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Cannabis doesn't make you a lazy pothead, in fact, it might actually motivate you to workout: study - Cannabis News
Sports
A new study published in the medical journal Frontiers in Public Health has found that consuming cannabis may help motivate users to exercise and improve their workouts.
Iowa Senate gives green light to industrial hemp - Cannabis News
Cannabis News
Iowa farmers would be allowed to grow industrial hemp as a crop under legislation that Monday cleared the state Senate.
Canada's cannabis landscape: A province-by-province breakdown - Cannabis News
World News
As Canada’s six-month anniversary of marijuana legalization day approaches, it’s clear that it's been a bit of a rocky road.
Medical marijuana insurance in Florida? Lawmakers, agriculture commissioner pushing for it - Cannabis News
Medical News
“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.
Can you own a hemp strain? The sticky difference between names and trademarks ~ Cannabis News
Law & Crime
A common misconception about trademarks is that they are “names” that one can own after submitting an application for one.
Report Shows Which Cannabis Products Women Prefer - Cannabis News
Business & Finance
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
Cannabis News
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
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
Medical News
“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.
10 Dutch growers producing 10 types of weed: ministers unveil marijuana plans - Cannabis News
World News
The Dutch government is to press ahead with experiments in regulated marijuana production involving 10 licenced growers, according to the detailed plans which were published on Thursday.
Maine on track to launch recreational marijuana market this year, says state’s pot czar - Cannabis News
Law & Crime
Residents can now grow cannabis for recreational use at home, but still have no way to legally buy or sell it.
Oregon has 1 million pounds of unsold cannabis, and it reveals the state's marijuana-surplus problem - Cannabis News
Business & Finance
Oregon is producing more weed than it can sell.
Can Marijuana Help Alzheimer's Patients? - Cannabis News
Medical News
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.
These 90 Pro Athletes Are Taking Their Cannabis Activism From The U.S. To Canada - Cannabis News
Activism
Athletes For CARE -- or A4C for short -- was created by former professional athletes seeking to promote education, research and compassion around cannabis, hemp and other therapeutic alternatives for athletes and the general public.
Minnesota study finds that medical pot soothes cancer pains - Cannabis News
Medical News
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
Business & Finance
Developers looking ahead to Maine's recreational marijuana market plan to invest $6 million to $7 million this year setting up the site.

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