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8 Ways Marijuana Seeds Can Be Used For Everyday Medicine

The Fresh Toast

8 Ways Marijuana Seeds Can Be Used For Everyday Medicine Those who push for the use of marijuana seeds have reported that they can be used as medicine, leading to numerous health benefits. The post 8 Ways Marijuana Seeds Can Be Used For Everyday Medicine appeared first on The Fresh Toast.

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Another Round of Rally Cries for the SAFE Banking Act

Canna Law Blog

The SAFE Banking Act just got a new, prominent supporter – on April 9, 2019, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin pledged to take a look at the legislation that would allow financial institutions to service cannabis businesses. While the Treasury Secretary admitted he’s not familiar with the Act, he acknowledged that the current conflict between federal and state law is a “significant issue.

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OK Roots Vs Oklahoma Roots

Cannabis Law Report

Oklahoma’s K Four reports. POTTAWATOMIE CO., Okla. – The fight between two medical marijuana dispensaries is getting ugly. Now, in the middle of a lawsuit, the owners of one store got kicked to the curb. The owners of OK Roots are the defendants in the trademark lawsuit. Their landlord evicted them for allegedly smoking marijuana inside their store, and now they’ve set up shop next to a daycare.

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Budtrader Ball 420 (April 20th): Downtown LA will be “Greatest Show on Earth”

Cannabis Life Network

Budtrader, the medical marijuana marketplace and social media platform, is promising that its 3rd annual Budtrader Ball on April 20th will be the greatest show not just on cannabis, but on earth. Those are high expectations to live up to, but considering this year’s venue is the Wisdome Art Park in downtown Los Angeles, the […]. The post Budtrader Ball 420 (April 20th): Downtown LA will be “Greatest Show on Earth” appeared first on Cannabis News | Marijuana News | Medical Cannabis News.

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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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Hemp vs. Marijuana: Why Can’t Cops Tell Them Apart?

Cannabis Law Report

Last February, the Idaho State police pulled over a truck carrying 6,701 pounds of hemp and promptly seized it, allegedly claiming it was marijuana. Now the cultivators of that hemp, Big Sky Scientific, are suing the police, the county, and an attorney. If you’ve been following hemp news recently, then you have probably seen a few of these stories surfacing.

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Spain’s Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition (AECOSAN) Follows EIHA’s Lead

Cannabis Law Report

Here’s the report in full. The Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition (AECOSAN) has struck a blow against hemp food producers in their ongoing efforts to clear a path for hemp extracts in food across Europe. AECOSAN this week issued a declaration that says only edibles derived from hemp seeds “have a clear and meaningful history of consumption within the EU.

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Nevada may be forced to reveal marijuana-license criteria

Cannabis Chronicles

LAS VEGAS — Nevada faces complaints about secrecy in awarding licenses to sell marijuana in the state’s booming legal marketplace, boiling over into lawsuits and legislation that appear poised to pry open the process. Several companies have sued the state tax department, arguing that no one knows for sure the criteria officials use to award new licenses.

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Howard Dean Hops On Cannabis Bandwagon

Cannabis Law Report

VT Digger reports…… T here was a time, not so long ago, when Vermont Gov. Howard Dean came down firmly on the side of the anti-marijuana crusaders. In those days, says Dean, he felt proponents of medical marijuana were just using their support for that issue as a smokescreen for a general push toward full legalization. Dean, who served five two-year terms from 1991 to 2003 as Vermont governor, was against all of it.

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Cannabis Suppositories for Pain-free Sex

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Our co-founder, Ashley Kingsley, gets real about her sex life. According to the North American Menopausal Society, between 25-45% of post-menopausal women find sex painful. The number one reason for pain during sex at midlife is dwindling estrogen due to menopause. Hormone shifts make the tissues in your vagina become thin, inflamed and dry. The vagina also is less elastic – like, a lot less.

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Lines We Don’t Cross

Cannabis Law Report

If you wish to re-publish this story please do so with following accreditation. AUTHOR: “Jordan Zoot. “ aBIZinaBOX Inc., CPA’s” PUBLISHER: CANNABIS LAW REPORT. Lines We Don’t Cross – it is April 14 and we should have had a very smooth day with one day to go to the tax filing deadline. Unfortunately, we had an experience that was both disappointing and potentially harmful to everyone involved.

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Swedish Pension Fund Happy To Invest In Regulated Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

MJ Biz Reports… A Swedish state-owned pension fund has invested in cannabis companies for the first time. More government-run pension funds are dipping into large-cap cannabis stocks, a sign that such investments are going more mainstream. The Swedish fund, AP7 , is considered a higher risk – and potentially higher – return investment.

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Haborside To Go Public. Ramping Up The PR

Cannabis Law Report

Here’s the PR and some commentary from Ewquitties.com. A Historic California Cannabis Company. “Few cannabis companies in the U.S. or Canada have the legacy and track record of success that Harborside has achieved over the past 12 years,” Steve DeAngelo, Co-founder of Harborside and Chairman Emeritus. “I founded Harborside with dress wedding in 2006 to provide a gold standard of medical cannabis retailing; serve patients with the most attractive facilities, highest levels of ca

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Leafly Article: Opinion: There’s a Better Way to Tax Legal Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

Oglesby has served as chief tax counsel for the US Senate Finance Committee and as co-chair of the Regulatory and Tax Structure Working Group of Gavin Newsom’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Marijuana Legalization. Leafly welcomes opinion contributions from industry and political leaders on a range of topics related to cannabis. Here’s the introduction to his piece for Leafly.

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Israeli Chinese Hemp MOU Signed

Cannabis Law Report

Grizzle reports……… Chinese healthcare firm Thalys Medical Technology Inc. (SHA: 603716) has turned to Israel for help as it bids to accelerate the development of China’s medical hemp industry. The Wuhan-based company has signed a memorandum of understanding with iCAN Israel-Cannabis, a leading medical cannabis incubator. Thalys will help the early stage companies in iCAN’s portfolio develop their businesses and then enter the world’s most populous consumer market.

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UK: Amid Brexit Even The Spectator Is Getting Caught Up In The Green Rush

Cannabis Law Report

For those of you not so au fait with the UK media landscape here’s a quick wikipedia roundup of the Spectator’s outlook and history. The Spectator is a weekly British magazine on politics, culture, and current affairs. [1] It was first published in July 1828. [2] It is owned by David and Frederick Barclay who also own The Daily Telegraph newspaper, via Press Holdings.

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