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Athens adopts ordinance to allow Medical Marijuana dispensaries

New research from Ontario, Canada has uncovered some interesting finds about how cannabis helps those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Cannasouth to buy out cultivation and manufacturing joint venture partners

Genius Extraction Technologies is ramping up and reinventing cannabis extract production.

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Million-Dollar Home used for illegal Marijuana grow engulfed in flames

Research evidence points out the key role of cannabinoid receptors in bone turnover and healing processes.

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After years of quiet progress, Israeli medical cannabis research is budding – Cannabis News

The 55-and-older crowd is now the fastest-growing demographic of pot users in the country.

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Starting cannabis from seed? Here’s help from a master gardener - Cannabis News

Experts say listing cannabis among the world’s deadliest drugs ignores decades of scientific and medical data. But attempts to delist it have met with decades of bureaucratic inertia and political distortion.

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The grass is green for careers in cannabis research - Cannabis News

It’s one thing to know what molecules are found in different weed strains. It’s another to know what those chemicals actually do -- scientifically speaking.

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Policy changes ruled in favor of Kentucky's hemp growers

As the government considers reclassifying cannabis, researchers say easing the rules could lead to big advances.

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U.S. Senate bill would legalize marijuana for first time in 50+ years

At a recent presentation, a scientist described how he and his team were able to recycle leftover hemp bast fiber into powerful energy-storing supercapacitors.

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Pennsylvania Governor Continues Push For Cannabis Legalization

With companies marketing drugs directly to consumers promising cures for almost anything, an increasingly destigmatized cannabis seems a likely target for the industry’s next game-changing medicine.

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Puff test for pot use will be reality within a year, WSU researchers say

Joints for sale at Mr. Bill’s of Buckley, the first recreational marijuana store to open in Pierce County outside of Tacoma, September 2014. Image: Peter Haley Staff photographer, via NewsTribune.com
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Researchers at Washington State University say they think they are about a year away from having a portable breath test that police can use to detect if someone has recently consumed marijuana.
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What went right, what went wrong, and what went sideways: 2022 In Cannabis

A package of compressed yeast, produced in Finland. Image: Hellahulla via Wikimedia Commons
 
Why grow marijuana when you can brew it?
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Why HEXO Stock Is Getting Smoked This Week

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Teen marijuana use held steady in 2014, the first year that marijuana was legally available for purchase in the states of Washington and Colorado, according to just-released numbers from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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Ireland: Cork toddler, 2, gets cannabis oil permit for epilepsy treatment – Cannabis News

Sarah Stuive, biological control consultant, checks for bugs at Bedrocan Canada, a medical marijuana facility, in Toronto on Monday, August 17, 2015. Image: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Alexandra Posadzki ~ The Canadian Press ~
 
TORONTO – When Sarah Stuive first got into the natural pest control business – which uses predatory insects, or “good bugs,” to weed out pests – she never expected to be working with cannabis plants.
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