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Bernie Sanders says he’d legalize cannabis by executive order. Can he do that?

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It's a great stump speech crowd-pleaser. But can a president actually make it happen? It's complicated. The post Bernie Sanders says he’d legalize cannabis by executive order. Can he do that? appeared first on Leafly.

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What’s next for psychedelic decriminalization?

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Decriminalize Nature is spearheading the movement to decriminalize psychedelics for medicinal use all over the world. See where they're gaining momentum. The post What’s next for psychedelic decriminalization? appeared first on Leafly.

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Utah’s First Medical marijuana Pharmacy Opens in Salt Lake City

The Joint Blog

15 months after Utah voters passed an initiative to legalize medical marijuana, the state’s first medical marijuana pharmacy opened Monday. Dragonfly Wellness (711 State St., Salt Lake City) opened its doors early Monday morning, marking the first time a legal distributor of medical marijuana has opened in Utah since the beginning of prohibition decades ago.

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The Ketamine Clinic Craze: Legalities and Possibilities

Canna Law Blog

In recent years, the United States has seen a proliferation of ketamine clinics. From 2015 to 2018, the number of clinics increased from 60 to 300; that number is undoubtedly higher today. People are increasingly using ketamine for ailments that resist treatment through traditional pharmaceutical drugs. In an even larger trend, the health care provider community seems to be exploring various alternative therapies and emerging medicines to improve quality of care.

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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 tinctures 101: How to make, consume, and dose them

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Learn everything there is to know about cannabis tinctures. The post Cannabis tinctures 101: How to make, consume, and dose them appeared first on Leafly.

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Montana proposes absurd restrictions to its erratic medical program

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Despite passing a bill that promises to stabilize Montana’s haphazard medical marijuana program, a series of recently proposed changes to that bill may, paradoxically, bring the program to a screeching halt. Ever since it was first enacted in 2004, Montana’s medical marijuana program has been rife with chaos: there have been periods of exponential growth, […].

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CannaMD Partners with Releaf App: Tracking Patient Outcomes

CannaMD

On March 4, 2020, Releaf App , the highest rated mobile app for individuals to track, learn from, and improve their use of cannabis, and CannaMD , one of Florida’s largest networks of medical cannabis physicians, announced their partnership to help patients and doctors better understand data correlations between cannabis product types, dosing, administration methods, and perceived symptom relief.

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5 reasons you should be talking about CBD

Cannabis Law Report

A decade ago, Hemp cultivation and the use of cannabidiol products were minimal. There was confusion that was associated with the legality of the same in some states of the US. Thanks to the Farm Bill 2018, that made the Hemp cultivation and cannabidiol industry to experience a high level of growth in recent times. The internal synchronicity of the human body ensures the complete well-being of an individual.

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COVID-19: Sharing Joints, Not Germs

Cannabis Life Network

Cannabis is a plant, and it’s meant to be shared. But, when a serious virus is spreading globally, the situation changes. In order to help wipe out the threat to everybody, it becomes each individual’s responsibility to take precautions. By protecting ourselves, we protect one another, and this is especially critical for the cannabis community. […].

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What is CBDA and Why Should You Use It?

Corante

CBD is one of the most popular alternative options when it comes to pain relief. CBDA is one of the several compounds that can be found in marijuana plants. It stands for cannabidiolic acid and can be transformed into the CBD we all know and love. This is done when the plant is exposed to high temperatures. Cannabinoids, better known as CBD or THC, are extracted compounds from the cannabis plant. .

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Today’s Answer of the Day

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What medications alleviate the symptoms of withdrawal? There are no general guidelines to treat the symptoms of withdrawal, but it has been reported that benzodiazepines and synthetic THC products used for the treatment of chemotherapy induced N/V may help alleviate some of the symptoms. See Answer. See Answer.

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Franken-Cannabinoids: Yeast-Derived CBD & GMOs

Project CBD

In the not-too-distant future, the CBD or THC you consume when you swallow an infused edible or tincture may not be derived from cannabis at all. Your daily dose of cannabinoids might be grown in a laboratory instead of a greenhouse. Kevin Chen, CEO and co-founder of Hyasynth Bio , describes the Montreal-based start-up as “focused on engineering strains of yeast to produce the active compounds of cannabis without having to grow plants.

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ZOHKO CBD Energy Capsules Review

The Joint Blog

Are you looking for a massive energy surge? Perhaps you’ve heard about CBD, and it’s potential health benefits, what about the hype surrounding CBD for energy? Well, CBD can boost your energy insanely without imbibing sugars and the crazy chemicals into your system. The struggle to find a boost of energy is real if you have busy schedules and many to-do lists.

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Meet Mary Jane Rathbun, mother of the pot brownie

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She didn't invent the pot brownie but “Brownie Mary” made the baked good synonymous with the medical marijuana movement. The post Meet Mary Jane Rathbun, mother of the pot brownie appeared first on Leafly.

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How Cannabis Prices Can Drive Customers Toward the Illegal Market and Prescription Drugs

Cannabis Maven

While legalization has been predominantly a major win, it has created a high cost for legal cannabis.

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The Ketamine Clinic Craze: Legalities and Possibilities

Canna Law Blog

In recent years, the United States has seen a proliferation of ketamine clinics. From 2015 to 2018, the number of clinics increased from 60 to 300; that number is undoubtedly higher today. People are increasingly using ketamine for ailments that resist treatment through traditional pharmaceutical drugs. In an even larger trend, the health care provider community seems to be exploring various alternative therapies and emerging medicines to improve quality of care.

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Mike Bloomberg Says Legalizing Marijuana Could Make Young People ‘Ruin Their Future’ – His Presidential Ambitions Thwarted Nobody Cares

Cannabis Law Report

Not that anybody will really care after last night’s showing at Super Tuesday. He did get American Samoa and they are as hardcore as him on the issue of legalization so he could take a 13 hour flight and sit down to agree the issue with them if he so desires. Wikipedia write. Cannabis in American Samoa. Cannabis in American Samoa is completely illegal, and the American Samoan government advises that there is a mandatory minimum sentence of five years imprisonment, a five thousand dollar fi

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Bernie…. Can he can’t he.

Cannabis Law Report

It might be all moot now as Joe is on the upswing and that’s not the best of news for the cannabis sector. Recently Bernie indicated at various campaign rallies that he would legalize by executive order and expunge criminal convictions by executive order. That set the legal twittersphere alight and Above the Law editor Joe Patrice decided that now is a good a time as any to dig into the nub of what Bernie could or could not do, if by any chance he gets elected.

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