420 Intel
Business & Finance
  The growing acceptance of cannabis in the United States, along with the legalization of recreational cannabis use in 18 states, has created a booming industry around growing, preparing, and selling marijuana. Unfortunately, the novelty of the field has also led to a lot of misinformation and misconceptions. Cannabis use is still taboo in many par
Chronic cannabis use by mothers heightens risk of their young adult offspring using marijuana and tobacco: study
420 Intel
Medical News
Women were interviewed 10 times over the course of study, while offspring were surveyed at age 22 to measure any drug dependence. A new U.S. study suggests that women who regularly use cannabis during and after pregnancy may increase the likelihood that their adult offspring smoke cannabis and tobacco.   “Chronic maternal cannabis use is a risk fac
Will 2022 Be The Year Marijuana Stocks Make A Comeback?
420 Intel
Business & Finance
Will A New Year Help Marijuana Stocks Reach Better Trading ? Some Believe So Marijuana Stock Investing In 2022 Here’s What You Need To Know When it comes to top marijuana stocks 2021 had its fair share of challenges. Yet from November 2020 to early 2021 the sector saw solid upward consistency. Shortly after mid-February, the majority of marijuana s
Bureau of Land Management seizes more than one million marijuana plants during annual CAMP program
420 Intel
Politics
  Bureau of Land Management rangers and special agents, alongside various law enforcement partners, eradicated more than one million marijuana plants and close to 180,300 pounds of processed marijuana this year from illegal grow sites statewide on BLM lands as part of the California Department of Justice’s annual Campaign Against Marijuana Planting
A 90-year-old was serving life for marijuana despite serious illness. Now he’s going home
420 Intel
Politics
In a dramatic reversal, a 90-year-old, seriously ill federal inmate serving life in prison for a nonviolent marijuana trafficking crime will go free after a judge granted him compassionate release on Tuesday — overturning his previous order denying release. Horacio Estrada-Elias, who was the subject of a CNN investigative story in September, is set
A legal loophole allows the sale of 'Delta 8' cannabis in Wisconsin. For one grower, it’s been a boon.
420 Intel
Business & Finance
3 Tall Pines Farm turns hemp into THC products that are being sold across the state On the counter in the shop at 3 Tall Pines Farm, there's a large plastic jar full of carefully wrapped joints. The back wall is lined with cartridges of vaping liquid in different flavors. Workers pack orders as the scent of cannabis hangs in the air. The farm's hem
Social Consumption: The Time is Now
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Cannabis News
What do social consumption lounges look like in practice? What are the rules and regulations that social consumption lounges must adhere to? How and where are social consumption lounges currently legal in the United States? Here’s what you need to know. Social consumption lounges are becoming increasingly popular in legal cannabis markets. Just wha
40 people hospitalized in Florida for excessive bleeding caused by 'spice' drug
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Cannabis News
Dozens of Floridians have been hospitalized due to their use of a marijuana alternative. More than 40 Florida residents in Hillsborough County have been hospitalized due to severe bleeding caused by the use of synthetic marijuana. "We are closely monitoring this situation and working with public health agencies," said Florida Poison Control in a Mo
Who will be the Amazon/Tesla of the cannabis industry? Key To Life Supply fits the bill
420 Intel
Business & Finance
Who will be the Amazon or Tesla of the cannabis industry? Key To Life Supply fits the bill. With exciting new technologies and products via their re-imagination initiative, Key To Life Supply is now being considered among the Amazon of the Hemp Industry. Its eCommerce website boasts hundreds of new products and grows by the day. It's evident that K
Mission hemp farm opens, growth in industry expected
420 Intel
Business & Finance
On Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of hemp trees swayed their fragrant leaves in the wind in the greenhouse of a Mission hemp farm. “We are not aware of anybody doing this type of volume actually south of Houston,” said Roberto Morales, owner of Healing Bloom Farm. Healing Bloom handles all parts of production in-house with the main product being CBD o
New Mexico Credit Union First In Nation To Set Up Protocols For Cannabis Banking, Blow To Illicit Dealers
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Politics
The cannabis industry has been unbanked and underserved for years, often resulting in adverse impacts on public safety in communities where cannabis is legal. On Monday, New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas announced that New Mexico-based U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union is the first financial institution in the country to become certified fo
Recreational marijuana back on ballot in Yellowstone County
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Politics
Initiative will appear on June 7 primary Six weeks after Billings residents voted to ban recreational marijuana sales within city limits, Yellowstone County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to give county voters the same chance. Chariman Don Jones, Denis Pitman, and John Ostlund, who voted against a similar resolution in August, all agreed t
Is Mixing Cannabis And Prescription Drugs A Good Idea?
420 Intel
Medical News
Taking CBD or marijuana might help your pain, but could be making the other drug(s) you’re taking more toxic. It is widely known that cannabis has many medicinal benefits, with managing chronic pain, epilepsy, anxiety and treating the symptoms of PTSD among them. However, in the case of cannabinoids, a group of substances found in the cannabis plan
Colorado Marijuana Tax Revenue Breaks Annual Record
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Politics
Colorado's annual marijuana tax revenue haul has already reached a new high for the seventh straight year, according to the latest data from the state Department of Revenue.The DOR's latest monthly report on marijuana tax revenue shows that November's $32.5 million in combined marijuana taxes and fees pushed 2021's overall total past $392.8 million
'El Chapo's' errand runner — a key to the kingpin's ultimate capture — sentenced in San Diego
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Politics
As Mexican and U.S. forces closed in on Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera in the winter of 2014, they set out first to find the man they hoped would unlock many of the drug kingpin's secrets, and ultimately his whereabouts. Characterized as Guzmán's personal assistant, Mario Hidalgo Arguello was intricately involved in the fugitive's comings and goin
Drinkable weed: The newest trend in craft brews
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Cannabis News
Cannabis-infused beverages are gaining momentum Inside a small garage near Golden is another potential budding American success story. “Apple computer started in a garage. Microsoft also started in a garage,” Keith Villa said. “This location is exactly 10 minutes to the front door of Coors. I drove it for 32 years.” Villa’s name might sound familia
Village of Dundee opts out of recreational marijuana indefinitely
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Politics
Leaders in the Village of Dundee say they are willing to listen to proposals for recreational marijuana establishments in their boundaries, even as they unanimously voted to drop the sunset clause of the village's Prohibition of Marijuana Establishments Ordinance. On December 7, village council approved the re-adoption of the ordinance with an amen
European Union Increases THC Level For Industrial Hemp. Why Does It Matter?
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Business & Finance
The European Parliament approved on November 24 to increase the THC level from 0.2% to 0.3% for hemp crops used for industrial purposes. The rise of the THC level for industrial hemp is part of the measures of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms, which will enter into force in 2023.  Farmers may receive EU subsidies if they use hemp va

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