Wed.Jan 02, 2019

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Nevada NORML: A Year in Review

NORML

With a new year on the horizon, members of Nevada and Las Vegas NORML wanted to take time to shine light on 18 of our most memorable moments from 2018. (It was hard to choose just 18!). January 2018: Protested Jeff Sessions. We certainly didn’t expect the opportunity to protest Jeff Sessions alongside Congresswoman Dina Titus and State Senators Aaron Ford & Tick Segerblom at the Apothecary Shoppe Dispensary with every news outlet present, but it happened!

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2018 at Sensi Seeds – Our Year in Review

Sensi Seeds

January. January 2018 was a hemp-based month, featuring the launch of our CBD oil capsules and the inauguration of the Hemp Design Villa in Oude Pekela. Twelve months on, the CBD oil capsules are proving to be one of our most popular products. Made from hemp grown by our sister company HempFlax, they contain full plant extract rather than just CBD crystals, so the Entourage Effect can be enjoyed by people looking to improve their health and well-being.

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Preserving Your Health: 5 Alternatives to Smoking Cigarettes That Can Help You Quit the Nasty Habit

Otherside Farms

It’s no secret: smoking cigarettes is now considered a nasty habit that most people would prefer to break, if it just weren’t so darned addicting. Telling someone who is addicted to cigarettes to just quit is not as simple as it sounds – an addiction is a habit in both the body and that brain that must be conquered. However, there are now alternatives to smoking cigarettes that can help you overcome the craving in both your mind and body that will ultimately let you kick that nasty habit o

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Why Medical Cannabis Affects Patients Differently

Medicinal Marijuana Association

You’ve probably heard the phrase “different strokes for different folks.” It means everyone is individual and unique. This is certainly the case when it comes to medical cannabis.

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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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Why Marijuana Compliance is Important

WeedAdvisor

One of the biggest advantages to legalization in Canada is the advantage of marijuana compliance. This applies on every level. Licensed producers have to meet certain standards. Brands have limitations that they need to follow. Even consumers have to comply with certain safety laws. However, laws are only effective when people follow them. Throughout history, we’ve seen the consequences of “cutting corners,” ignoring rules or simply following the bare minimum (which leaves no margin for error).

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Marijuana confiscations tripled at Canadian border following legalization

MedicalMarijuana.ca

Canada has some fine fare when it comes to nugs, but it’s still not a good idea to try and bring pot back over the U.S. border after a trip to our northern neighbors’ legalized haven. Pot seizures are up around 140 percent since Canada legalized, and mailed herb is also getting snagged more often. Read More.

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Study: Cannabis Terpenoids “Exert Anti-Inflammatory and Antinociceptive Activities in Vitro and in Vivo”

The Joint Blog

Terpenoids derived from cannabis “exert anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive activities in vitro and in vivo” , according to a new study published by the National Institute of Health. “Cannabinoids are well known to have anti-inflammatory effects in mammalians; however, the Cannabis plant also contains other compounds such as terpenoids, whose biological effects have not yet been characterized”, states the abstract of the study, which was conducted by researchers at

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Drinking tops cannabis for impaired drivers during holiday checkstops

MedicalMarijuana.ca

A police news release says the annual program, which ran throughout December and ended New Year’s Day, saw 7,667 vehicles stopped. Among the impaired driving charges, the release says two were for impairment from drugs. Four drivers tested positive for cannabis impairment but those charges haven’t yet been laid. Read More.

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Cannabis Companies Advertise in Times Square on NYE for the First Time

Cannabis Maven

Weed companies sponsored ads for the millions of revelers milling beneath the Big Apple’s flashing digital billboards.

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NORML Chapter Newsletter

NORML

Everyday NORML Chapters from around the country invest countless hours in advocating for meaningful marijuana law reforms on the local, state and federal level! Below is a brief rundown of some of their most recent accomplishments. NORML Chapters are Organized and Energized for State Legislative Sessions in 2019. “That’s why dozens of NORML chapters are organizing citizen lobby days to advocate for the end of marijuana prohibition and other reforms ranging from depenalization and expungement, to

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Legal pot industry toasts banner year

Cannabis Chronicles

PORTLAND — The past year was a 12-month champagne toast for the legal marijuana industry as the global market exploded and cannabis pushed its way further into the financial and cultural mainstream. Liberal California became the largest legal U.S. marketplace, conservative Utah and Oklahoma embraced medical marijuana, and the U.S. East Coast got its first commercial pot shops.