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Hawaii founders of biodiesel firm unveil their own green new deal: Hemp - Cannabis News
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Earth Day blessing fetes Maui’s first state-licensed industrial hemp farm.
Cannabis Nurses: An Emerging Specialization And Vital Resource For Seniors - Cannabis News
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Nurses who specialize in cannabis medicine are increasingly stepping in to help seniors navigate that path.
Texas Lawmakers Will Vote On Marijuana Decriminalization This Week - Cannabis News
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The Texas House is scheduled to vote on a bill on Thursday that would make low-level marijuana possession punishable by a fine with no jail time.
MjMicro Conference
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Cannabis News
MjMicro is the next level in cannabis investment. Set to take place on June 25, 2019, at the Westin Grand Central in New York City, this invitational networking forum promises to unite publicly traded cannabis companies led by seasoned executives with a full roster of high-net-worth investors looking to capitalize on the huge growth that’s currently being forecast for both the recreational and medicinal markets. Put simply, MjMicro is designed as a dedicated solution to facilitating private capital investment in cannabis-related public entities at a time when media outlets around the world are referring to the burgeoning sector as “the fastest growing industry on the planet.”
Generation Z Americans will be the Ultimate Cannabis Consumers - Cannabis News
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“They’re growing up in a world where cannabis is completely normal.”
Medical marijuana oil sales signed into Georgia law - Cannabis News
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Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday signed into law a bill to grow and sell medical marijuana in Georgia, a milestone for patients who are allowed to use the drug but had no way to buy it.
Why Carl's Jr. is testing out a CBD burger - Cannabis News
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Business & Finance
Food, beverage and other consumer goods companies have been trying to figure out how to capitalize on growing interest in ingredients like CBD.
Iowa Senate gives green light to industrial hemp - Cannabis News
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Iowa farmers would be allowed to grow industrial hemp as a crop under legislation that Monday cleared the state Senate.
Medical marijuana insurance in Florida? Lawmakers, agriculture commissioner pushing for it - Cannabis News
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“Our constitution recognizes that marijuana is medicine, and if it is in our constitution then companies that provide health insurance to Florida patients should be covering it,” said the state's Agriculture Commissioner.
Report Shows Which Cannabis Products Women Prefer - Cannabis News
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Every consumer marketplace moves on the differences between men and women, and cannabis is no different.
Tennessee hemp farming rises 1,100% in one year. Is it growing too fast? - Cannabis News
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More than 2,600 Tennessee farmers and businesses are licensed to grow hemp or CBD this spring — an increase of more than 1,100% in just one year.
Rite Aid joining growing CBD drugstore chain trend and will pilot products in two states - Cannabis News
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Business & Finance
Rite Aid will pilot the sale of CBD creams, lotions and lip balms at stores in Oregon and Washington, store officials announced Thursday.
Puerto Rico's pot boom? Medical marijuana industry touts growth, despite challenges - Cannabis News
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“If people knew the healing power of cannabis, everyone would be growing it in their patios,” says a patient who has found relief from pain.
Oregon has 1 million pounds of unsold cannabis, and it reveals the state's marijuana-surplus problem - Cannabis News
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Oregon is producing more weed than it can sell.
Can Marijuana Help Alzheimer's Patients? - Cannabis News
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People diagnosed with Alzheimer’s face bleak prospects. There’s no cure, and no effective treatment for the symptoms that often accompany memory loss -- delusions, and even hallucinations, that can make patients agitated or aggressive.
Minnesota study finds that medical pot soothes cancer pains - Cannabis News
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Symptoms such as pain and nausea improved in cancer patients who took cannabis, according to new research that is part of Minnesota’s effort to address the information void about whether marijuana offers medical benefits.
Maine’s ‘first and only cannabis business park’ growing in Auburn - Cannabis News
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Developers looking ahead to Maine's recreational marijuana market plan to invest $6 million to $7 million this year setting up the site.
Fit in my 40s: the cannabis-aided workout - Cannabis News
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A CBD patch helps you relax. It’s still painful but I can’t stop laughing.

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