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Alabama Senator: Women Need To Prove They’re Not Pregnant To Buy Medical Marijuana

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Alabama Senator: Women Need To Prove They’re Not Pregnant To Buy Medical Marijuana. Women who are breastfeeding would also be barred from buying medical cannabis products. The post Alabama Senator: Women Need To Prove They’re Not Pregnant To Buy Medical Marijuana appeared first on The Fresh Toast.

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Endocannabinoid system deficiency caused by AP-4 failure, treated by CBG

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Endocannabinoids are fatty acids that serve critical functions within all vertebrae. But like other systems in our body, the broad endocannabidiome easily becomes tangled with error. And deficient quantities of these special fats can cause a wealth of malignancies. Drivers that lead to a Clinical Endocannabinoid System Deficiency are, however, less understood than symptoms caused […].

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Hempsana Signs Letter of Intent to Enter Barbados and Caribbean Market

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Hempsana Holdings Ltd. (the ” Company ” or ” Hempsana “) a leader in the production and refinement of cannabinoids and Cannabis 2.0 products, is pleased to announce that Hempsana has entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with Dreamdos Therapeutics Inc.(” Dreamdos “) to supply its premium medical cannabis products.

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Answer of the Day for Mar 20, 2022

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Scientists have identified over 560 chemical compounds produced by the cannabis plant. Of these compounds, more than 100 interact with endocannabinoid receptors or otherwise affect the endocannabinoid system via a non-receptor mediated pathway. These plant-derived compounds are called phytocannabinoids. Other than cannabis, do other plants produce phytocannabinoids?

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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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Appeals court finds state’s revenue department a ‘victim’ entitled to restitution

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Colorado Politics reports. The Colorado Department of Revenue qualifies as a “victim” that is entitled to restitution in the form of unpaid taxes from a ring of illegal marijuana growers, the state’s second-highest court has ruled. In a pair of decisions, the Court of Appeals determined that an Arapahoe County judge was wrong when she concluded society, not the state government, is the victim for violations of the tax-evasion law.

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Massachusetts: City Of Worcester commission looks at decriminalizing psychedelics, although vote won’t change state law

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Worcester Human Rights Commission held a meeting earlier this month petitioning for the decriminalization of entheogenic plants and fungi- natural psychedelics. Worcester is only the latest in a group of Massachusetts cities that have taken up the issue. The city councils of Easthampton, Northampton, Cambridge and Somerville have already voted to decriminalize the possession and use of psychedelic plants, according to WBUR.

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Will Mexico Drop Hemp from the Cannabis Law Bill?

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Unfortunately, it looks like Mexico may leave hemp out of the cannabis law bill. That is right folks, after much discussion, lobbying and attempts to educate the government on cannabis legalization in Mexico (yes, we have also made our small contributions ), the Mexican Senate seems more focused on creating the appearance that it will go after drug cartels, and protect non-marijuana smokers’ rights, than creating an actual industry.

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New York Lays Down The Law On Illicit Cannabis Operations

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18 March 2022. by Andrew Cooper, Esq. and Terran Cooper. Falcon Rappaport & Berkman. Senate Bill S8511 , sponsored by Senator Diane Savino , was introduced yesterday. The bill further addresses and specifically criminalizes the ongoing “gifting” schemes employed throughout New York. These “gifting” practices consist of operators artificially inflating the price of a low-value item (such as a sticker, t-shirt, etc.) which is then sold alongside “free” c

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U.S. State Department Demanding To See Detained WNBA Star Brittney Griner

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The U.S. is demanding access to Brittney Griner , who is being held in a Russian detention facility. According to The Associated Press , the State Department is insisting on seeing the WNBA star, saying in a statement, “We are closely engaged on this case and in frequent contact with Brittney Griner’s legal team. We insist the Russian government provide consular access to all U.S. citizen detainees in Russia, including those in pre-trial detention, as Brittney Griner is.

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Leafie (UK) Article: The police are arresting cannabis patients with legal prescriptions

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In November 2018 the law was changed to allow cannabis to be prescribed by specialist doctors for medical purposes. While the NHS and NICE have been reluctant to issue prescriptions, a private cannabis clinic industry has flourished. The MCCSS estimates that since the law changed, 13,000 patients have been prescribed legal cannabis in the form of flowers and oils for a range of conditions.

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New peer-reviewed journal Psychedelic Medicine launching in 2023

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Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers announces the launch of Psychedelic Medicine , an influential and dynamic peer-reviewed journal supporting the growing influential research and clinical applications in this pivotal field. Publishing online and in print with open access options, Psychedelic Medicine will provide an authoritative, high-profile forum for groundbreaking original research papers, review articles, captivating front matter, debate, and commentary.

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“Grey Area” Magic mushroom dispensaries operating openly in Vancouver

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In the City of Vancouver, buying magic mushrooms, in at least one case, can be as easy as ordering your morning cup of coffee. In a development reminiscent of its first unlicensed pot cafés, the city has seen a recent shroom boom with at least four new dispensaries openly setting up shop: two in downtown Vancouver, one on Commercial Drive and another on the Downtown Eastside.

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Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation to Create Tax Credit for Commercial Cannabis Retailers

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Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced Senate Bill 1336 , which establishes a carryforward tax credit for commercial cannabis retailers. Due to the high taxes levied on the legal sale of cannabis, commercial prices often cannot compete with the illicit market, leading recreational users and patients alike to purchase unregulated products and leaving small, legal businesses to suffer.

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Cresco Labs Launches  High Supply, Good News, and Remedi brands in Florida.

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Cresco Labs , a vertically integrated multistate operator and the number one U.S. wholesaler of branded cannabis products, today announced the launch of its High Supply , Good News , and Remedi brands in Florida. In addition, the Company released a new edibles brand, Sunnyside Chews, available only in the State of Florida. Throughout March, Florida patients can expect the following branded products to be available for sale exclusively at the Company’s Florida Sunnyside locations: Supply – C

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Tilray Medical Expands Offering in Malta and Launches First Medical Cannabis Oil Products in Market

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Tilray Brands, Inc. (“Tilray” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: TLRY; TSX: TLRY), a leading global cannabis-lifestyle and consumer packaged goods company inspiring and empowering the worldwide community to live their very best life, today announced that its medical cannabis division, Tilray Medical, has expanded its medical cannabis offering and launched the first EU GMP medical cannabis oil products in Malta.

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Teen Dead in Shooting at Marijuana Shop in California: Cops

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Video: NCIA Evergreen Members Lobby Congress Virtually

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New Jersey: Judge Says “atrocious” record-keeping practices doesn’t mean an outside consultant must take over at medical dispensary

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Judge denies request for independent manager to run N.J. medical marijuana dispensary. An interesting article ahead of all the latest licensing rounds and NJ’s desire to stay one step ahead of NY. NJ.com reports. Although a medical marijuana dispensary in Hudson County has demonstrated “atrocious” record-keeping practices, it doesn’t need an outside consultant to take control of the operation, a state judge ruled Friday.

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UK – London: Met Police strip searched black schoolgirl on her period because she ‘smelled of cannabis’

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A black schoolgirl was strip searched by police while on her period after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis, according to a report. The “traumatic” search by Metropolitan Police officers took place at the girl’s school without another adult present and in the knowledge that she was menstruating, a safeguarding report found. It concluded that the strip search should never have happened, was unjustified and racism “was likely to have been an influencing factor”.

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Congressional Bi-Partisan Duo Want Biden To Apply Presure Over UN Scheduling

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Marijuana Moment write. A bipartisan duo of congressional lawmakers filed a resolution on Friday imploring President Joe Biden to wield his influence to get the United Nations (UN) to end the international ban on marijuana by removing the plant from the list of controlled substances in a global drug treaty. Reps. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced the measure as UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) wrapped up meetings for its 65th session this week in Vienna.