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Should Hospitals Allow Cannabis for the Terminally Ill?
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Medical News
Should terminal patients be able to get cannabis while at the hospital or hospice? Even in states where cannabis has been legalized for medical use, patients struggle to find the information that they need when it comes to using cannabis as medicine. There’s tons of questions that overwhelm patients: how much cannabis to use, what method of adminis
Michigan Report: Gov. Whitmer Consolidates Cannabis And Hemp Regulation To Increase Efficiency
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Politics
Three years after it was formed, the Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency is getting a new name.  The agency will be renamed the Cannabis Regulatory Agency and take up the task of overseeing hemp processing, distribution and sales in addition to its current regulation of the marijuana industry. (Article originally appeared on Benzinga) Governor Gre
Carpinteria Cannabis Greenhouse Gets Green Light for New Odor Controls; Opponents Plan to Appeal
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Politics
Santa Barbara County Planning Commission approves permits for cannabis farms near Carpinteria High School. One of the largest cannabis greenhouse projects in the Carpinteria Valley, a close neighbor of Carpinteria High School and a flashpoint in the local pot wars, had its permit unanimously approved by the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission 
Medical Marijuana In Hawaii Still Conflicts With Federal Law
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Medical News
The Legislature can and should end this harmful discrimination against qualified patients and dispensaries. It is curious to see the recent dispensary complaints about restrictive regulation and unsustainable tax burdens. What is missing from this discussion is the fact that Hawaii’s eight dispensaries — as well as our 34,000 lawfully registered me
Terrapin, JARS Cannabis launch scholarship program for minority cannabis entrepreneurs
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Politics
GRAND RAPIDS — Terrapin Care Station and JARS Cannabis are partnering with Higher Learning Institutions to launch a year-long professional development program for minority entrepreneurs looking to get into the cannabis industry. The Cannabis Community Social Equity Scholarship will be available to 20 people. Anyone can apply, but applicants will be
South Africa is currently the third-largest illegal cannabis producer in the world.
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Politics
  In his SONA on Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said that government would be looking to ease policies to help the hemp and cannabis sectors grow in South Africa. "We will review the policy and regulatory framework for industrial hemp and cannabis to realise the huge potential for investment and job creation." Ramaphosa claimed 130 000 jobs co
Heavy Metals in Cannabis Method Approved by AOAC INTERNATIONAL
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Technology
CEM Corporation is pleased to announce AOAC INTERNATIONAL’s approval of the analytical method, “Heavy Metals in a Variety of Cannabis and Cannabis-Derived Products,” used for the analysis of toxic metals in cannabis and cannabis-containing products. This First Action AOAC Official Method status represents a large step forward in cannabis testing. T
Decriminalizing Cannabis Could End Up on Ballot in Denton City Election
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Politics
As the law stands in Denton now, you can still get cited for misdemeanor amounts of cannabis. Cannabis reform has moved at a snail's pace in Texas. But activists are trying to speed things up by fighting for reform at the city and county levels. A group called Decriminalize Denton has twice tried to get an ordinance through City Council that would
What is It Like to Smoke THC-O Dominant Flower?
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Cannabis News
What is it like to smoke THC-O joints and pre-rolls? THC acetate ester, popularly called THC-O or THC-O-acetate, is one of the common synthetic forms of cannabinoids. Over the years, chemists all around the globe have tried to create a perfect synthetic product with the precise effects offered by cannabis plants. To do this, cannabis compounds have
Clinical trial shows Charlotte's Web hemp extract's positive effects on stress, sleep and well Being
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Technology
Charlotte's Web Holdings, Inc. ("Charlotte's Web" or the "Company"), the market leader in cannabidiol (CBD) hemp extract wellness products, shares the positive results from a randomized, controlled, clinical trial study which evaluated the effectiveness of hemp-derived CBD extracts. Charlotte's Web participated in the Radicle ACES (Advancing CBD Ed
Medical cannabis one step closer to law, South Carolina farmers to get priority over out-of-state companies
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Politics
The medical cannabis bill poised to pass the South Carolina Senate would prioritize existing hemp farmers in the state for certifications to grow marijuana. Janel Ralph is the CEO of ReBotanicals, one of the first hemp farms in South Carolina. She got involved in the cannabis business because of her daughter, who has a rare, debilitating condition.
WA cannabis bill seeks to make industry more diverse, equitable
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Politics
Jim Buchanan is more than ready for change. A second-generation Seattleite, cannabis retailer and entrepreneur, he is also president of the Washington State African American Cannabis Association and has spent months fighting for House Bill 2022, a bill that would make sweeping changes to Washington state’s cannabis industry. The bill is the latest
Detroit forges ahead with new recreational marijuana ordinance
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Politics
Detroit is proposing a new approach to handing out recreational marijuana business licenses. The city was in the midst of doing that when a federal court halted the process last year. It ruled that provisions in Detroit’s recreational marijuana ordinance gave longtime city residents, dubbed “Legacy Detroiters,” too much of an advantage to get those
Arizona's weed entrepreneurs sold $1.9 billion of marijuana last year — That's a lot of blunts
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Politics
Arizona’s budding cannabis industry generated $1.9 billion in sales from marijuana products last year, far higher than the estimated $1.2 billion in marijuana sales the state tracked through taxes. Consumer spending on cannabis — both recreational and medical — was measured by Headset, a Seattle, Washington-based market research company that specia
Mississippi approves medical marijuana: What a long, strange trip it’s been
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Politics
Rarely are we able to combine the Grateful Dead and Mississippi in the same sentence, but the band once said, what a long strange trip it’s been. In November 2020, Mississippi voters overwhelmingly approved Initiative Measure No. 65, a citizen-driven ballot initiative. Initiative Measure No. 65 would have amended the Mississippi Constitution to cre
Aptia Engineering releases innovative diamond miner technology for botanical processors
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Technology
Aptia is proud to announce the release of their latest process equipment innovation for the hemp and cannabis industries – the Diamond Miner Cart (DMC). Diamond Miners are small stainless pressure vessels that are widely used in small batch artisanal extract production. The extracts crafted in these reactors are much more valuable than bulk distill
Scottish hemp products specialist Voyager launches dedicated skincare division
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Cannabis News
Scottish CBD health and wellness business Voyager has launched a bespoke skincare division as it looks to tap into a fast-growing market. The rollout of VoyagerCann follows the group’s acquisition of a specialist maker of skincare and face serum products after the parent company went bust. In December, the hemp products specialist said it had bough
Cannabis start-up gets involved in Sault Ste. Marie community
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Business & Finance
This summer, Sault Ste. Marie will be getting its first marijuana grow and cultivation facility called Gro-UP. The city currently has four provisionary centers which began opening after the city passed a law in August 2020 allowing marijuana businesses to operate within city limits. Gro-UP’s leadership chose Sault Ste. Marie as its base of operatio

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