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Most French people in favour of legalising cannabis, parliamentary survey finds
Cannabis News
Cancer patients are using marijuana to relieve a variety of symptoms. But even in states where it’s legal, patients are not getting the information they need.
Ohio regulators want 73 new medical marijuana dispensary licenses to address demand, more double current number
Business & Finance
Advocates worry that local bans on the commercial cannabis industry will make it much more difficult for some patients to access medical marijuana.
More and more women are taking CBD as a daily supplement — Here’s why
Medical News
Advocates worry that local bans on the commercial cannabis industry will make it much more difficult for some patients to access medical marijuana.
Bill would reduce Alabama penalty for marijuana possession - Cannabis News
Politics
“I know in casual conversations in the Congress, many legislators who’ve done pot themselves. This pejorative pot smoker label doesn’t fly."
Yale School of Management hosts first-ever cannabis conference - Cannabis News
Business & Finance
“I know in casual conversations in the Congress, many legislators who’ve done pot themselves. This pejorative pot smoker label doesn’t fly."
Canada: Ontario to introduce legislation to sell, distribute marijuana
World News
Ontario is set to introduce legislation today that would regulate the sale and distribution of recreational marijuana.
Can cannabis help you get in shape? - Cannabis News
Sports
Some are tapping into marijuana’s psychoactive effects to quiet the brain during intense yoga sessions and other mind-oriented sports, such as running or swimming. Others use cannabis products that don’t make them high but, instead, create effects that users insist help them train harder and longer, with less pain and faster recovery times.
Alcohol Industry Targets Pot With Constellation-Canopy Deal - Cannabis News
Business & Finance
Seller of Corona beer to buy 9.9% stake in marijuana business; Company says it has no plans to sell cannabis in the U.S. yet.
Another New England state studies legalizing marijuana - Cannabis News
Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A special legislative commission is looking into the potential effects of legalizing recreational marijuana in Rhode Island as the state's northern neighbor readies to allow recreational marijuana sales.
Neighbors of planned marijuana dispensary not happy with proposed Kent location
Business & Finance
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A special legislative commission is looking into the potential effects of legalizing recreational marijuana in Rhode Island as the state's northern neighbor readies to allow recreational marijuana sales.
Organization launches NFT collaboration for cannabis industry reform
Business & Finance
Members of a potential German coalition government, including the party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, are nearing agreement on a deal to legalize marijuana,
4 things to know about Delta-8-THC, the new cannabis drug
Medical News
The first study medical competency study of physicians-in-training during the legalized marijuana era has found that doctors have a poor understanding of cannabis pharmacology.
2021 CBD Market to Outpace 2020
Business & Finance
Prior to 1937, marijuana was considered medicine, and its versatile parent plant, hemp, was grown and refined for the production of paper, textiles, clothing, biofuels and more.
Medical marijuana set to be OK'd in Kan. — but no vaping or smoking
Politics
Effective Nov. 1, Cambria County and its employees will comply with and abide by Pennsylvania's law concerning medical marijuana use – with county leaders pledging not to discharge, threaten, refuse to hire, or discriminate against those certified to use the drug.
Virginia legalizes cannabis this week, but seeds may be hard to come by
Business & Finance
Effective Nov. 1, Cambria County and its employees will comply with and abide by Pennsylvania's law concerning medical marijuana use – with county leaders pledging not to discharge, threaten, refuse to hire, or discriminate against those certified to use the drug.
Can Marijuana Help Alzheimer's Patients? - Cannabis News
Medical News
The letter to Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is the latest effort by some lawmakers and veterans groups to encourage cannabis research to proceed.

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