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

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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. of cannabis business respectively, according to Marijuana Business Daily’s 2021 Women and Minorities in the Cannabis Industry Report.

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

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Observational and historical data have suggested this might have been the original domestication site for cannabis,” said study co-author Luca Fumagalli, evolutionary biologist at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, to Smithsonian Magazine. marijuana, which is illegal in many countries) has broadened.”.

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

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A licensee may use the terms “marijuana” or “cannabis” in its signage or its electronic advertising, but may not use colloquial terms (e.g., Businesses would not be allowed to advertise on social media platforms, TV, radio or in print, such as newspapers or magazines. Meanwhile, Montana’s adult-use legislation— H.B. Helena, Montana.

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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.’. His other bylines include the San Francisco Chronicle, The Nib, Vanity Fair, California Leaf Magazine and Variety. JAMA, Research Letter, 2021).

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Best’s Review Pre-Releases February Content

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Supreme Court to hear her appeal over coverage of medical marijuana treatments, as reported in the article “ U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Rule Whether Workers’ Comp Covers Medical Marijuana.”. AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specializing in the insurance industry.

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Is weed legal in Iceland?

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In 1974, with marijuana’s rising popularity amongst Iceland’s youth, that ban was then officially added to Icelandic legislation. According to the law, residents cannot possess, grow, sell, or consume marijuana in Iceland. Marijuana offenders: What to expect. The seeds may be used to grow hemp plants with 0.2% THC or less.

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

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Union organizing in the marijuana industry has been on the upswing in the past year amid the coronavirus pandemic, particularly in new and emerging adult-use markets such as Illinois, Massachusetts and New Jersey. Unions view cannabis as a huge opportunity ,” Boston labor attorney Jonathan Keselenko recently told Marijuana Business Magazine.