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Are Synthetic Cannabinoid Medications As Effective As Marijuana?

The Fresh Toast

Synthetic cannabinoids can produce similar effects as marijuana, though there are some issues with efficacy, tolerability, and, on the research side, FDA testing. Continue reading Are Synthetic Cannabinoid Medications As Effective As Marijuana? at The Fresh Toast.

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Smoking Marijuana Remains Most Popular Consumption Method By Far, Finds Survey

The Joint Blog

Among those who use marijuana on a regular basis, smoking remains their top consumption method of choice. This is according to a new study conducted by the United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence : It was also published by the National Institute of Health. For the study researchers examined data from over 6,100 adults in twelve states, all who use marijuana.

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Can A State Recriminalize Recreational Marijuana?

MMJ Recs

The laws surrounding both recreational and medical marijuana (MMJ) are constantly changing. Just about every major election sees alterations to which states currently allow their citizens to use marijuana recreationally and/or for medicinal purposes. Because of this perpetual flux, many people are often left wondering, “Can a state recriminalize recreational marijuana?

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Coronavirus drives cannabis sales bump, then slump

Leafly

CDC advises getting a 30-day supply of medication due to COVID-19 outbreak. The post Coronavirus drives cannabis sales bump, then slump appeared first on Leafly.

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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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Cannabis Equities Fallout: Health Canada still sandbagging good growers

Cannabis Life Network

News broke Wednesday that Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED)(NYSE:CGC) would be shuttering operations in Aldergrove and Delta, B.C., laying off an estimated 500 workers. Canopy’s layoffs are the latest, and largest, in a rash of cost-cutting measures that have swept through the legal cannabis industry in recent months. The company reported a $1.5 billion cash balance […].

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California Cannabis Litigation: Airing the Dirty Laundry Edition

Canna Law Blog

We’ve written a good amount on how ugly litigation will be. There’s federal illegality and the possibility that a court refuse to rule on a contract dispute because cannabis is federally illegal. Companies can be sued for false advertising and have all of their profits attributable to the false advertising disgorged by competitors. Allegedly false claims can also be the subject of class-action shareholder suits.

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Florida, man: Why 2020 legalization failed in the Sunshine State

Leafly

Recreational cannabis looked like a sure bet on the 2020 ballot. Then it went up in smoke. WTF happened? The post Florida, man: Why 2020 legalization failed in the Sunshine State appeared first on Leafly.

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California Cannabis Litigation: Airing the Dirty Laundry Edition

Canna Law Blog

We’ve written a good amount on how ugly litigation will be. There’s federal illegality and the possibility that a court refuse to rule on a contract dispute because cannabis is federally illegal. Companies can be sued for false advertising and have all of their profits attributable to the false advertising disgorged by competitors. Allegedly false claims can also be the subject of class-action shareholder suits.

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Women in weed: The trials and triumphs of working in Canadian cannabis

Leafly

We asked six female leaders about what it’s actually like working in weed in Canada. The post Women in weed: The trials and triumphs of working in Canadian cannabis appeared first on Leafly.

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NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission Appoints First Member

Cannabis Law Report

Heady Vermont reports … It was announced last week that Krista Nash will be the first member of the NJ Cannabis Regulatory Commission to be appointed. Nash was appointed by State Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester). Nash is a licensed social worker from South Jersey. She is married to Camden County Freeholder Jeff Nash so she is very politically connected.

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Major Upset Occurs when the FDA Begins to Look into CBD Marketing Claims

Corante

It is no surprise that the CBD market has exploded since the products became widely legal throughout the United States and abroad. Companies have taken advantage of loose regulations surrounding the major opportunities to exploit a new market. However, the FDA has served its first letter to a CBD brand warning the company against its marketing. According to the letter, the company has violated the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. .

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US Citizen On Cannabis Charge In Myanamar Flees Country On New US Passport

Cannabis Law Report

Myanamar newspaper The Irawaddy reports. MANDALAY—A missing US citizen who was charged by a court in Myanmar with growing cannabis fled the country on a new passport and is now back in the United States, a source who personally knows him has confirmed to The Irrawaddy. John Fredric Todoroki, 63, was arrested by Mandalay police in April 2019 along with two locals for operating an alleged marijuana plantation in the Myotha Industrial Park in Mandalay Region.

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Today’s Answer of the Day

TheAnswerPage

Some producers of cannabinoid products will provide a certificate of analysis (CoA) from an independent and certified testing laboratory. What information is typically displayed on a CoA? CoAs typically indicate the amount and concentration of major cannabinoids and terpenes present, and data regarding the presence of microbial/ fungal contaminants, levels of heavy metals, and presence and concentration of pesticide and solvent residues.

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Best CBD Oil Affiliate Programs in 2020

Cannabis Law Report

The market for CBD products is expanding rapidly, with no doubt that there is money to be made. If you are interested in affiliate programs then CBD is certainly a market to look at, as it is relatively young and yet established. How do you go about getting into CBD affiliate programs? First, let’s look at just how quickly this market is growing. In 2019, the market for CBD was estimated to be worth $270million.

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First Dispensary Opens in Boston Nearly Four Years after Legalization

Cannabis Maven

The first cannabis retail shop has opened in Boston, finally.

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Publication: Romania: Romanian Industrial Hemp Market Overview

Cannabis Law Report

Abstract. Although 30 years ago Romania was Europe’s largest hemp producer, deteriorating processing facilities, lower demand for hemp products, and increasingly strict regulations diminished farmers’ enthusiasm for industrial hemp production. More recently, Romanian hemp production is experiencing a revival due to growing international demand, domestic support, and newly established processing facilities.

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Does CBD affect men and women differently?

The Joint Blog

Specific differences mark a distinction between the two sexes. Since the basic ones are body, size, and shape, other differences between are a bit more subtle and appear only when we take a chemical and biological look at the two. Such variations make a direct impact with regards to how CBD interact within their bodies. Although hormonal levels are responsible for building the contrast, we shouldn’t forget how hormones of men and women can influence other cannabidiols’ and CBD’s interaction with

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Medical Marijuana, Inc. Portfolio Investment Company Kannalife, Inc. Receives Patent in the European Union (EU)

Cannabis Law Report

SAN DIEGO , March 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC: MJNA) (the “Company”), the first-ever publicly traded cannabis company in the United States that launched the world’s first-ever cannabis-derived nutraceutical products, brands and supply chain, announced today that the European Patent Office has issued European Patent EP3094318B1 (the “Patent”) specific to “Novel Functionalized 1,3-Benzene Diols and their Method of Use for th

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The Roll-Up #131: We caught the Super Tuesday flu

Leafly

This week: What does Biden-vs.-Bernie mean for the future of cannabis? The post The Roll-Up #131: We caught the Super Tuesday flu appeared first on Leafly.