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Fortune: Black cannabis entrepreneurs account for less than 2% of the nation’s marijuana businesses

Cannabis Law Report

In 2022, the landscape of the legal cannabis industry is still as homogenous as ever, and it’s getting worse. A 2017 survey from Marijuana Business Daily found that 81% of American cannabis business owners and founders were white and 10% of cannabis business founders identified as Hispanic/Latino or Black.

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Cannabis Was First Domesticated in East Asia 12,000 Years Ago, New Study Finds

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Humans have been domesticating cannabis plants to use as medicine, fiber, and food for at least 12,000 years , researchers have recently discovered. . A global team of researchers spent four years collecting 110 different cannabis varieties from around the world and used them to sequence 82 new cannabis genomes. .

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Group Launches Effort to ‘Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol’ in Ohio

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Montana’s medical cannabis licensees will soon be subject to new advertising limitations and requirements. A licensee may use the terms “marijuana” or “cannabis” in its signage or its electronic advertising, but may not use colloquial terms (e.g., 13 to consider the adoption of the rules, which are slated to take effect Jan.

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Teen pot use hasn’t risen amid legalization, researchers conclude

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Pete Ricketts said in March that he opposed medical cannabis because, ‘if you legalize marijuana, you’re going to kill your kids. That’s what the data shows from around the country.’. Teens report using less cannabis amid legalization. Nebraska Gov. Yeah, exactly the opposite of that, Pete. JAMA, Research Letter, 2021).

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Illinois Department of Agriculture Issues 69 Adult-Use Cannabis Licenses

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Montana’s medical cannabis licensees will soon be subject to new advertising limitations and requirements. A licensee may use the terms “marijuana” or “cannabis” in its signage or its electronic advertising, but may not use colloquial terms (e.g., 13 to consider the adoption of the rules, which are slated to take effect Jan.

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MATTIO Communications Launches ‘High Priority,’ a New Podcast Examining Social Equity Within the Cannabis Industry

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Montana’s medical cannabis licensees will soon be subject to new advertising limitations and requirements. A licensee may use the terms “marijuana” or “cannabis” in its signage or its electronic advertising, but may not use colloquial terms (e.g., 13 to consider the adoption of the rules, which are slated to take effect Jan.

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Is weed legal in Iceland?

The Cannigma

With only four hours of daylight during the winter and an average winter temperature of 0 degrees Celsius, one might deem Iceland a prime environment for cannabis and drug consumption. Is cannabis legal in Iceland? In 1969, Iceland implemented its first official ban on cannabis. Marijuana offenders: What to expect.