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Media Fearmongering Making Public Nervous About Edibles

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The media can be a valuable source of information, but it often either gets things wrong or blatantly misrepresents stories and trends, knowing it will gain views. The media, on the other hand, attempted to not only lump legal edibles (which will be very low in THC) with their illegal counterparts. Media Hysteria. .

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Cannacurio #43: Where Will the Next Cannabis Licenses Be Issued?

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The dispensaries have been open since 2013 and 2014 and they have tried to fiercely defend their oligopoly. Georgia’s Access to Medical Cannabis Commission received 70 applications for six production licenses. Ed Keating is a co-founder of Cannabiz Media and oversees the company’s data research and government relations efforts.

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Three years after legalization, what’s the state of the cannabis industry in Canada?

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In 2018 Canada legalized recreational cannabis use, becoming the first G7 country to do so and only the second country after Uruguay, which legalized cannabis in 2013. These limits do not apply to social media advertising, content marketing, and email marketing, as well as the holding of industry and marketing events. billion ($5.16

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Marijuana union organizing surging amid pandemic, uptick in labor peace requirements

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The UFCW started a formal effort in 2013 called Cannabis Workers Rising to organize employees in the marijuana and hemp industries, which offer greater growth opportunities versus mainstream businesses such as grocery chains and retailers. But the activity has been brisk in the past year or so. Labor peace can lead to unionization.

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Psychedelic Science Leader Eleusis to Become Public Company in Merger with Silver Spike Acquisition Corp. II

Cannabis Law Report

Eleusis pioneers the development of psychedelic drug candidates in the life sciences space, with the goal of transforming psychedelics into broadly accessible medicines. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway (“ILAP”), offering the potential to accelerate time to market.

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

Cannabis Law Report

However, the nature of the government regulations and the subsequent complexity of prescribing, as well as doctors’ safety uncertainties and the stigma of the plant, remain contributing barriers to patient access. At the same time, the outlook on cannabis research data is largely positive. Background. Refractory paediatric epilepsy.

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MAPS Is 36 Years Old – Doblin Provides Precis Timeline of the Organization

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Media coverage of the paper led to a new stigma and political pressure ended the Spain MDMA study. The journal Science retracted George Ricaurte’s paper on the neurotoxic effects of MDMA in primates after MAPS sent multiple letters to the journal and an investigation revealed that the data were invalid due to a drug labeling error.