Leafly
JUNE 17, 2022
Cannabis excise taxes are squeezing Canada's craft producers and their bottom line. Can you imagine if liquor was taxed by alcohol percentage? The post Death and (excise) taxes: Why Canadian cannabis brands are struggling to survive appeared first on Leafly.
NORML
JUNE 17, 2022
“Suspicionless workplace drug testing policies for cannabis were never evidence-based and they have always been discriminatory. They are relics of the failed ‘war on drugs’ policies of the 1980s and it is time that we move beyond them.”. The post District of Columbia: Council Advances Legislation Prohibiting Most Employers from Discriminating Against Cannabis Consumers appeared first on NORML.
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Leafly
JUNE 17, 2022
Cannabis for chickens? Thailand may have changed the poultry industry forever. The post Why are Thai farmers feeding cannabis to chickens? appeared first on Leafly.
The Blunt Truth
JUNE 17, 2022
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. We begin abroad, where Thailand decriminalized cannabis. Closer to home, we note that the D.C. Council passed a new bill on employee marijuana use. Legalization advocates in Nebraska got a favorable court decision. The Delaware legislature failed to override the governor’s veto of a legalization bill.
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.
Veriheal
JUNE 17, 2022
Germany began crafting legalization legislation, Rob Dyrdek and DJ Diplo launched a line of cannabis-infused seltzers, and Oregon passed the first-ever synthetic cannabis ban. Let’s dive into this week’s cannanews. Germany Sets Cannabis Legalization Plan Into Motion. Earlier this year, Veriheal reported on the German government’s preliminary plans to legalize adult-use cannabis.
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Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 17, 2022
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the compound best known for its psychoactive properties. This is because THC acts directly on brain cells to produce a euphoric feeling. But what you might not know is that there are many subdivisions of THC, which are determined by the number of links in their molecular chains. The most common one is delta-9-THC (also called THCA), but delta-8-THC and delta-10-THC are found in varying proportions in different cannabis varieties.
TheAnswerPage
JUNE 17, 2022
Cannabis-based products may be some of the world’s oldest medicines. Documents dating back thousands of years BC describe the use of cannabis-based medicines in many Eastern cultures. What is the Chinese character for cannabis? Is that character used to represent other things? The Chinese character for cannabis is ?? and the Chinese character for anesthesia is ??.
Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 17, 2022
There’s still a ways to go until the draft becomes legislation. NORML. Members of the DC City Council recently voted 13 to zero to advance legislation, the Cannabis Employment Protections Amendment Act of 2022 , protecting those who use cannabis from facing discrimination in the workplace. The measure now awaits action from Mayor Muriel Bowser.
Canna Law Blog
JUNE 17, 2022
In April 2022, new Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) cannabis pesticide testing final rules took effect. Under the rules, cannabis flower and intermediate products must undergo contaminant testing. The rationale for the is consumer safety – which seems like a legitimate concern given that recreational use cannabis producers were previously not required to test for pesticides at all.
Veriheal
JUNE 17, 2022
Cannabis is being increasingly chosen as an alternative to pharmaceutical medication, specifically those like opioids that are intended to reduce pain. Cannabis has been shown to effectively block pain, and recent research confirms that it reduces the need for opiate pain killers among cancer patients. These patients arguably have the most to gain from cannabis, as it can significantly improve a host of their symptoms and could even contribute to killing cancer cells. .
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