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The Top 7 Myths About Medical Cannabis Debunked

United Patients Group

There’s also no evidence that anyone has ever been “hooked” on cannabis alone without having another substance involved at some point during their usage history–and there are plenty of examples where someone has quit using marijuana without any significant problems afterward (you know who you are!).

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Nevada: Cannabis to overtake mining in state tax revenue on approx 20% of revenue

Cannabis Law Report

While Nevada’s marijuana licensing scheme was designed to favor business interests with a history of local investment, licenses are being gobbled up by foreign and multi-national corporations, according to ownership records from the state. About half of the taxes derived from mining are returned to the counties where the extraction occurred.

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Oaksterdam University Business of Cannabis Overview

The Joint Blog

Since 2007, the university “has been setting the bar for academic rigor and applied learning in cannabis education” According to its website, the university is “Recognized industry-wide for its rigorous academic learning environment”, and it “has something to offer cannabis professionals at every experience level.”

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Perfecting cannabis with Michael Backes

The Cannigma

In our chat, Michael shares his personal journey into the cannabis space, and how his history of migraines aided him in discovering the powers of medical marijuana. What’s really cool about their Happy Camper is they’re using strange specific extraction processes. Those are only, those are only plant extracts.

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Just desserts: The Cookies and Cakes family genealogy

SpeedWeed

From 2007 to the present—and emanating out of the San Francisco Bay Area—Cookies’ hard-hitting, hybrid indica power, and its complex, sweet- scrumptious aroma has made fans of elite pot snobs, medical marijuana patients with PTSD, all-star rappers, and now almost everyone who partakes.

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Could Industrial Hemp Lessen the Burden of I.R.C. Section 280E for Colorado’s Cannabis Retailers?

Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

To answer that question, we need to go back to ancient history in the world of Cannabis – to the only cannabis tax court case containing any good news for the cannabis industry, Californians Helping to Alleviate Medical Problems Inc. 173 (2007), also known as The “CHAMP” Case. v Commissioner, 128 T.C. percent on a dry weight basis.

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Paper: The transition of cannabis into the mainstream of Australian healthcare: framings in professional medical publications

Cannabis Law Report

The Cannabis sativa plant has an incredibly multi-layered, rich, and versatile history of human uses for food and fibre, as well as recreational, and religious and spiritual purposes throughout the world (McPartland and Hegman 2018 ; Aldrich 1997 ; Touw 1981 ; Li 1974 ; Bonini et al. 2018 ; Frankhauser 2008 ). AM, 19 April 2016).