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Autism & Cannabis: Research Update (2022)

CannaMD

Finding the best treatment for autism has been a lifelong journey for many parents and caretakers. There is currently no known cure for autism, but with medical cannabis, there is hope for safe and effective treatment for autism symptoms. In this article, CannaMD explores the wealth of research that shows promise for using medical cannabis […].

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Children with cancer and their misunderstood endocannabinoid system

Cannabis Life Network

Conventional cancer treatments, especially radio and chemotherapy are harsh on the body. But for children, conventional treatments can become unbearable. Hidden by prohibition is how the endocannabinoid system (ECS) behaves in children with cancer. Childhood and the ECS are sadly two subjects rarely explored in unison. Adolescent cancer is indeed a rare disease despite being […].

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Choosing the Right Entity for a Cannabis Business: Corporations

Canna Law Blog

One of the most important decisions a new cannabis business can make is the form of entity it will use. In fact, one of the first questions businesses ask is whether the right entity for a cannabis business is a limited liability company (LLC), corporation, or something else. Like basically every other legal analysis, the answer depends on a lot of business-specific factors.

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Cannabis Law Report Attends Inaugural National Interdisciplinary Cannabis Symposium, San Diego

Cannabis Law Report

We are in San Diego this weekend at the. There are now several pending Congressional Bills related to cannabis including decriminalization and rescheduling of the drug. Thirty-six states have some form of medical marijuana, 18 States, D.C. Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Tribal nations have recreational marijuana laws with many other states exploring recreational marijuana for 2022.

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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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What is Delta 8 THC?

Otherside Farms

If you’re reading this article, you’re probably well aware that THC is a psychoactive molecule found in cannabis. What you might not have known is that it is only one of at least 100 different cannabinoids present in the hemp plant. What is Delta 8 THC? Delta 8 THC is a close relative to Delta 9 THC, the more common kind that everyone knows about.

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Answer of the Day for May 22, 2022

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Does pretreatment with CBD prevent the transient psychotic symptoms induced by THC? According to a study in humans, pretreatment with CBD does diminish THC’s psychotic effects. This particular study involved 6 healthy volunteers who were given THC intravenously on two separate occasions – once with a placebo pretreatment and once with a CBD pretreatment.

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Mexico: Placing limits on the amount of cannabis a person can have for personal use is unconstitutional Supreme Court rules

Cannabis Law Report

Placing limits on the amount of cannabis a person can have for personal use is unconstitutional, Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled in a ruling on Wednesday. It is the latest in a series of judgments overturning the cannabis ban , which dates back to 2015 and comes after the court ruled last year that bans on personal use and home cultivation were unconstitutional.

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Lithuanian MPs propose to decriminalise possession of cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

The Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (TTK) has proposed to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of cannabis. In November last year, the Lithuanian parliament voted against decriminalising the acquisition and possession of small amounts of all drugs. The amendments were initiated by the liberal Freedom Party, a partner in the ruling coalition.

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Portuguse medical cannabis exports increase by 600% says new report

Cannabis Law Report

Cannabis Therapeutica. New record for Portugal : in 2021 cannabis exports increased by 600% compared to 2020 and for 2022 the forecasts are rosy. . Today, therefore, in the European panorama together with France, the United Kingdom and Germany, there is a new protagonist of the five-pointed market. Here are all the details. Portugal among the new protagonists of the European cannabis market.

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Article: Hurricane Ida ruined $80,000 of hemp drying in Pa. couple’s basement. They’re still fighting the insurer 8 months later.

Cannabis Law Report

The Sun Gazette reports… Ten days after Hurricane Ida, Brooke Henderson found herself weeping at her backyard burn pit in Chester County, watching most of her first hemp crop billow up in white smoke like a big bong. Ida dumped seven inches of water over many hours on Sept. 1, 2021. But disaster for Brooke and Glen Henderson struck within the first 30 minutes when an overwhelmed septic system spewed hundreds of gallons of sewage into the couple’s basement, contaminating the 340 pounds of h

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Australian Federal Election – Good For Cannabis?

Cannabis Law Report

It’s too early to tell, but things are, according to the Guardian, looking good for progressives in the Senate. David Shoebridge the leader of the Greens said during the campaign that regulated adult use cannabis would be on the table if the Greens had any semblance of power in either of the houses. As of Sunday AM the Guardian knows this. It looks as though Labor, the Greens and the progressive independent David Pocock may together form an absolute majority in the Senate.