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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see New York issuing its first cannabis licenses. Ireland considers a bill to decriminalize marijuana use. Connecticut delays its dispensary openings. Rhode Island, on the other hand, plans to begin sales this month. And finally, Thanksgiving weed sales were up this year.
Legal Medical Marijuana Linked With Less Opioid Use From Cancer Patients. Previous studies have found similar connections. The post Legal Medical Marijuana Linked With Less Opioid Use From Cancer Patients appeared first on The Fresh Toast.
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Cannabiz Australia reports Leading Australian hemp advocate, Charles Kovess, has been appointed secretary of the newly created Federation of International Hemp Organisations (FIHO) as the industry looks to present a unified global voice. Kovess, a lawyer turned motivational speaker and author, is secretary of the Australian Industrial Hemp Alliance (AIHA) and was named in the […].
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday that Brian Hanna will move from interim executive director at the Cannabis Regulatory Agency to Executive Director. Hanna spent five years with the CRA as the manager of field operations, inspections, and investigations. He has a law enforcement and military background, having previously worked as a criminal intelligence manager and […].
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Ganjapreneur reports 200+ jobs have gone at the company. The cannabis giant Curaleaf laid off approximately 220 employees last week heading into the Thanksgiving holiday, Insider reports. Curaleaf, which employs more than 6,000 people, is a vertically integrated multistate operator that grows and sells cannabis through its own storefronts in 21 states including Arizona, Florida, Michigan, and Illinois.
Beard Brothers report FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a division of the U.S. Department of Treasury) just released its latest report on cannabis banking information. The takeaway? Although the banking situation for legal cannabis businesses hasn’t necessarily gotten worse, things are still not looking great for the financial health of the cannabis industry.
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The Canadian Lawyer Magazine reports. The Cannabis Council of Canada (C3) has called on the federal government to provide “immediate financial relief” for the legal cannabis industry and end the “stigmatization” of legal cannabis that allegedly limits progress on the key public health aims of legalization. On September 22, Health Canada announced the launch of […].
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