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Senators Wyden and McConnell Press for Hemp Industry Banking Services

Canna Law Blog

Unfortunately still the position for most banks and hemp. Shortly after the 2018 Farm Bill passed, legalizing industrial hemp, we predicted that banking services for hemp businesses would be slow going. That has proven to be the case. For this reason, a bipartisan pair of U.S. Senators, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), sent individualized letters to four federal banking and financial regulatory institutions on April 2, 2019, pleading them to prevent bankin

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I Use Cannabis To Treat My ADHD & ADD (Here’s Why)

Miss Marijuana

People have been using cannabis as medicine for years. Sadly, many have had to keep their use hidden due to outdated laws and misdirected societal norms. Now, as the cannabis laws are changing around the U.S, more and more people are coming forward to share their stories about using cannabis to heal. Miss Marijuana has been reaching out to cannabis enthusiasts to find out what ails them and how cannabis has been essential in helping them heal their physical and mental pain.

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UK’s First Ever Medicinal Cannabis and Cannabinoids Trade Show to Convene 12th-13th July, ExCeL, London 

Cannabis Law Report

To register for complimentary passes please visit [link] and use code ‘VisitECE’ at the checkout. . Europe CBD Expo is the UK’s First Ever Medicinal Cannabis and Cannabinoids Trade Show to Convene on 12th-13th July at the ExCeL London. Respected researchers, scientists, ag-tech, pharma experts, regulators, investors, entrepreneurs and eighty exhibitors will share their knowledge about the flourishing medicinal cannabis industry at Europe CBD Expo, Britain’s first-ever internation

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B.C. cannabis co-op hopes to become largest collective producer in the world: organizer

MedicalMarijuana.ca

David Hurford estimates there are upwards of 6,000 small cannabis producers in B.C. that are licensed by Health Canada to produce medical marijuana, which is more than a quarter of the entire 20,000 he said exist across Canada. The Vancouver man is on a mission to organize a fraction of those cannabis producers into a co-op to give them not only purchasing power, but marketing strength on the world stage.

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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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Company Hiring Cannabis Connoisseurs to Evaluate Products

WeedAdvisor

Food experts, wine-tasters and product reviewers are a dime a dozen. From fine dining to the latest technology, there are plenty of people out there who make a good living – and fancy themselves experts – evaluating products and giving recommendations. But legalization opened up an entirely new type of reviewer – the cannabis connoisseur. But unlike food and other mainstream industries, becoming one of the few official testers is no easy task.

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Nova Scotia Case Casts Further Doubt on Roadside Cannabis Tests

WeedAdvisor

The topic of driving while high is hotly contested. Some users insist that they have no issues driving safely, while others argue that cannabis impairment poses a risk when operating a motor vehicle. This could be attributed to THC tolerance, in addition to the type of strain consumed. But specifics aside, one particular grey area is the roadside cannabis testing process.

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How Cannabis Can Make Your Brain “Noisy” (And How That Affects Everyday Life)

Cannabis Maven

Cannabis Affects Our Ability to Sift Through the Bombardment of Sensory Information Constantly Reaching Our Brains.

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Feinstein Chickens Out On STATES Act

Cannabis Law Report

Marijuana Moment report… “By refusing to get on this year’s version of the STATES Act, it shows how obvious Senator Feinstein’s flirtation with putting an end to federal marijuana was just an effort protect her seat,” Michael Liszewski, principal of The Enact Group , a lobbying and consulting firm that focuses on cannabis issues, argued. “It’s remarkable that Feinstein will back marijuana reform to save her job but then refuse to do when it comes to protecting her constituents from feder