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Australia: One Of World’s Biggest Medicinal Cannabis Grow Facilities To Be Built In Victoria Says Cannatrek

Cannabis Law Report

Cannatrek has received council permission to build a $160 million production facility near Shepparton. and claims it will be one of the world’s largest medicinal cannabis facilities, creating more than 400 jobs a year for the region. Press reports say that the facility will include a 160,000m2 growing area under a “giant high-technology” glasshouse, on about 72ha of land previously bought by the company.

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What’s The Difference Between Medical And Recreational Marijuana?

The Fresh Toast

Diehard medical marijuana purists will wear themselves out arguing the difference between medicinal and recreational cannabis if engaged in a debate. Continue reading What’s The Difference Between Medical And Recreational Marijuana? at The Fresh Toast.

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California: Hospitalizations Linked to Use of Unregulated Vapor Cartridges

NORML

California health officials have identified a link between the use of unregulated vapor cartridges and patients seeking hospitalization for respiratory distress. In each of the cases, patients presented symptoms of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and possessed a history of consuming either THC or CBD extracts via the use of unlicensed vapor cartridges.

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Utah MLM Essential Oils: doTERRA’s Copaiba Oil Challenges Young Living’s CBD Oil

Canna Law Blog

Recently I wrote about the two dominant global MLM essential oil companies based in Utah : Young Living and doTERRA. Last month Young Living announced it is entering the CBD oil market , but doTERRA publicly stated on its website that it will not (yet) follow suit , even though everyone and their dog are clamoring for CBD oil and CBD oil-derived products. doTERRA only hints that it may produce CBD oil if it can be produced according to doTERRA’s rigorous standards for its products, but “Right no

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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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FBI Sting Catches Cannabis Stock Manipulators: PotNetwork Holdings Exposed

Cannabis Law Report

By Teri Buhl. Three South Florida men have been arrested as part of a ring of cannabis stock manipulators by the Northern Ohio Department of Justice. Charles Vaccaro, Eli Taieb, and Dror Svorai were all charged with securities fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy after two FBI agents went undercover posing as bad actors willing to funnel the trio’s illegal stock gains back into their U.S. bank accounts.

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The Week in Weed: August 23, 2019

The Blunt Truth

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. We’ll start with New Jersey, which you will doubtless recall failed to legalize marijuana earlier this year. They are now expanding hemp production. The new law will allow CBD in food (both human and animal) and cosmetics. Washington, however, is headed in a different direction.

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Huge Victory for the Legal Marijuana Market as WeedMaps Stops Featuring Unlicensed Dispensaries

WeedAdvisor

Anyone who purchases marijuana likely at least heard of WeedMaps. This handy website and mobile app gives users access to prices, strains and locations of virtually any dispensary in the world. But therein lies the problem. Because WeedMaps listed all dispensaries, it did not differentiate between legal ones and grey market establishments. This literally pitted the open market and illegal market against each other in the same medium, with nothing to alert consumers as to where their chosen dispe

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Pennsylvania Dispensaries & Discounts

Canna Care Docs

Here at Canna Care Docs, we want to help you every step of the way on your medical cannabis journey, even after you have finished your evaluation at our clinics. This includes arming you with information on where you can get your medicine. Pennsylvania is having a burgeoning dispensary market, with new dispensaries opening constantly across the state, increasing access for medical cannabis patients.

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Ontario Announces the Results of Its Next Cannabis Lottery, but Experts Warn it Still Falls Short

WeedAdvisor

The infamous Ontario cannabis lottery is back, this time adding another 42 stores – almost twice as many as the previous lottery. These accounted for only a fraction of the applicants, which this time consisted of 4,864 eligible “expressions of interest,” according to Marijuana Business Daily. This sudden bump is welcome news for many municipalities, who no doubt yearned for the convenience and direct interaction that the Ontario Cannabis Store simply cannot provide.

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Prepublication Version of the Federal Register Notice on Receipt of Applications for Pesticide Use on Hemp

Cannabis Law Report

Following is a prepublication version of the Federal Register notice announcing the receipt of 10 pesticide applications to expand their use on hemp. Comments are due 30 days after the notice publishes in the Federal Register. SUMMARY: EPA has received applications to add a new site (hemp) to the labeling of currently registered pesticide products that contain active ingredients with established tolerance exemptions.

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Vice President, Clinical Operations

Canna Care Docs

The Vice President, Clinic Operations will be responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of the clinic divisions of CB2 Insights (Canna Care Docs, MedEval, and Relaxed Clarity) to achieve success and support the strategic needs of the organization. The Vice President, Clinic Operations will play a key role in building a healthcare model of cannabis clinic operations across the United States from a people, facilities, clinical, and process perspective.

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30% Off High Grade – One Day Only

Kind Meds (Cannabis Education Blog)

It’s a High Grade Happy Hour Friday! Know what you love about High Grade and want more? Curious about concentrates and want to give them a try? All day Friday, August 23, 2019 it’s 30% off all High Grade products. Come in store between 4 and 7 pm to schmooze with High Grade budtenders. What do we mean? We’re talking.5 g. sauce carts like Larry Og, Sweet Pink Grapefruit, Hemlock flavors and more.

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Call Center Representative

Canna Care Docs

Canna Care Docs is passionate about improving our patients’ quality of life and bringing cannabis into mainstream healthcare! To do so, we are seeking multiple full-time call center representatives to work in our US Corporate HQ in Fall River, MA. This challenging, yet exciting role will give you the chance to work within a fast paced and ever-changing environment.

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The Most Underrated CBD Cannabis Strains

Leafly

In a world packed full of ACDC and Harlequin, few other CBD cannabis strains get their time to shine. There are plenty of CBD-rich cultivars that people are sleeping on. But today, let's wake ‘em up. The post The Most Underrated CBD Cannabis Strains appeared first on Leafly.

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A Buyer’s Guide for CBD

Otherside Farms

Cannabidiol, or simply CBD, has become a household name. It’s being touted widely as nature’s miracle, and for various reasons. Enthusiasts claim that CBD helps to relieve chronic pain, stress, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and other health benefits without necessarily getting you high. If you are curious about all the hype surrounding this new health craze, don’t run to the local pharmacy or supermarket’s health food aisle just yet.

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The Best Cannabis Strains for Extroverts

Leafly

Extroverts are energized by spending time with others. Check out these cannabis strains that will make social pursuits all the more enjoyable. The post The Best Cannabis Strains for Extroverts appeared first on Leafly.

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Cannabis Sprays Explored: Caution – Ammonium

Cannabis Life Network

Hidden within Canada’s licensed cannabis is a dangerous amount of two likewise pollutant – ammonium and oxides of nitrogen. Mostly, the two substances exist as residual nutrients coming from cannabis sprays in poorly flushed plants. Health Canada decided that was not enough. To ensure safety more severe measures were authorized, as of July 15, […].

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Meet Canada’s Coolest Cannabis Professors

Leafly

Meet six cannabis professors bringing street credibility and academic accolades to classrooms across Canada. The post Meet Canada’s Coolest Cannabis Professors appeared first on Leafly.