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Cannabinoid Therapies: Mental Health Treatment is Going Holistic

Cannabis Life Network

The earliest written record of cannabis consumption dates back to 2727 B.C. and the mythological Chinese Emperor Shen Nung. In both its psychoactive and industrial forms, it has been utilized by cultures around the globe for centuries. Throughout its history, there have been countless documents recording Cannabinoid Therapies medical uses for ailments ranging from menstrual […].

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Using Cannabis For Pain Management

The Fresh Toast

Certain medicines found in marijuana have been shown to be remarkably effective at easing pain. Continue reading Using Cannabis For Pain Management at The Fresh Toast.

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Using Cannabis to Treat Cancer

Project CBD

How close are we to an approved cannabis therapy for cancer? Medical cannabis science pioneer Dr. Manuel Guzman discusses the successes and challenges towards acceptance in the medical community.

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Explaining the Science Behind MMJ And Joint Pain Relief

MMJ Recs

These days, most people in the United States are aware that Medical Marijuana, aka MMJ, can be used for pain relief – and more specifically, joint pain relief for conditions such as arthritis. But why does marijuana help joint pain? What’s the best strain of MMJ to use for this purpose? And how exactly can you seek out joint pain relief with medical marijuana?

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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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CannTrust to Destroy Millions in Cannabis Products as it Struggles to Regain Compliance

WeedAdvisor

Medical and recreational marijuana producer CannTrust is about to lose $77 million worth of inventory as it fights to stay afloat, according to Markets Insider. A classic example of what happens when you attempt to dupe Health Canada, CannTrust needs little introduction. The ironically-named company made headlines in September when its license was suspended after a lengthy investigation.

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Brazil Delays Vote On Medical Cannabis

Cannabis Law Report

After all the excitement amongst the spruikers this past week that Brazil is where it’s at now the market has tanked in the US. The vote has nominally been delayed for 15 days. Brazil again delays vote on regulating cannabis cultivation and products registration, dealing further setback to open market says MJ Biz… Brazilian health regulators unexpectedly postponed another vote on a groundbreaking proposal to regulate the cultivation and registration of cannabis-based medicines, deliv

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Cannabis May Enhance Cognition and Memory

FloridaMarijuana.net

In 2017, researcher Andreas Zimmer of the University of Bonn in Germany published his study titled Cannabis reverses aging process in the brain. The results of the study were published in Natural Medicine , a peer-reviewed medical journal. Zimmer and his team found that when older mice were given a low-dose cannabis treatment their memory improved to the average age of a two-month old mouse.

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Study: Marijuana Legalization is Not Associated With an Uptick in Violent Crime

The Joint Blog

According to a new study the legalization of marijuana including sales at the state level is not associated with any significant or long-term uptick in criminal activity. The study, titled The cannabis effect on crime: Time-series analysis of crime in Colorado and Washington State, was published in the journal Justice Quarterly. For the study, researcher with the Department of Justice and Criminology at Washington State University examined trends in monthly average crime rates in Colorado and Wa

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Resources: Vaping Related Lung Injury

Project CBD

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CBD Lawsuit Reflects Trucker Termination for THC Tainted Drug Products

The Blunt Truth

The Western District of New York, in Horn v. Medical Mar ijuana, Inc., et al., issued an initial procedural order last week in a case where the plaintiff’s purchase and use of the defendant products resulted in a failed drug test that resulted in his employer terminating his employment. Horn v. Medical Marijuana, Inc., et al. No. 15-cv-701-FPG (W.D.N.Y.).

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NORML Canada Launches Post-Legalization Platform on One Year Anniversary of Marijuana Legalization

NORML

NORML Canada launches official Post-Legalization platform to focus advocacy efforts on reforming Canada’s legal Cannabis system. In light of the first year of legalization, NORML Canada has monitored the Canadian cannabis landscape closely, to determine the next steps for crafting achievable and functional reform of cannabis regulations. The five key “pillars” established by NORML Canada are designed to help focus organizational resources to support our ongoing government and p

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Farmers rejoice: Harvest season flips to seller’s market

Leafly

Prices are up for outdoor cannabis in the legal states, buoying farmers, but frustrating deal-hunters. The post Farmers rejoice: Harvest season flips to seller’s market appeared first on Leafly.

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BREAKING NEWS: California Hemp Laws Get Revamped

Canna Law Blog

On October 12, 2019, Governor Newsom announced that he had signed SB-153 , a bill aimed at making significant changes to California’s hemp cultivation law. As I’ve written before , the bill is a major change for California hemp laws for the following reasons: The bill adds a new definition of “industrial hemp”. There are now separate (and slightly different) definitions for hemp generally under the California Health and Safety Code, and now under the Food and Agriculture Code relative ju

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Mixed responses to suggestions from marijuana legalization work group

The NM Political Report | Medical Cannabis Program

A group convened by the governor and tasked with crafting a framework for cannabis legalization released their full recommendations on Wednesday. Many of the recommendations from the Marijuana Legalization Work group are either consistent with or similar to legislation introduced in the 2019 legislative session. Those include protecting the medical cannabis program and its patients, giving law enforcement tools to test for cannabis use and giving New Mexicans—even those with criminal drug charge

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New Mexico: Governor’s Task Force Issues Adult-Use Marijuana Recommendations

NORML

A 23-member task force has issued explicit policy recommendations to Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham regarding the legalization and regulation of cannabis. The report proposes a regulatory framework governing the retail production, sale, and taxation of cannabis. Recommendations by the task-force include: Prohibiting local municipalities from completely restricting cannabis sales; Limiting overall taxes on retail cannabis sales to no more than 20 percent; Automatically expunging criminal

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Quebec’s ban on homegrow violates federal law according to courts

Leafly

Justice Lavoie decided that provincial possession and cultivation bans fall under federal jurisdiction, not provincial. The post Quebec’s ban on homegrow violates federal law according to courts appeared first on Leafly.

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Hemp-CBD Across State Lines: Louisiana

Canna Law Blog

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“ 2018 Farm Bill ”) legalized hemp by removing the crop and its derivatives from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) and by providing a detailed framework for the cultivation of hemp. The 2018 Farm Bill gives the US Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) regulatory authority over hemp cultivation at the federal level.

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A year after pot legalization, lack of retail shops puts a damper on sales

Cannabis Life Network

TORONTO — The bohemian Toronto neighbourhood of Kensington Market has long been a hotspot for weed culture and home to pot lounge Hotbox Cafe, and yet — one year after the legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada — there still isn’t a single legal weed retailer here. It’s not for lack of trying. Once the […]. The post A year after pot legalization, lack of retail shops puts a damper on sales appeared first on Cannabis News | Lifestyle Tips | Expert Opinions | Stocks.

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Dept. of Health proposes rules for medical cannabis consumption areas, patient reciprocity

The NM Political Report | Medical Cannabis Program

The New Mexico Department of Health has proposed a list of rule changes for the state’s Medical Cannabis Program, which would add guidelines for designated “consumption areas” and reciprocity for medical cannabis patients enrolled in medical cannabis programs in other states. After major changes to the state’s medical cannabis law made during the 2019 legislative session, the law now states that a consumption area is, “an area within a licensed premises approved by the department where cannabis

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Jurors revolt, refuse to consider felony charges for cannabis

Leafly

In New Orleans, jurors refused to try a man for possessing an ounce on Bourbon Street. You can too. The post Jurors revolt, refuse to consider felony charges for cannabis appeared first on Leafly.

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California Cannabis Equity Programs are Getting a Boost From State and Private Sources

Canna Law Blog

Last week was a big one in terms of California’s social equity programs, with the Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC) announcing its award of equity grant funding to a number of local jurisdictions “to be used for commercial cannabis equity programs that focus on inclusion and support of persons or communities that were negatively or disproportionately impacted by cannabis criminalization.

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Pesticides: A retrospective

Cannabis Life Network

The arsenal of pesticides available to licensed producers in Canada constantly changes as Health Canada‘s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) adds or removes permitted sprays, so here is a comprehensive list that will be kept consistently up to date with those changes. Non-organic compounds Active ingredient: Sulphur Found in: Vaporized Sulphur by Agrotek Wettable Sulphur […].

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ACLU Sues Pennsylvania County Over Medical Cannabis Policy

Cannabis Law Report

The Pennsylvania chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against Lebanon County, alleging that the county’s policy of barring people on probation from using medical cannabis violates state law. The county announced in early September that as of Oct. 1, it would no longer allow registered patients in Pennsylvania’s medical cannabis program to use cannabis if they were on parole, according to a PA Post report.

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Pesticide maker bans its own product due to cannabis stigma

Leafly

There's no reason to ban Natria's pesticides—except for the company's own distaste for the cannabis industry. The post Pesticide maker bans its own product due to cannabis stigma appeared first on Leafly.

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Cannabis Trademark Basics: Avoid Overly Broad Specifications!

Canna Law Blog

Last week I had the pleasure of speaking on a panel called “Expert Perspectives on the Rapidly Evolving Cannabis Industry” at the Midwest IP Institute in Minneapolis, MN. One of the issues that is often a source of confusion, both at IP-focused events and for clients, is how to craft an appropriate specification of goods or services for a federal trademark application while simultaneously navigating the trademark challenges faced by cannabis companies.

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Is Canadian legalization the benchmark for cannabis laws around the World?

Cannabis Life Network

While the South American nation of Uruguay bears the distinction of being first, exactly one year ago, Canada became the first of the major industrialized democracies in the G20 to legalize cannabis, and it didn’t go unnoticed. Countries such as New Zealand, Luxembourg and Mexico are among those that have looked to Canada for guidance […].

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Is There a Difference Between Recreational and Medical Cannabis?

LIWTS

It wasn’t until 2012 that Washington State and Colorado introduced America’s first legal recreational cannabis bills. Prior to this, the only cannabis available legally in North America was medical marijuana. Dozens of states now permit the sale and consumption of medical cannabis for qualifying conditions, while a total of 11 states have so far legalized [ ] The post Is There a Difference Between Recreational and Medical Cannabis?

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7 cannabis strains with balanced mind and body effects

Leafly

Some cannabis highs are experienced in the mind, others throughout the body, but these seven strains balance mental and physical effects for a perfect blend. The post 7 cannabis strains with balanced mind and body effects appeared first on Leafly.

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Cannabis Minor Possession Trial In New Orleans Ends In Mistrial As Pool Of Jurors Refuse To Hear The Case

Cannabis Law Report

Leafly report. A handful of jurors did a remarkable thing in a New Orleans courtroom last week. I hope you’ll think about it the next time you’re called for jury duty.Jurors in New Orleans did a noble thing: They refused to try a man for possessing cannabis on Bourbon Street. On Tuesday, Jabar Kensey, a server at the city’s famous French Quarter restaurant Antoine’s, went on trial for possessing an ounce of cannabis on Bourbon Street./… A few years ago Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon

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Legal cannabis celebrates its first anniversary in Canada. What’s next?

Cannabis Life Network

This week marks the first anniversary of Canada’s recreational cannabis legalization. It’s an appropriate time to review what happened last year and consider what’s coming next. Legalization brought big changes for some folks. About 9,200 employees now work at cannabis producers, with thousands more at retailers. Unfortunately, company profits remain scarce and tax revenues are […].