Leafly
JUNE 18, 2019
A mainstream arthritis group surveyed 1,000 patients and found more than half had tried medical cannabis. Most said it helped. The post 57% of Arthritis Patients Have Tried Cannabis. 90% Found It Helped appeared first on Leafly.
NORML
JUNE 18, 2019
The administration of herbal cannabis is safe and effective in patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia, according to clinical data published this month in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. Israeli investigators assessed the use of cannabis over a six-month period in 211 patients with the disease. Eight-one percent of subjects reported “at least moderate improvement in their condition … without experiencing serious adverse events.” Patients were most likely to report overall reduct
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Canna Law Blog
JUNE 18, 2019
The House Appropriations Committee (the “Committee”) publishes reports to accompany annual spending bills. One such report, released on June 3, provided insight on hemp-derived CBD (“Hemp-CBD”). The Committee’s report on didn’t get much coverage in the media, outside of some ace reporting from the folks at Marijuana Moment.
Cannabis Chronicles
JUNE 18, 2019
CHICAGO — Pot use in pregnancy has doubled among U.S. women and is most common during the first trimester, government research shows. Overall, 7 percent of pregnant women, or 1 in 14, said they used marijuana in the past month. That’s from a nationally representative health survey in 2016-17 and compares with a little over 3 percent in 2002-03. Some studies have linked marijuana use during pregnancy with increased chances of premature birth and low birthweight.
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.
Leafly
JUNE 18, 2019
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer lobbies Congress on banking reform. It's a good sign for the state's coming adult-use industry. The post Michigan Governor Taking Lead on Cannabis Reform appeared first on Leafly.
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Leafly
JUNE 18, 2019
Lawmakers scramble to gain the two votes needed to pass adult-use legalization. The deadline is tomorrow. The post New York Readies 3 Cannabis Bills if Adult-Use Fails appeared first on Leafly.
Otherside Farms
JUNE 18, 2019
Now that cannabis is going legal nationwide soon , you might be wondering what this means. Are all marijuana products good? How much marijuana can you have at a go? Can your physician write a marijuana prescription for you? Can you smoke medical marijuana in public? Can you smoke marijuana for recreational purposes? In states where certain forms of marijuana remain illegal, it can be difficult to distinguish what the law allows or prohibits.
Leafly
JUNE 18, 2019
See inside the Spiritleaf location in the same plaza as Union Hall. The post Cannabis Retail Guide: Spiritleaf, Argyll Plaza appeared first on Leafly.
Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 18, 2019
Stillwater News Press report… On June 26, 2018, about 507,000 Oklahomans voted yes on State Question 788, legalizing medical marijuana in the state. The initiative for the legalization of medical marijuana began as a petition by a group called Oklahomans for Health. The group gathered around 67,000 signatures to have their volunteer-written state question put on the ballot.
Leafly
JUNE 18, 2019
And some on social media don't like it. The post Canadian Producer to Release Pure Cannabis ‘Cigarettes’ appeared first on Leafly.
WeedAdvisor
JUNE 18, 2019
Canada and the U.S. may have access to state-of-the-art growing technology, but that does not set them up to be world leaders in cannabis cultivation. This is a position that could eventually fall to Colombia, according to The Motley Fool. Colombia, with its favourable climate and long-established marijuana cultivation workforce, will have a much easier time growing cannabis than its northern counterparts.
Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 18, 2019
Here’s the press release in full. NEW YORK , June 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Greenspoon Marder announced today that the firm is being retained to appeal the Tax Court decision in Patients Mutual Assistance Collective Corporation (also known as Harborside) v. Commissioner to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Harborside is a vertically integrated California cannabis business with several retail locations and more than 250,000 registered customers. “The IRS
Leafwell
JUNE 18, 2019
Cultivating cannabis remained popular in many parts of the world, including the US, until the start of the 20th century. At the turn of the century, states throughout the US started outlawing this plant. Many believe that cannabis and hemp was the victim of its amazing potential as a material. You can find reports claiming that it could produce more paper than wood, but that didn’t seem to work.
Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 18, 2019
MJ Biz report. High Times Holding Corp., the cannabis media group currently trying to raise funds for a potential stock exchange listing, is being sued by Southland Publishing over the sale of the latter’s Culture Magazine. Southland agreed for High Times to purchase the magazine a year ago but claims it has not received up to $4 million in promised payments it expected to receive as of December 2018.
Dykema (Cannabis Law Blog)
JUNE 18, 2019
Authored by Dykema Summer Associate Madison Laskowski On June 13th, in its first public meeting, the Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA) received comments and provided information on the administration of the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act (MRTMA).
Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 18, 2019
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. . We were prompted to write this article by the Los Angeles Times publication of “ California to Give Struggling Cannabis Businesses More Time on Provisional Permits ” on June 14, 2019.
Cannabis Life Network
JUNE 18, 2019
In the last few weeks, cannabis access in Vancouver has gone from bad to worse as dispensary after dispenary are forced to shut down across the city. The Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary (TMCD) on Hastings (East Hastings dispensary) was one of them, ceasing cannabis sales on June 5, which marked the temporary end to one of […]. The post East Hastings dispensary launches onsite Drug Analysis Service appeared first on Cannabis News | Marijuana News | Medical Cannabis News.
Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 18, 2019
United States : The U.S. Trademark Office Opens The Door To Registering Certain Cannabis Trademarks. Last Updated: June 18 2019. Article by Scott R. Miller. Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton. On May 2, 2019, the United States Trademark Office issued new Examination Guidelines for goods and services associated with cannabis and cannabis-derived products and services legalized under the 2018 Farm Bill. 1 This crack in the federal armor against the cannabis economy opens the door for the fe
Cannabis Maven
JUNE 18, 2019
Green Monkey Grinders go above and beyond the standard cannabis flower grinder.
Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 18, 2019
Here’s the release in full as related via Nasdaq. The takeaways are: The business combination was approved at a meeting of MTech stockholders today. In connection with the transaction, MTech and MJ Freeway combined to form Akerna Corp. (“Akerna”). The shares of common stock and warrants of Akerna will begin trading on The Nasdaq Stock Market tomorrow, June 18, 2019, under the symbols “KERN” and “KERNW,” respectively. .
CannaTech
JUNE 18, 2019
Our guest blogger today is Jonathan Valdman, an entrepreneur, farmer and educator of agricultural practices based in permaculture, sustainability and Best Management Practices. Jonathan has been farming organically for over 20 years, is a second-generation cannabis farmer and has been growing cannabis since 1992. In 2006, Jonathan founded Forever Flowering Greenhouses, FFG, in an effort to develop a commercial grade greenhouse company that could address the future needs of the cannabis industry
Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 18, 2019
This is about the third story we’ve seen in the past fortnight about the Aussies going overseas to try and grow medical cannabis. May we be bold as to suggest that it is such a nightmare to crawl through the red tape in Australia that Australian companies. (increasingly being bought up by the Canadians and the Americans) are shifting to greener pastures to try and get crops in the ground.
CannaTech
JUNE 18, 2019
Our guest blogger today is Jonathan Valdman, an entrepreneur, farmer and educator of agricultural practices based in permaculture, sustainability and Best Management Practices. Jonathan has been farming organically for over 20 years, is a second-generation cannabis farmer and has been growing sustainable cannabis since 1992. In 2006, Jonathan founded Forever Flowering Greenhouses, FFG, in an effort to develop a commercial-grade greenhouse company that could address the future needs of the cannab
Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 18, 2019
CALIFORNIA: The Business and Professions Committee will hear the legislation that would explicitly permit the retail sale of CBD as a food or dietary supplement this week, with hopes of final passage in August. IOWA: The Iowa Governor signed a statement that said a recently passed law does not “legalize the sale or manufacture of all hemp-derived products, such as [CBD].
Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 18, 2019
As we all know the end of the legislative session is nigh in NY and there’s a final push to see if Cuomo can get any form of legislation through at all. The US Hemp Roundtable also highlights a bill that looks very dangerous for hemp in the state. NY might achieve the impossible and make California look like something it isn’t, a yacht sailing gently through calm and charted waters.
Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 18, 2019
The Post reports ……… RICHMOND — Attorney General Mark Herring says he will push Virginia to legalize recreational marijuana use for adults — a first for a statewide official in the commonwealth, which has traditionally taken a conservative approach toward drugs. Other prominent Virginia politicians have previously called for decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, including the two Democrats who were on the ballot with Herring in 2017, Gov.
Cannabis Law Report
JUNE 18, 2019
Here’s how they are hoping to persuade the recalcitrants back to the table. Once the applications for new medical cannabis facilities are available online from the New Jersey Department of Health, the state plans to host a webinar July 16 for potential applicants, officials said. However, a New Jersey State League of Municipalities representative said depending on final negotiations—and input from the governor’s office—that 108 number for new medical cannabis facilities may or may not be r
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