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Army Recruits Who’ve Used Marijuana: “No Riskier” Than Non-Users

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A new government-funded study of United States Army recruits has uncovered that past cannabis use does not have a significant impact on overall performance. Currently, over half of new recruits hail from states where marijuana is legal at least for medical use, so these findings should be reassuring for military recruiters and Army hopefuls alike. […].

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Does CBD Cure Covid?

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Does CBD Cure Covid? The Food and Drug Administration doesn’t think so. This past week the US federal regulator issued warning letters to companies making CBD. The FDA claims the companies were making COVID-related claims about their products. This is the biggest federal action against the cannabis industry in over a year. The companies that […].

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Article: Anti-cannabis, industry forces collide on proposed California labeling law

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The North Bay Business Journal writes. Much like it was for the tobacco warning issue dating back to the 1960s, product labeling is about to blow up in a cannabis industry versus health care and youth groups’ showdown. A panel of doctors, youth groups and parents assembled Thursday in a virtual press conference called for more product warnings on packages and support for California Senate Bill 1097 — the Cannabis Right to Know Act. 20210SB1097_98.

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Cannabis Branding and Marketing: What Your Business Needs In 2022

Cannabis Life Network

Business is booming in the cannabis industry. There is much to know when it comes to your Cannabis branding and marketing, and that is going to be a large factor in the success of your business. Some of the strongest companies in the cannabis industry have built multi-billion dollar businesses based on a strong brand identity. […]. The post Cannabis Branding and Marketing: What Your Business Needs In 2022 appeared first on Cannabis News, Lifestyle - Headlines, Videos & Cooking.

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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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Licensed cannabis businesses in Santa Ana, Los Angeles raided over unpaid taxes

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The OC register reports. Two California Highway Patrol vehicles and a half dozen unmarked vehicles blocked off the parking lot of Super Clinik, a licensed cannabis store in Santa Ana, just after the shop opened at 8 a.m. on the morning of March 18. With an agent from the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration looking on, several CHP officers went inside, counted out a couple six-inch high stacks of cash and took them from the Birch Street store, according to witness reports and phot

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Las Cruces considering operating hours for cannabis businesses

Cannabis Law Report

LAS CRUCES – After several cannabis dispensaries took advantage of the City of Las Cruces’ lack of operating hours to begin selling weed to customers at midnight April 1, the municipality has said it’s now drafting proposed hours to bring before the city council. April 1 marked the first day recreational cannabis could be sold legally in New Mexico.

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Cannabinoid boiling point misinformation explained

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Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) was first isolated from cannabis plants with its boiling point documented in 1964 in Israel. That discovery was made 22 years after the first extraction of THC isomers. Before then, or even Roger Adams’ discovery of CBD in 1940, though, a compound with a similar boiling point as THC was noted in […]. The post Cannabinoid boiling point misinformation explained appeared first on Cannabis News, Lifestyle - Headlines, Videos & Cooking.

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Retail cannabis sales open up for the first time in Napa County

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Four of the city of Napa’s six existing medical dispensaries — Abide, The Herbivore, Harvest and Perfect Union — were cleared by the city to sell cannabis products to anyone age 21 or older this week. All except Harvest have begun selling. Two other existing dispensaries, Eagle Eye and Napa Cannabis Collective, are still waiting on city approval. And an incoming Cookies dispensary — a major California-based retail chain, with locations across several states — is also waiting to receive an adult-

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Cannabis Legalization: MORE Act Again Clears the House

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Yesterday, March 31, 2022, the House of Representatives again voted to end federal prohibition of marijuana by removing it from the list of banned substances. The bill—the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act (the MORE Act)—passed by a vote of 220-204, largely along party lines. Next the bill goes to the Senate for approval, where its fate is murky.

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Charlotte’s Web Among First Full-Spectrum CBD Added to the List of CBD Products Authorised for Sale in the UK Following Validation of its Novel Food Application

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UK Food Standards Agency will now proceed through the safety evaluation process. DENVER , April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – (TSX: CWEB) (OTCQX: CWBHF) Charlotte’s Web Holdings, Inc., (“Charlotte’s Web” or the “Company”), the market leader in full-spectrum cannabidiol (“CBD”) hemp extract wellness products , has achieved a milestone becoming one of the first companies to receive validation of its Novel Food applications from the UK Food Standard

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Article: Hashish and pirates: How AI is cleaning up the high seas

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ZD Net. The state of maritime monitoring hasn’t changed much in generations. Pirates beware; AI is changing that. On August 8th, 2021, Spanish police and customs agents intercepted the cargo ship NATALIA on suspicion of narcotics trafficking. The ship was en route from Lebanon via Iskenderun, Turkey, to Lagos, Nigeria, and hidden on board was nearly 20 tons of hashish worth $470 million.

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UK: Cannabis factory found at old Edgware Police Station!

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A cannabis factory has been discovered by police at the old Edgware Police Station on Whitchurch Lane. Over two hundred plants are believed to have been found by local officers at the building that closed as a result of the tri borough merger of Harrow , Brent and Barnet. Met Police told Harrow Online: “On 24 th March 2022, SNT officers on patrol noticed some items believed to be used in the production of cannabis at the rear of the old Edgware Police Station.

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Press Release: MAPS Canada announces its new partnership with the groundbreaking non-profit Roots To Thrive, Canada’s first and only healthcare practice to legally offer psychedelic-assisted group therapy, research, and training for healthcare professionals

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Here’s the blurb…… VANCOUVER, BC , COAST SALISH TERRITORY , April 1, 2022 /CNW/ – MAPS Canada is pleased to announce its new partnership with the groundbreaking, non-profit healthcare organization Roots To Thrive , based in Nanaimo, BC in collaboration with the Snuneymuxw First Nation and Vancouver Island University. Founded in 2019, Roots to Thrive is Canada’s first and only multidisciplinary, non-profit healthcare practice to legally offer evidence-informed

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Press Release: Novamind Partner to Acquire Specialized Ibogaine Group in Brazil

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Bienstar Plans To Build LATAM’s First Network of Integrative Mental Health Clinics. TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / March 31, 2022 / Novamind Inc. (CSE:NM)(OTCQB:NVMDF)(FSE:HN2) (“Novamind” or the “Company”), a leading mental health company specialized in psychedelic medicine, is pleased to report that its strategic partner, Bienstar Wellness Corp. (“Bienstar”), has signed a letter of intent to acquire BRC Saude Mental E Terapias Assistidas Ltda., a leader

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USA: Ohio – $1 million worth of DMT seized in Stark County drug bust

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STARK COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) – Approximately 10 kilograms of the hallucinogenic drug Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) with a potential street value of over $1,000,000 was seized during a drug bust at a Stark County home Friday. The bust was executed by the Stark County Sheriff’s Office Metro Narcotics Unit along with Homeland Security, the United States Postal Service, FBI Safe Streets Task Force, the Canton City Police Department Special Investigations Unit, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol, accord

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Australia: New species of psychedelic mushroom believed to live in Kakadu National Park

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Soil samples taken from Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks in the Northern Territory have revealed traces of what scientists believe is a new species of psychedelic mushroom. Key points: A new species of psychedelic mushroom has been identified in the Northern Territory. Researchers are putting together Australia’s first legal collection of magic mushrooms.

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Canada: Terminally ill patients the first in B.C. to consume legal supply of magic mushrooms

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The Vancouver Sun writes. Five terminal cancer patients have been granted Canada’s first legal, domestic supply of magic mushrooms to treat their end-of-life anxiety. One of them, 54-year-old Thomas Hartle, arrived at Nanaimo airport Saturday morning from his home in Saskatoon to participate in psychedelic therapy using psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, which he hasn’t been able to legally do since August, when his one one-year exemption from the Controlled Drugs and Substanc

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Leafly: Alvi Ghaznavi is watching NJ celebrate its legal market from behind bars

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Here’s the introduction to yet another story that by all rights no longer need be written, but unfortunately the wheels of Justice turn cruelly slowly whwn it comes to cannabis incarceration, For Alvi and other prisoners of prohibition, The War on Drugs was simply a ‘War on Us’. New Jersey’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission started accepting retail license applications Tuesday (March 15).

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Only One Republican Californian Voted For Cannabis In Lower House MORE Act Vote

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The House voted to decriminalize marijuana. Just one California Republican agreed, reports the Sacramento Bee. Is this just a party lines thing or should Californians in the cannabis industry be taking a much closer look at their Republican reps both state and federal in lower and upper houses? The Sac Bee writes… One California Republican voted to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level on Friday.