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Rite Aid poised to sell its first cannabis-derived drug - Cannabis News
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Rite Aid and other US pharmacies could soon sell a drug derived from cannabis.
Higher potency in Cannabis sending consumers to the emergency room
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Lagunitas, a Northern California brewery best known for its India Pale Ales, is branching out into sparkling water — with one special ingredient.
California Moves Closer to Creating Cannabis Bank - Cannabis News
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California is on the verge of creating a first-of-its-kind safety net for marijuana retailers to deposit cash gleaned from legal pot sales.
Cannabis Holidays to Celebrate Throughout the Year
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The state of Oklahoma became the 30th in the nation to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes on Tuesday.
Oklahoma voters weigh 1st marijuana ballot question of 2018 - Cannabis News
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Oklahoma primary voters were weighing Tuesday whether to approve one of the least-restrictive state laws allowing medical marijuana, the nation’s first cannabis ballot question of the year.
Senate Approves Medical Marijuana For Military Veterans And Advances Hemp Legalization - Cannabis News
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U.S. military veterans would be allowed to receive recommendations for medical marijuana from government doctors under legislation approved by the Senate on Monday.
In Maine, industrial hemp is the crop to watch - Cannabis News
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How a legal shift in the state took a farm crop from zero to 60 in two years.
Molson Coors Is the Latest Beermaker to Consider Adding Buds to Suds - Cannabis News
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Another major beermaker is looking at ways to enter the marijuana business.
Full vending machines. Pot on the pillow. What some California hotels are doing to attract marijuana smokers - Cannabis News
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Like the rest of California, the hospitality industry in the state has moved slowly and tentatively to embrace the use of cannabis on a widespread basis.
Autism and Cannabis: Here's What the Science Says - Cannabis News
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Like many conditions treated with medical marijuana, the personal experience and anecdotal evidence currently runs far ahead of the peer-reviewed scientific research.
Switching to LED? Here’s What You Need to Know - Cannabis News
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If you grow cannabis, you know that light is vital to the health of your plants and eventual yield. Would switching to LED lights be right for you?
New York Moves Toward Legal Marijuana With Health Dept. Endorsement - Cannabis News
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New York moved a significant step closer to legalizing recreational marijuana, as a study commissioned by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo will recommend that the state allow adults to consume marijuana legally, the governor’s health commissioner said on Monday.
Medical marijuana passes by a landslide in South Carolina Democratic primary - Cannabis News
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South Carolina Democrats gave medical marijuana a landslide victory Tuesday, with 82 percent declaring in an advisory vote that doctors should be allowed to prescribe the drug.
Senate agriculture panel passes farm bill with hemp legalization - Cannabis News
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McConnell's hemp legislation, known as the Hemp Farming Act, is included in the Senate's farm bill and would remove industrial hemp from the list of controlled substances under federal law.
Heathrow beefs up security after rise in US cannabis smuggling arrests
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Former Ohio Republican Congressman and Speaker of the House John Boehner joined several U.S. mayors this week in telling the federal government to get out of the way of marijuana legalization.
Former Native Roots Exec Authors Cannabis for Dummies - Cannabis News
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A strange-bedfellows mix of powerful state governors and members of Congress signed on to end the decades-old war on marijuana – via the newly introduced STATES Act.
Let the people decide—Culpeper panel favors putting retail marijuana question on ballot
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The NY state Assembly voted "yes" to a bill that would allow people who have been diagnosed with opioid addiction to use medical marijuana. Supporters say medical marijuana can help with withdrawal and make it easier for people to stop using opioids.
The hemp revival: why marijuana's cousin could soon be big business - Cannabis News
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The useful crop has seen renewed interest alongside legalized weed – and there are signs that US officials are warming to it.

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