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Flood of products containing cannabis extract puts FDA in a bind - Cannabis News
CBD & Hemp
What might have been an FDA attempt to hit the pause button while it sorts through the regulatory haze has not slowed an explosion of openly marketed CBD products.
Hemp About To Be Removed From Texas’ Controlled Substances List - Cannabis News
Law & Crime
The state of Texas is taking a big step toward legitimizing the use of CBD oils. It’s removing hemp from the state’s list of controlled substances on April 5.
Utah is looking for software to run its medical cannabis program - Cannabis News
Hi-Tech
The state has started its search for multimillion-dollar software that will form the spine of its medical cannabis program, serving as the repository for sensitive patient information and logging the movements of each marijuana plant.
Nearly Half of Anxiety Patients Find Medical Marijuana More Effective Than Pills - Cannabis News
Medical News
A new study shows that people suffering from anxiety may be able to successfully transition off of traditional medications to medical marijuana.
Seedo Partners With Israeli Kibbutz on Commercial Automated Cannabis Farming - Cannabis News
Hi-Tech
Seedo estimates that the project will produce at least 14 tons of dry cannabis buds generating $24 million in revenues within three years.
Florida legalizes smoking medical marijuana - Cannabis News
Politics
Smoking medical marijuana is now legal in Florida. It's been a long time in the making.
As Mass. Weighs Social Marijuana Consumption, Chefs Test Out The Budding Business
Culture & Arts
Massachusetts Cannabis Chefs Joseph Nelson and Patrick Mulcahy started hosting infused dinner parties the day cannabis became recreationally legal in Massachusetts in December 2016 and utilize a sponsor to provide their “gifts.”
U.S. Postal Service Issues Advisory On Mailing Hemp-Derived CBD - Cannabis News
Law & Crime
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) quietly issued an advisory earlier this month clarifying rules around mailing cannabis preparations, saying that “some CBD products derived from industrial hemp can be mailable under specific conditions.”
Hemp comes to Alabama: state approves 180 hemp farmers - Cannabis News
Cannabis News
Alabama has approved applications from 180 farmers who want to grow hemp, and the first crop will be planted by April, said Alabama Department of Agriculture Commissioner Rick Pate.
Lawmakers pushing proposal to legalize recreational marijuana use in Connecticut - Cannabis News
Politics
Three Democratic House Committee Chairs revealed their proposal to make recreational marijuana legal across the state in Hartford on Thursday.
Southwest Missouri cannabis entrepreneurs are going public with their ideas - Cannabis News
Business & Finance
A smattering of southwest Missouri entrepreneurs were among the more than 1,800 attendees who showed up for the state's first legal medical cannabis trade show, which drew consultants, grow-light purveyors and debt collection agencies based in Colorado and California and elsewhere.
Cannabis Offers Battered Pro Athletes Both Hope and Healing - Cannabis News
Sports
An increasing number of retired professional athletes are turning for cannabis for pain relief and a new career.
Harborside's Steve DeAngelo Sees 'Blue Skies' Ahead for Cannabis, Warns Against Overtaxing - Cannabis News
Business & Finance
For the first time in his 45 years in the cannabis industry, Steve DeAngelo is feeling pretty darn carefree. But as the co-founder of one of California's most iconic dispensaries, he has a word of warning for states looking to legalize: watch your taxes.
New Study Shows Top Reasons That Patients Are Turning To Cannabis - Cannabis News
Medical News
As medical cannabis legalization spreads, more patients are turning to the plant for their complaints and illnesses.
Alaska Is Officially The First State To Legalize On-Site Marijuana Consumption - Cannabis News
Politics
Later this year, Alaska marijuana consumers will be able to buy their cannabis and smoke it, too—all under the same roof.
Medical marijuana helped elderly with chronic pain and reduced their use of opioids, study found - Cannabis News
Medical News
Your grandparents’ chronic aches and pains might best be eased with a little weed, a new study suggests.

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