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Smoking Weed with a Cold: Is it Advisable?

PrestoDoctor

When it comes to smoking weed with a cold, the general consensus among the medical community is clear – it is not recommended. Combining cannabis consumption with cold medicine can potentially lead to unwanted reactions, especially when you are already feeling under the weather. In addition, smoke inhalation can aggravate and prolong symptoms such as sore throat and coughing.

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Intoxicating Hemp Product Laws are More Complicated Than They Seem

Canna Law Blog

When Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, did it intend to legalize intoxicating hemp products? If it did, why didn’t it just legalize marijuana? And why didn’t it address the manufacture or sale of intoxicating hemp products? I think the answer to all of these questions is clearly “no.” Congress did not intend to open Pandora’s Box to any form of legal intoxicating hemp product.

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The best-rated weed dispensaries in Seattle for 2023

Leafly

In a city fueled by espresso and cannabis, it’s no wonder Seattle is home to some of the finest dispensaries in The Evergreen State. Since the early days of medical cannabis, Seattle dispensaries have spent time and energy refining their craft and offerings and listening to customer feedback. With recreational cannabis legalized in 2012, Seattle’s dispensary experience […] The post The best-rated weed dispensaries in Seattle for 2023 appeared first on Leafly.

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Regulating Cannabis like Fish

Cannabis Life Network

Regulating cannabis like fish? Excuse me, what? According to Leah Heise, the cannabis industry can learn much from commercial fishing. An accomplished cannabis exec, Leah’s been the CAO of Ascend Wellness Holdings, the CEO of Women Grow, CXO of 4Front Ventures and President of Chesapeake Integrated Health Institute. While at Ascend, Leah focused on growing the business from 73 employees to more than 1300 in less than 18 months, taking the company from $19M in revenue in 2019 to a […]

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Where the Money Grows: Learning the Industry Trends in Medical Cannabis, Recreational Marijuana, Hemp, and Beyond

Speaker: Jonathan Bench, International Cannabis and Securities Business Attorney at Harris Bricken

The U.S. cannabis industry is still in its infancy, even though states began engaging with legalization in one form or another in the late 1990s. Today, many opportunities exist for individuals and businesses that want to engage in the industry. Some want to directly own licensed businesses, while others prefer to keep the industry at an arm’s length and merely profit from it.

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The Week in Weed: September 29, 2023

The Blunt Truth

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. The big news this week is that, for the first time ever, a cannabis bill, the SAFER Banking Act, got a markup in the Senate. The MORE Act has been re-introduced and it’s possible the HOPE Act will become part of SAFER. Not everyone on Capitol Hill is in favor of federal cannabis legalization; there’s also a new bill that would give Congress the opportunity to prevent the rescheduling of ca

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The best-rated weed dispensaries in Tulsa for 2023

Leafly

Tulsa is one of two major cannabis hubs in Oklahoma that have fully embraced medical cannabis and its community of patients. Since medical legalization passed in 2020, medical cannabis entrepreneurs have been planting their roots in the 918. Today, over 200 medical dispensaries have set up shop throughout the metro area, making medical cannabis accessible […] The post The best-rated weed dispensaries in Tulsa for 2023 appeared first on Leafly.

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Review: Granddaddy Purple Disposable Vape by Bloom

Illinois News Joint

The correlation between the number of vape carts I’m burning through and the number of miles I’m driving each week is very strong. The busier I get, the more oil I burn through. With harvest season, multiple events, and a family’s worth of running to do, I’ve been hitting high marks for both mileage and carts lately, so I headed to nuEra Champaign and picked up a Bloom Granddaddy Purple Disposable Vape to make sure I was stocked.

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The best-rated weed dispensaries in San Diego for 2022

Leafly

Looking for the best dispensaries in San Diego, California? Leafly List shows you our highest-rated pot shops in San Diego according to reviews by real people on Leafly.com. The post The best-rated weed dispensaries in San Diego for 2022 appeared first on Leafly.

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Illinois legislators prepare for delta-8 battle

Illinois News Joint

During the 2023 spring legislative session, Illinois politicians and stakeholders wrangled over a cannabis omnibus that eventually failed because of the late inclusion and hard-line stance to ban delta-8 products. Since then, delta-8 advocates and adversaries have been making moves and preparing for the fall veto session and a new delta-8 regulation bill.

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Intoxicating Hemp Product Laws are More Complicated Than They Seem

Canna Law Blog

When Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, did it intend to legalize intoxicating hemp products? If it did, why didn’t it just legalize marijuana? And why didn’t it address the manufacture or sale of intoxicating hemp products? I think the answer to all of these questions is clearly “no.” Congress did not intend to open Pandora’s Box to any form of legal intoxicating hemp product.

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