Sick Child's Petition Pressures UK Gov't to Legalize

Turned down by the British government when they requested permission to use cannabis oil, the family of a child epilepsy sufferer personally delivered a petition with thousands of signatures to 10 Downing Street. Charges of hypocrisy on the part of government were brought into sharp focus by ...

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Cannabis tax revenue will be minimal, province telling local governments

BC's municipal governments shouldn't expect a lot of help from the province to deal with added costs they'll face when non-medicinal marijuana becomes legal later this year. That appears to be the message in a letter from Carole James, the deputy premier, delivered to the Town of Oliver earlier this ...

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They Hid Foreign Currency In Rectum For Smuggling. Arrested In Kolkata

In another case, DRI yesterday busted a major drug syndicate engaged in trafficking of ganja' and arrested eight persons. ... were intercepted near the Dhulagarh area (on the Kolkata Khargapur highway) at 6am by DRI officers and about 120 kg of 'ganja' was seized from them, the statement said.

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Judge upholds three-year minimum for ganja trafficking but says law permits lighter sentences

While upholding the constitutionality of the mandatory minimum three-year sentence for ganja trafficking, Justice Jo-Ann Barlow has ruled that magistrates do have the discretion to impose lighter sentences where special circumstances may warrant. The judge made the ruling upon an application by ...

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Our say: Schuh pushing too hard against cannabis dispensaries

Larry Hogan signed legislation authorizing medical cannabis in Maryland, Anne Arundel County has hardly plunged headlong into this area — let alone, as County Executive Steve Schuh once put it, been “a guinea pig.” But the new industry, subject not just to state regulations but some of the toughest ...

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County pro-pot initiative off June ballot, but two might appear in November

... for Southern California, growing cannabis that would be imported into the larger markets to the south. The initiative he submitted was based in part on a proposed county permit-and-regulate plan submitted to the Board of Supervisors for consideration in October by the county Planning Department.

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Noise complaint leads to Eyre Peninsula drug arrests

A 33-year-old Port Lincoln man was arrested and charged with cultivating cannabis, possessing a trafficable amount of cannabis, possessing an unregistered firearm, having an insecure firearm and ammunition and unlawful possession. He was granted police bail and will appear in the Port Lincoln ...

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Cannabis found at scene of Emmbrook house fire

POLICE have launched an investigation after cannabis plants were found at the site of a house fire in Emmbrook. On Thursday, March 22, Thames Valley Police closed Reading Road to traffic to enable firecrews to tackle the blaze in safety. The busy road, which connects Wokingham town centre with ...

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Scarlett Curtis on the emerging cannabis market

Over the four years I've been living in New York, cannabis has been legalised to some degree in more than 30 US states. It's a world I still don't fully understand, and the second anyone mentions drugs in any form stronger than an antihistamine, I can feel my cheeks redden and a big arrow appear over ...

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Madrid man accused of growing cannabis

Alfred J. Windoloski, 53, of 2921 Route 310, was charged March 12 with one count of unlawfully growing cannabis, a class A misdemeanor, police said. Commenting rules: Stick to the topic of the article/letter/editorial. When responding to issues raised by other commenters, do not engage in personal ...

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Medical cannabis laws are protected from federally funded persecution for now

The federal law which protects medical marijuana from prosecution was approved on Friday as part of a massive spending bill. The provision, known as the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment, was extended for the remainder of the fiscal year 2018 which ends on September 30. The language of the ...

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Marijuana is the New Gold for Some Canadian Miners

The cannabis companies on Canadian exchanges have a combined market value of about C$32-B. The surge is driven by estimates that retail sales of recreational and medical marijuana could reach C$8-B by Y 2021. But, my concern is that many of these companies are overvalued, as it unclear how ...

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Sri Lanka Health Minister's cannabis cultivation idea gains momentum

Mar 24, Colombo: The members of the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine have emphasized that the cultivation of cannabis for the production of Ayurvedic drugs in Sri Lanka is appropriate. This was stated at a meeting between the members of the Advisory ...

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Does Canada's New Recreational Marijuana License Proposal Spell Trouble for Pot Stocks?

Canada legalized medicinal cannabis back in 2001, with Health Canada overseeing the industry ever since. Now, given the strong support for marijuana throughout much of North America, Canada's federal government looks to be just months away from legalizing the drug for adults ages 18 and over.

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Matthew Meyer: Cannabis historically 'normal' in America

Its contents have long since disappeared, leaving only a dark residue on the glass, but the bottle itself remains as a tangible link to a time when cannabis — whether as tincture for medicine, seeds for oil and feed, or fiber for all manner of textile and cordage — was an unremarkable and non-contentious ...

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Aurora Cannabis Inc. and Tucows Inc.: Should You Bet Against Short Sellers?

The S&P/TSX fell 121 points on March 19. The top indexes in the United States were throttled as Facebook Inc. shed more than $40 billion of market cap following a significant data scandal pertaining to the 2016 U.S. election. Recent short interest data collected in mid-March suggests that the cannabis ...

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State to appeal pot-case decision halting growing licenses; Rx proponents fear lengthy wait

Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen in a Wednesday order issued a preliminary injunction to keep the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission from handing out medical cannabis cultivation licenses to five companies. Griffen ruled that the commission's process for choosing those companies ...

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'Cannabis Is The Condom For The Opioid Crisis,' Says Addiction Specialist

Medical marijuana can save lives just as promoting safe sex did in the 1980s, according to an addiction specialist that thinks cannabis can reduce the number of lives lost to the opioid epidemic just as condoms spared many people from becoming casualties of the AIDS epidemic. “Cannabis is the ...

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Police seize plants as suspected cannabis farm found in Middlesbrough

A large amount of propagation equipment and plants - believed to be cannabis plants - were seized. Officers from Middlesbrough Neighbourhood Police Team (NPT) made the discovery in the Stockton Road area of Middlesbrough, near Newport, on Friday. Engineers were called to the scene to make ...

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California cannabis patients have protection in Arizona

The decision affirms the statutory reciprocity provided for qualified out-of-state marijuana patients in Arizona. California does not have reciprocity built into its own state medical marijuana laws. However, since Proposition 64 passed in 2016, it has been legal for any adult in the state to possess up to an ...

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Planning Commission to Approve Up to Four Conditional Use Permits For Cannabis Retail Business

The second of a two part meeting with take next Wednesday as the Planning Commission is set to approve up to four Conditional Use Permits from the applications identified in the staff report to allow cannabis retail business at the proposed location. In September the council adopted an ordinance to ...

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Four appear in court over $2m cannabis raid at Mount Rankin

FOUR men, including two teenagers, have been refused bail after being arrested while allegedly harvesting a large cannabis crop on a rural property on the outskirts of Bathurst. Guiseppe ... Police allege that between March 13 and March 22, Romeo cultivated 832 cannabis plants at Mount Rankin.

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How Does Light Intensity Affect Cannabis Yields?

Empirical research on cannabis cultivation is difficult to find. The federal restrictions on studying it have hindered scientific knowledge regarding everything from its growth to its effects. While testimonials and personal experience give us some basis for understanding the plant, scientific studies are ...

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More Awareness Needed About Cannabis Smoke

The Grey Bruce Health Unit's consulting physician is calling for more awareness of the effects of second hand cannabis smoke. In a presentation to the Board of Health Dr. Ian Arra specifically pointed to the effects in multi unit dwellings like apartment buildings. He says surveys show just under half of ...

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North Saanich to debate cannabis bylaw and new business fee

Non-medicinal cannabis companies looking to set up in North Saanich could pay as much as $500 in a proposed business fee. The new fee is on the table at council's Monday, March 26 meeting, as councillors look at new bylaw amendments that help align North Saanich with the province on cannabis ...

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Ganja peddlers targeting students in Godavarikhani

Peddapalli: A smuggling racket unearthed by Godavarikhani police recently revealed that students are being targeted by ganja peddlers. Smugglers are targeting students since they have money to buy ganja. There has been a rise in such incidents in Godavarikhani Municipal Corporation limits and its ...

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Much Ado About Nothing: Cannabis Stocks Rebound on Easy Bill C-45 Vote Passage

As it turned out, fears regarding a potentially disastrous vote-down of Bill C-45 were much ado about nothing. The bill—otherwise known as the Cannabis Act—breezed through the Senate second reading vote by a comfortable margin on Thursday. With the complete U-turn in market sentiment on Friday, ...

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Odisha-based narcotics syndicate busted, eight arrested

Among the eight arrested persons, the mastermind of the syndicate was Prasenjit Debnath who goes by the nickname of 'Joyguru' and Paresh Mondal, the main supplier of the ganja. The contraband was sourced from Malkangiri area in Odisha and sent to various parts of the country including Kolkata, ...

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Maine just became the first state to protect cannabis use outside work

While other states have legalized recreational cannabis use, until now, none of them prevented employers from enacting anti-marijuana policies or refusing to hire candidates who test positive for weed. HR managers at affected employers in Maine are updating their handbooks and drug policies to ...

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Watch: Cannabis business convention comes to Boston

Video may take a moment to load. BOSTON (AP) — More than 250 exhibitors and 100 experts are descending on Boston this weekend to discuss the country's burgeoning marijuana industry. The New England Cannabis Convention is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at the Hynes Convention ...

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Cannabis bill better than the black market: Letters to the editor, March 24

If not for the financial interests of law enforcement protecting their jobs when alcohol prohibition was repealed, medical cannabis would be legal today. In the 1930s, it was one of the most widely prescribed drugs in America. But needing a new prohibition, Treasury agents demonized cannabis as ...

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GENE SIMMONS Says That He Has Softened His Stance On Cannabis: 'I Was Wrong And I Was ...

For those confused about this new relationship given the fact that Simmons has been on the record about never trying cannabis in his whole life, he has a perfectly simple explanation. "I was wrong and I was not informed," he told the Toronto Sun. "Well, drug abuse, you don't have to be a genius [to know ...

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Ganja worth Rs 2 crore seized

Bhawanipatna (Odisha), Mar 23 (PTI) Ganja valued at around Rs two crore was seized and two persons were arrested in connection with it in Odisha's Kalahandi district today, police said. Acting on a tip off, police detained a truck near Mading on Bhawanipatna-Raipur Highway and recovered around ...

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Two held at Kolkata airport for smuggling forex by hiding it in body cavity

Eight persons, travelling in two vehicles, were intercepted near the Dhulagarh area (on the Kolkata–Khargapur highway) at 6 am by DRI officers and about 120 kg of 'ganja' was seized from them, the statement said. The contraband was sourced from the Malkangiri area in Odisha and sent to various ...

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McK's second cannabis dispensary approved

MCKINLEYVILLE – Once a target of federal pressure, the Hummingbird Healing Center cannabis dispensary will re-establish itself in McKinleyville's business center. A conditional use permit for Hummingbird was approved by the county's Planning Commission at its March 15 meeting. Hummingbird will ...

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Cannabis business convention comes to Boston

The programming will cover medical marijuana, cannabis business strategies, innovation in growing and marketing, and more. Highlights include a discussion of Massachusetts' established agricultural industry and how local family farmers may be able to enter the marijuana marketplace, and a panel ...

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How to Correctly Use Marijuana Edibles

It all begins with the best of intentions. A group of friends decides that this will finally be the year they make the epic journey to a legal state to bask in all of the glories of legal marijuana. The trip has been a dream of theirs ever since Colorado became the first state to drag the almighty cannabis plant out ...

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Gene Simmons Says He Was 'Wrong,' 'Not Informed' About Cannabis

Gene Simmons has said he was “wrong” and “not informed” about cannabis as he began his role as “chief evangelical officer” for Canadian cannabis company Invictus. The announcement last week took many fans by surprise since the Kiss star had always been outspoken about the use of any form of ...

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San Juan Bautista City Council considers cannabis tax

The San Juan Bautista City Council is expected to hold a special meeting in early April to discuss a proposed cannabis ordinance, as well as a potential pot sales tax to go before voters during the 2018 General Election in November. “What I'm hearing from the ad hoc committee is to potentially pursue a ...

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Chamber to host workshop to discuss effects of cannabis legalization

Battlefords area business owners will have an opportunity to learn how cannabis legalization might impact their workplace policies at a local Chamber workshop Wednesday. The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce is asking people interested in attending the event, called Cannabis 101: Cannabis and ...

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Cannabis Stock Report: Canadian Cannabis Act Progresses; US Devolves As Pot Stocks Soar

The North American Marijuana Index shot up on Friday, as Canadian pot stocks heralded the passage of the second reading of Bill C-45, the bill to legalize marijuana, in the Senate the previous evening. A tight vote that was by no means certain all day Thursday; the bill passed via the slimmest of ...

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Two held at Kolkata airport for smuggling forex by hiding it in body cavity

Eight persons, travelling in two vehicles, were intercepted near the Dhulagarh area (on the KolkataKhargapur highway) at 6am by DRI officers and about 120 kg of 'ganja' was seized from them, the statement said. The contraband was sourced from the Malkangiri area in Odisha and sent to various parts ...

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Snoop Dogg's Cannabis Venture Capital Firm Raises $45 Million for Marijuana-Related Investments

Rapper and pop culture icon Snoop Dogg's affinity for marijuana is as iconic as the star himself. His latest foray into cannabis has led to him to raise an impressive $45 million for marijuana investments, according to High Times. In 2015, Snoop founded Casa Verde Capital, a venture fund that specializes ...

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Cancer patient denied medicinal cannabis because doctor 'couldn't be bothered'

For this he asked his oncologist for a cannabis-based product. He couldn't believe the reply. According to Mr Moses the doctor said: "I haven't got time. I haven't got time to look at it. Nah, I'm not interested." "It's like the door has been closed on my existence," Mr Moses says. But Mr Moses was so tired of ...

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Alberta expects net loss with cannabis revenue initially, says Notley

Alberta's premier is warning that there will be no immediate tax windfall once recreational marijuana use becomes legal this year. For the first time, cannabis revenue is being factored in to Alberta's budget. Alberta expects to take in $26 million in taxes once recreational marijuana is legalized.

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Why total bans on workplace pot won't be easy under Cannabis Act

Employers may be hard-pressed to ban marijuana outright from the workplace once The Cannabis Act is implemented in Canada, a lawyer told delegates attending the Ontario Mutual Insurance Association (OMIA) Thursday. “Both bills [related to The Cannabis Act, Bills C-45 and C-46] are actually silent ...

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Death Penalty Adds to the Urgent Need to Protect All Cannabis Businesses

Despite Donald Trump's campaign promises that he supported medical marijuana and would allow states to determine their own cannabis legalization laws, many Drug War reformers were extremely skeptical as the then-candidate was already known to be on both sides of many issues. Once Trump ...

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Cannabis classrooms

Niagara College was abuzz with excitement Friday morning, as the shipping containers that will house a pot-growing lab were put into place. The state-of-the-art facility is being built to meet the needs of the college's new commercial cannabis production program. The graduate program is the first of it's ...

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Former Miami Dolphins Star Running Back Ricky Williams Launches Cannabis Brand

We've covered issues pertaining to the NFL and cannabis extensively in the past, with a wide range of topics. We've also covered some of the legal cannabis businesses being formed by celebrities within the past few years, including the Pittsburgh Steelers' legendary running back Franco Harris.

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Petaluma's potential first legal pot dealer steps forward

A Casa Grande High School graduate has high hopes of becoming the first local entrepreneur to open a cannabis delivery service in Petaluma. Jay Donnellan, 25, is poised to submit an application to score a place as one of two delivery-only services allowed to operate inside the city limits under the ...

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Local cannabis school startup believes its filling a national need

Briggs' for-profit school — which was originally dubbed the Cleveland Cannabis College, but the "college" needed dropped before getting state approval — marked its official launch in Independence with those first classes last year. It's a unique fit for the nascent marijuana industry not just in Ohio ...

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Ganja racket kingpin held

Koraput (Odisha), Mar 23 (PTI) The police have arrested one person, allegedly the kingpin of a ganja smuggling racket spread across nine states, from Odishas Koraput district. After eight months of search, the 48-year-old man was arrested from a relatives house at Jeypore following a tip-off, district SP ...

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With President's Signature, $1.3-Billion Budget Bill Continues Medical Marijuana Protections

After a frenzied back-and-forth debate with members of Congress, President Donald Trump signed a $1.3-billion spending bill into law today. The bill includes ongoing protections for state-legal medical marijuana business owners and patients. Contained within this spending measure, once again, is the ...

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One Napa vintner says wine and cannabis can coexist

With recreational marijuana now legal in California, some winemakers are starting to think about exploring the synergy between pot and wine. Zack Crafton, the former vice president of operations for NakedWines.com, is in the process of producing a boutique wine label called Flora & Candor and at the ...

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The Classic Cannabis Strains We Miss

While Canada's western provinces are a bit more synonymous with cannabis, the Montreal dispensary scene has been crushing for a long time. Back in the day, Blueberry Hashplant was the crown jewel of French-speaking rotations. Believed to be a cross of DJ Short's Blueberry and G13, this strain was ...

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MedMen Leaps Into Canadian Cannabis Market For Joint Venture With Cronos Group

MedMen, the Los Angeles-based "unicorn" of cannabis retail businesses, has positioned themselves for an opportunity to place a stake in the slowly growing global cannabis market. On Monday, the billion dollar company announced a first-of-its-kind cross-border joint venture with Cronos Group, the ...

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Pot Stocks, ETFs, Top News And Data From The Cannabis Industry This Week

It was a turbulent week for cannabis stocks in the U.S., however, it was Canadian equities that experienced the most volatility, largely due to the publication of Health Canada's document on legal cannabis packaging, marketing and retail, and the later vote of Bill C-45, also known as the “Cannabis Act,” ...

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Cannabis News Round-Up

Alaska House passes resolution against federal marijuana laws. Legal pot sales could come to Pasadena, California soon. But on who's terms? Oakland embraces marijuana sales. Compton bans them. How is justice best served? Humboldt, California outlaw weed comes into the light. Colorado should ...

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Home Depot just partnered with the American Cannabis Company

Home Depot, one of America's biggest suppliers of lumber, construction goods, is taking a foray into cannabis. In a partnership with American Cannabis Company Inc., Home Depot will be selling products that can grow something a little more specific than Kentucky bluegrass. As you might have already ...

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Nevada law still hazy on cannabis users' rights at work

Three years after medical cannabis became legal, and nearly a year into the state's legalized recreational market, Nevada legal experts say there is no clear guidance or protections for employees who use cannabis. A key question is whether Nevada employees can be legally terminated for using ...

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Health Canada Proposes Restrictive Cannabis Packaging

In the months leading up to Canada's nationwide legalization of cannabis, Health Canada has proposed that product packaging be plain and uniform in an effort to avoid appealing to youth while educating consumers about the package's contents. The suggestion comes after 60 days of consultation with ...

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10 New Canadian Marijuana Stocks Added to HMMJ

Those target production volumes will need to compete alongside other well-established brands owned by companies like Canopy Growth, which sold 2,330 kilos of ganja last quarter and now claims a one-third market share for Canadian cannabis smokers. It's nanotechnology meets hemp for this next ...

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O Cannabis! Small Town of Erving Wrestles with Big Cannabis Question

The statewide adult-use cannabis regulations are finally in place, but for many small towns the almost-90 pages of regulations aren't much help when it comes to actual implementation. In Erving, a town with a population of 1,800, planning board members have been preparing their adult-use cannabis ...

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City considering steep fines for illegal cannabis cultivation on commercial properties

A proposal before the City Council would apply steep penalties to illegal cannabis cultivation operations on commercial properties in Sacramento. Last summer, the City Council passed an ordinance that allowed up to six plants to be grown on a residential property and applied a $500-per-plant fine for ...

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Cannabis drug may help alcohol and cocaine addicts overcome their cravings, study finds

A supplement derived from cannabis may help alcohol and cocaine addicts overcome their cravings, new research suggests. Recovering rats given cannabidiol (CBD) are less likely to relapse when exposed to drugs, a study, by the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, found. This is thought ...

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Texas harvests medical cannabis almost three years after law signed

In 2015, Texas passed a law legalizing sale of CBD, a non-euphoric oil derived from cannabis, for treatment of certain medical conditions. The Texas Tribune reports that the first crop has been harvested, almost three years after the legislation was signed. By way of comparison, Gov. Asa Hutchinson ...

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Keep eye on land grabbers: Hanamkonda Commissioner

He stressed the need for focusing on those involved in matka play and illegal trade of gutka, ganja etc. “Officials need to lay special emphasis on ganja cultivation and smuggling, besides keeping an eye on other offences,” Ravinder said. Referring to the Nenu Saitham initiative, the Commissioner said ...

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Four youths held on drug peddling charge

He was arrested after Aswin, his close aide, was picked up from HMT junction, while handing over ganja packets to students. Visakh, involved in the sale of ganja on school premises, was found in possession of 1 kg of ganja. The arrested were identified as Vaisakh, 19, a native of Elamakkara; Rahul, 24 ...

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The Cannabis Catch-Up: Legal Weed a Boon for Former Football Star

One of those laughing now is erstwhile football player Ricky Williams, who was suspended from National Football League multiple times for testing positive for weed. The former Heisman Trophy winner is now making money in marijuana after launching a cannabis brand called Real Wellness by Ricky ...

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Cannabis Industry Spotlight: Green Light Law Group's Brad Blommer

Laws surrounding cannabis are changing quickly since more and more states have been embracing medical cannabis. That's why the industry needs a good lawyer like Portland-based Green Light Law Group's Brad Blommer to help guide businesses towards success. So, pay attention new ...

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CURE Pharmaceutical to Participate in Hawaiian Cannabis Science Dinner & Dialogue Panel to ...

LOS ANGELES, March 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CURE Pharmaceutical (“CURE” or the “Company”) (OTC:CURR), an innovative drug delivery and development company, today announced that the Company will participate in an educational panel about cannabis science in Hawaii. This “Dinner ...

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Medical cannabis producer Cronos taps major bank for planned CA$100M stock sale

An equity financing led by one of Canada's top banks “reinforces that the perception of cannabis is changing,” CEO Mike Gorenstein told Marijuana Business Daily. “That's great for the industry and great for shareholders,” he said. “Having institutional buy-in allows us to accretively access capital markets ...

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Michael Steele: Congress must lead on cannabis reform and stand with the American public

Gardner won't let Jeff Sessions tread on Colorado's cannabis boom MORE (AG) recently rescind the Cole Memo, a United States Department of Justice (DOJ) document providing guidelines to United States attorneys in states that have chosen to legalize cannabis. This memo provided protection to ...

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Commentary: Is Cannabis the Answer to the Opioid Crisis?

Cannabinoids, the unique molecules found within the trichomes of the cannabis plant, are well known for their pain relieving properties. Cannabinoid receptors are widely expressed throughout the brain's pain processing regions. Studies in animals show that when cannabinoids are administered ...

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Posh cars used for drug transit in Hyderabad

In February this year, the Special Operations Team (SOT) of Rach-akonda busted a racket and caught two persons who were smuggling ganja in a car. In November 2017, the SOT sleuths caught few persons who were transporting cannabis to the city from Bhadrachalam in two cars. The police seized ...

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Two held with 780 kg of ganja in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The Prohibition and Excise Department on Friday nabbed two persons for smuggling marijuana from Tuni in West Godavari district to the city. As many as 390 packets of marijuana weighing 780 kg were seized from the arrested persons K Bichappa, a lorry driver and native of Zaheerabad ...

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Ganja worth Rs 56.55 lakh seized in Navi Mumbai; 2 arrested

The Navi Mumbai Police said they have arrested two persons and seized ganja worth Rs 56.55 lakh from them. The duo, Mahesh Vhatkar (35), a grocery shop owner, and Santaji Kharat (36), a farmer, hail from Solapur in Western Maharashtra, police said. Acting on a tip-off, officials of the Anti-Narcotics ...

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377 kg ganja seized in undercover operation

The Anti-Narcotics Cell of Navi Mumbai police has seized its largest cache of ganja after a three-month-long undercover operation. Mr. Vhatkar was in possession of a huge quantity of ganja and was on the lookout for a client. Mr. Vhatkar is suspected to have procured the ganja from Telangana or ...

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Cannabis tax vote may face 'crippling' challenge

... but it will need a lot more than a simple majority vote to pass. On Tuesday, during the regular meeting of the City Council, Finance Director Karin Schnaider reminded the council members that they had asked the city staff to draft a mechanism to allow to one specific type of cannabis market into Tracy.

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In anti-drug Sweden, investors take shine to cannabis stocks

Shares in companies including Canadian cannabis producers Aurora and Canopy Growth and Sweden's Heliospectra, which makes lighting for greenhouses that can be used to grow the plant, were the most heavily traded sector in January and February at online stockbroker Nordnet. While private ...

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Delta 9 Cannabis Leaps Forward in Canadian Market -- CFN Media

SEATTLE, March 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CFN Media Group (“CFN Media”), the leading agency and financial media network dedicated to the North American cannabis industry, announces publication of an article covering Delta 9 Cannabis Inc. (TSXV:NINE), the fourth licensed producer in the ...

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Cannabis Stock Report: Pot Stocks Hammered On Canadian Cannabis Act Do-Or-Die Vote

The North American Marijuana Index slipped again on Thursday as uncertainty over Bill C-45, the bill to legalize marijuana shook pot stock investor confidence on both sides of the market. Ultimately passing after hours, Liberals in the government garnered enough votes to stop Conservative efforts to kill ...

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VIDEO: High Hampton CEO David Argudo on Expanding Cannabis Growth in California

High Hampton Holdings Corp. (CNSX:HC) is a medicinal cannabis company focused on California. CEO David Arguto talks to James about plans for 8 22,000 square feet greenhouses for a total of 176,000 square feet, which they expect to be running by 2019. There will be an additional 60,000 square ...

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Legal pot business owners ponder the possibility of death row after Trump administration policy shift

“Mr. Sessions' threat has the potential to destroy not only the state-legal cannabis industry, but more importantly, the lives of ordinary, law-abiding people,” said Michael S. Hiller, a New York-based attorney who sued Sessions unsuccessfully in a challenge of marijuana's federal outlaw status. “If the ...

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Weekly Roll Up: March 23, 2018

In Connecticut, pending legalization legislation would authorize cannabis lounges, in a bid to spur small business development, and create a Liquor and Marijuana Control Commission to regulate the new industry, reports the Hartford Courant. Meanwhile, just to our south in Northampton, the city council ...

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RuddCo Inc. Announces Cannabis Operations Expansion into Jamaica

RuddCo Inc. intends to legally manufacture endemic botanicals including cannabis and hemp related products in the form of nutraceuticals and to the extent possible pharmaceuticals, used in the medically prescribed treatment and therapy of a variety of medical ailments for distribution, sale and ...

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Cannabis Genetics: Every Grower's Starting Point

This time of year, many growers are in planning stages or already getting started on their outdoor gardens. These early decisions can play a big role in how your season goes and, ultimately, in your final yield. However, probably the most basic yet extremely important decisions you will be faced with are ...

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Canadian Senate Moves Cannabis Legalization Bill to Second Reading

Canada's Senate has passed the bill to legalize cannabis onto a second reading, moving it to five committees for further study, according to a report from the CBC. The measure passed 44-29, mostly across party lines; a defeat would have pushed the bill back to the lower chamber and jeopardized the ...

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New Hampshire House Punts Cannabis Legalization Bill; Likely Dead for the Year

New Hampshire's House approved a motion to refer its recreational cannabis legalization bill for interim study after a roll call vote to keep the bill alive was defeated 135-153. The vote effectively kills the bill for further consideration this year but leaves the door open for the House Ways and Means ...

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Michigan Emerges as Midwest Leader in Cannabis Reform: Week In Review

Michigan takes top headline honors this week in the cannabis industry. The state has begun a regulatory crackdown on businesses that haven't yet applied for a formal medical marijuana license. Elsewhere, legislators in Tennessee took a step backward in their attempt at legalizing medical marijuana; ...

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In anti-drug Sweden, investors take shine to cannabis stocks

STOCKHOLM, March 23(Reuters) - Growing numbers of Swedish investors are getting a buzz from trading in listed marijuana stocks even though the country has some of Europe's most restrictive drug laws. Shares in companies including Canadian cannabis producers Aurora and Canopy Growth and ...

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Non-psychoactive cannabis ingredient could help addicts stay clean

A preclinical study in rats has shown that there might be value in using a non-psychoactive and non-addictive ingredient of the Cannabis sativa plant to reduce the risk of relapse among recovering drug and alcohol addicts. The study's findings inform the ongoing debate about the possible medical ...

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Michigan Regulators Deny First Two MMJ Industry Licenses

The first two applications for Michigan's new medical cannabis business licenses – one dispensary and one transport service – were both rejected by the state cannabis licensing board, the Detroit Free Press reports. The vote was 2-2 and the fifth member of the board was absent and couldn't break the ...

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Canadian MMJ Company Strikes Distribution Deal with Nation's Largest Independent Pharmacy ...

Canadian medical cannabis producer Tilray has signed a letter of intent with independent pharmacy Pharmasave as a distributor of Tilray-branded medical cannabis products. Pharmasave is a member-governed cooperative of more than 650 independently owned pharmacies throughout Canada.

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Ganja racket kingpin in the trade for 25 years arrested in Odisha

The police have arrested one person, allegedly the kingpin of a ganja smuggling racket spread across nine states, from Odisha's Koraput district. After eight months of search, the 48-year-old man was arrested from a relative's house at Jeypore following a tip-off, district SP Kanwar Vishal Singh said ...

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In anti-drug Sweden, investors take shine to cannabis stocks

STOCKHOLM(Reuters) - Growing numbers of Swedish investors are getting a buzz from trading in listed marijuana stocks even though the country has some of Europe's most restrictive drug laws. Shares in companies including Canadian cannabis producers Aurora and Canopy Growth and Sweden's ...

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Ganja worth Rs 2 crore seized

Ganja valued at around Rs two crore was seized and two persons were arrested in connection with it in Odisha's Kalahandi district today, police said. Acting on a tip off, police detained a truck near Mading on Bhawanipatna-Raipur Highway and recovered around 39 quintals of ganja from the vehicle, ...

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Pennsylvania Finalizes Medical Marijuana Research Regulations

Pennsylvania is moving forward with its intent to bring medical schools and university health systems into its burgeoning medical marijuana industry. The state had included a research partnership component in its initial 2016 law legalizing medical cannabis, but only on March 16 did the Department of ...

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French Biotech Targets the Brain to Treat Cannabis Abuse

Aelis' technology could overcome this hurdle by mimicking the action of pregnenolone, a steroid that activates only one of CB1's pathways to specifically reduce behavior related to cannabis addiction. CB1 receptors are widespread and involved in a lot of different diseases. Because of this, Aelis' sees ...

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Craft Cannabis Deals Reaching Multi-Million-Dollar Levels in Lead Up to Legalization

Not all strains of cannabis are created equal—And with the care of expert growers, the value of what's known as “craft cannabis” has skyrocketed as of late, commanding acquisition price tags into the hundreds of millions. The effect of the boom of craft cannabis operations is going to greatly affect the ...

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Mother in call for legalised medical cannabis

A mother has called for the legalised prescription of cannabis to help people like her son who suffer from a rare form of epilepsy. Karen Gray, from East Craigs in Edinburgh, wants the Home Office to allow the use of medical cannabis oil, which is currently illegal in the UK. Her son Murray can have up to ...

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Cannabis-Focused Employment Agency Vangst Lands $2.5 Million In Seed Round Funding

Cannabis industry employment agency, Vangst announced today that is has secured $2.5 million in seed round funding. The influx of funds will be used to expand into newly legalized markets and to develop Internet-based recruiting technology further. Currently, Vangst has offices in Denver, Colorado ...

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Government agrees to free medicinal cannabis for terminally-ill patients

“As I see it, it is important that medicinal cannabis is subsidised so that everyone can benefit from it, regardless of their income,” said Dansk Folkeparti's health spokesperson Liselott Blixt. She would like to see the subsidy phased in earlier. “It's not much use to those who could benefit from it now and ...

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Don't Call It Pot: My Dinner With San Francisco's Cannabis Gourmets

“Cannabis-laced dinners with celebrity chefs at private parties have flourished” in California's coastal cities in recent years, the Los Angeles Times reported in December. But until now, guests needed a medical marijuana card to attend. That all changed on January 1, when the plant became legal for ...

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Dramatic video as police raid secret mountain drug farm

The total estimated potential street value of the plants and cannabis head is almost $2 million. Two teenage boys and the two men were arrested at the crop site and taken to Bathurst Police Station. Police charged the teenagers with cultivate commercial quantity of prohibited plant and commercial drug ...

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Ganja racket kingpin arrested in Koraput

“After eight months of search, the accused was arrested following a tip off. He was in our wanted list since long as he was the kingpin in smuggling ganja to other states. He operates a well-organised inter-state gang of ganja smugglers and is in this trade for past 25 years,” said SP Kanwar Vishal Singh.

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Cannabis convention not a 'beerfest' for weed

The New England Cannabis Convention kicks off its fourth annual Boston event on Saturday, expected to attract thousands of cannabis stakeholders to the growing industry event. The event is one of several that will taking place in the Northeast, with conventions also in line for Providence, Rhode Island ...

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Is Cannabis The Future Of San Diego Industrial?

“It's really kind of hard to find industrial statistics on how much square footage is really part of the cannabis space,” she said. “I guarantee a lot of industrial space may be being used for cannabis purposes and nobody really knows about it. So ... there's a lot of companies who are flying under the radar ...

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A Dad Who Was Arrested For Growing Cannabis For His Sick Daughters Has Pleaded Not Guilty

Morgan Taylor, 21, and her sister Ariel, 25, have taken medication for their Crohn's disease since they were children, and say they found juicing cannabis offered significant relief, without many of the side effects associated with pharmaceuticals. Late last year Morgan went public with her use of the plant ...

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Alberta budget 2018: Cannabis industry will lose $90 million first two years

Alberta's fledgling cannabis industry isn't expected to turn a profit for the provincial government in the two years following legalization while the province sets up sales and distribution. The NDP's budget, tabled Thursday, included the first peek at how much it will cost to bring bud to market. Alberta ...

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Prime Minister on Cannabis Bill Vote and Internet Privacy

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a news conference at a career resource centre in Sussex, New Brunswick. He responds to questions on topics including tonight's vote in the Senate on the government's cannabis bill and the use of Facebook subscriber's private information by political campaigns.

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Passengers stop train over police inaction on women bootleggers in Surat

Passengers alleged these women are ferrying about 10 bottles of liquor through the train.Trains are widely used by a number of criminals to transport liquor and ganja into dry Gujarat.The passengers were agitated since none of the security agencies took actions against the women who were ferrying ...

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If cannabis is getting stronger, why aren't cases of schizophrenia rising?

The question that polarises researchers is whether smoking cannabis is associated with a risk of developing psychotic problems, such as schizophrenia, in the long term. Of course, cannabis use is common, while schizophrenia is relatively rare, affecting less than one per cent of the population. Even if ...

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Ganja racket kingpin held

"He was in our wanted list since long as he was the kingpin in smuggling ganja from the area to other states. He operates a well-organised inter-state gang of ganja smugglers and is in this trade for past 25 years," Singh said. The arrested person's network is spread across Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, ...

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Golden Joe Montana Joins 'Team Cannabis'

Montana joins Whoopi Goldberg and Willie Nelson as one of the most recognizable figures on the pro-cannabis side to many American households. And one could easily argue that Montana, as one of the most elite players in the history of America's biggest sport, brings a completely different kind of fan ...

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Trudeau government avoids defeat on key pot bill vote

The Liberal government avoided a disastrous result for its marquee marijuana bill Thursday, as the legislation to legalize recreational cannabis passed a key stage in the Senate. It's now headed to five separate committees for further study. Senators voted 44 to 29 to pass the bill, largely along partisan ...

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Florida company to bring cannabis training to Cleveland

HempStaff, a training and recruiting agency based in Florida, is bringing their Medical Marijuana Dispensary Training courses to Cleveland Saturday, March 31. The 4-hour course is designed to educate those in the cannabis industry such as business owners, workers and cultivators. The sessions ...

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Santa Barbara County Considering Caps for Cannabis Cultivation

Santa Barbara County has more temporary state cannabis licenses than any other county, and 20 percent of the state total as of early March – all while local leaders are crafting regulations for everything from cultivating to delivering marijuana. There were 482 state temporary cultivation licenses as of ...

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$2 million in cannabis allegedly found as police go after mafia

Police found a large-scale crop site of 832 cannabis plants, and 130 harvested cannabis plants, which produced 60kg of cannabis head. Police raided there farm at Bathurst yesterday. Detectives seized $2 million worth of cannabis. The total estimated potential street value of the plants and cannabis ...

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Emma Chasen, Cannabis Disruptor, Educator, Intellectual

I love the magic of the inter-webs. Instagram, the darling of the moment has led me down many paths to enlightenment in my newest career. I'm fortunate to meet some amazing people along the path to enlightenment- at least in my own direction in life. One of these paths led me to one Cannabis ...

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Sen. Gardner won't let Jeff Sessions tread on Colorado's cannabis boom

Gardner is standing strong and didn't lift holds on Department of Justice nominees until he received new assurances from DOJ officials about enforcement of federal cannabis laws. I hope he will continue to defend the will of Colorado voters in the coming months, and I hope that other senators, ...

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Marijuana News – Jamaica Gets First Legal Ganja Retailer

News Americas, MIAMI, FL, Fri. Mar. 23, 2018: Jamaica, long known as the “ganja capital” of the world, now has its first legal retailer of the precious herb. Kaya Farms in Drax Hall, St. Ann, opened its doors officially on the north coast of Jamaica on March 10th, according to the Jamaica Observer and ...

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Putt, Puff, Cat: Frisbee FD Engages in Some High-Stakes Ganja Golf in This Week's Comic

In our comic strip Frisbee F.D., we follow the escapades of a weed-loving firedog who works in a town that hasn't seen smoke rise from anything but a blunt in over 300 years. Regardless, our protagonist has dedicated his life to getting high and protecting his community (in that order!). In this week's ...

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Marijuana group confident despite Anne Arundel's turn against cannabis business

Dr. Gina Berman is confident her legal team has made the best case for allowing her company to build a medical marijuana dispensary in Anne Arundel County, even though County Executive Steve Schuh is trying to squeeze the budding business out of the county. Berman is the medical director of ...

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Why Canada's approach to cannabis research is flawed

By “fixed”, Nina is referring to how she successfully weaned herself off crack by using cannabis. “It was mostly for my anxiety and to get myself to go to sleep at night, and you know, I had broken up with my guy by then so I guess it made it easier to not have that access to crack. I needed something else to ...

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The GreenState ultimate cannabis gardening guide 2018

Wednesday marked the vernal equinox and the first day of spring, which means now's the time to start your legal cannabis garden. One in five Americans lives in a legalization state, and all legalization states but Washington allow personal cannabis gardens. Growing marijuana isn't as easy as a ...

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Cannabis Base Wellness Brand started by Ricky Williams

According to Williams, RW products are geared towards the health conscious consumer of cannabis. A potential customer of the company has a choice of six wellness products. All of them are derived from formulations made by the player himself. The six can be included in the consumers' daily health ...

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'Nothing's for sure,' warns Alberta cannabis regulator as retailers seek space

Alberta's regulator of cannabis retailers is warning against renting shop space before receiving a licence. Recreational use of the plant, long considered an illicit drug, is expected to be legalized July 1, pending approval of a divided Senate. Before this happens, the Alberta Gaming and Liquor ...

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Four youths held on drug peddling charge

Visakh, involved in the sale of ganja on school premises, was found in possession of 1 kg of ganja. He was arrested after Aswin, his close aide, was picked up from HMT junction, while handing over ganja packets to students. Rahul and Sreekumar used to smuggle hashish from Goa to Kochi via sea ...

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Joint squads to check local trains in hunt for ganja peddlers

The sub inspector said the practice of shipping ganja, one of the most smuggled items, on long distance trains was found declining with the stepped up joint inspections. In the interrogation, he revealed the details of ganja smuggling he operated in Kerala misusing the railway network, the police said.

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Beyond Cannabutter: Quick Cannabis-Infused Pizza Hack

Naan is my all-time favorite pizza hack. Trust me, I know what a treat it is to make fresh pizza dough, but sometimes I'm just too tired or lazy. Pizza and cannabis is a classic pairing that's spanned the ages, and when the munchies hit, I want my pizza ASAP without going through hours of waiting on dough ...

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Alberta cannabis operation to open first BC facility in Kamloops

An Alberta-based cannabis production company is looking to set up shop in B.C., specifically in the province's transportation hub of Kamloops. Sundial Growers Inc., a licensed medicinal marijuana company, recently agreed to supply up to 20 million grams of cannabis products each year to the Alliance ...

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Wurk delivers tools to help cannabis industry manage business

A growing startup, Wurk, markets an HR software platform for the cannabis industry that handles the complex payroll, compliance and workforce management needs of the business.

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Cannabis and commercial insurance: what's in store?

Widespread legalisation of cannabis – both in the US and neighboring Canada – has been one of the biggest talking points in insurance for some time now … and it doesn't look the chatter will be dying down anytime soon. Commercial insurance for cannabis will be under in the spotlight in 'From Board ...

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Cannabis industry boosts property prices here

The appraisal describes the effect of allowing commercial cannabis cultivation on land prices in Coalinga. It says the price of real-estate zoned for cultivation “has doubled in value” and more than that in some cases. Two properties recently sold there for $200 per square foot, where without an ordinance ...

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Police arrest3 chain snatchers, recover gold

Nizaruddin is facing seven snatching cases in Sulur, Peelamedu and Ramanathapuram police station limits and a case for selling ganja. Coimbatore: The city police arrested three chain snatchers in the last two days and recovered 10 sovereigns of gold from them.Police arrested A Nizaruddin of ...

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Racket kingpin in net

Koraput: Police on Wednesday night arrested the mastermind behind an inter-state ganja-smuggling racket from Jeypore, nearly eight months after launching a manhunt for him. The police said they were tipped off that K. Balaji Krishna, 48, was at one of his relative's home at Jeypore's New Street and, ...

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377 kg ganja seized in undercover operation

The Anti-Narcotics Cell of Navi Mumbai police has seized its largest cache of ganja after a three-month-long undercover operation. In January, Police Sub Inspector Rani Kale received a tip-off on Mahesh Ravindra Vhatkar (35), a general store owner in Solapur who supplied ganja. Mr. Vhatkar was in ...

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Re-written Tennessee MMJ Bill Requires Doctor Prescription; Sponsor Calls Process 'Political ...

The bill to legalize medical cannabis in Tennessee has been rewritten and the new version would make the program virtually unworkable as it calls for physicians to write a prescription for program access, rather than a recommendation, according to a Tennessean report. Rep. Jeremy Faison, the bill ...

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MMJ Protection Amendment Included in Federal Budget Bill

The amendment to protect state-approved medical cannabis programs, known as the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment, has been included in the federal omnibus funding package, which would keep the programs safe from federal interference until at least September. The amendment explicitly ...

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Denver, Colorado Using Some Cannabis Revenues to Expand Road Paving

Denver, Colorado is using $1.2 million derived from cannabis tax revenues to pave city roads, according to a Denver7 report. The funds will enable the Public Works Department to pave “at least 50” additional blocks, spokeswomen Nancy Kuhn said in the report. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said the ...

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There's a Way to Legally Serve Cannabis in Restaurants, But It's Not Easy

Yelp Reservations hosted a lunchtime panel on March 18 for a timely discussion about the recreational use of cannabis in Los Angeles. The LA restaurant community attended to learn how State Bill 94 applies to restaurants and bars. Out of caution, most local eateries have steered clear of adding any ...

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Part 1, The Latest in Cannabis Research: Spring 2018

In the first quarter of 2018, we've seen advances in our understanding of cannabis' therapeutic benefits in a range of disorders, diseases, and cancers. Below are just some of the biggest cannabis research headlines we've seen over the last few months. The list is by no means exhaustive and only ...

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GeneFo's Guide Can Help Fibromyalgia Patients Apply for Medical Cannabis Card

GeneFo has created a free state-by-state guide for fibromyalgia patients with detailed and relevant information on how to use and to apply for medical cannabis. Updated to March 2018, the guide was designed to provide patients and caregivers with a single platform where they can find all the ...

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Greenfield Banks Its Future On Cannabis

City leaders want the cannabis industry to thrive. So the city is helping the new facilities recruit employees. It created an online cannabis job bank. Prospective employees can email their resumes to be considered for dozens of jobs in the industry: accountants, lab techs, growers and trimmers to name a ...

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Evidence Supports Safety, Effectiveness of Medical Cannabis in MS, Cancer, Other Diseases

Medical cannabis is a safe and effective treatment for pain relief and should be integrated into current clinical practice, according to a new evidence overview. Benefits also include improved spasticity in multiple sclerosis patients. The overview, titled “Special Issue: Cannabis in Medicine,” was published ...

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St Ann teen, waitress charged in attempted ganja smuggling

A St Ann teenage girl and a waitress have been arrested and charged after attempting to smuggle ganja through the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston. The girl, aged 16 as well as 26-year-old waitress Shelly-Ann Thomas, both from Ocho Rios, have been charged with possession of ganja ...

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New York Cafe Serves Cannabis-Infused Coffee

Time Out reports that a Brooklyn café is now serving up legally cannabis-infused coffee at its shop. Caffeine Underground in Bushwick has partnered up with Flower Power Coffee Co. to provide cannabidiol (CBD), an element found in cannabis, with your coffee order. According to Time Out, the legal ...

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Lobbyists seek to expand Louisiana's Medical Cannabis law

According to him, PTSD and patients and chronic pain patients make up 70 percent of people seeking help from medical cannabis. "People are desperate, with the opioid crisis that we're in the middle of right now, they're looking for alternatives to some of these medicines and cannabis is," says Hitt.

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WBTV On Assignment: Cannabis Culture

Down a private road in Rockingham County lives a man who's chosen to make public his deepest struggles. After 29 years in the military, Perry Parks retired in 2003. He served as a helicopter pilot in Korea, Vietnam, and Iran. Perry has seen more than most. Many of the battle flashes that live in his head ...

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NY PR firm opens Boulder office, targets cannabis industry

BOULDER — A New York-based communications and social-media agency has opened a satellite office in Boulder to serve the legal cannabis industry. North 6th Agency opened the office in partnership with Canopy, a venture fund and accelerator for companies developing cannabis-related products ...

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CannaKorp Launches Cannabis Pod Vaporizer in Massachusetts

STONEHAM, Mass., March 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — CannaKorp Inc., the world's first single-use pod, herbal vaporizer system, launched the sale of its Wisp, the company announced today. This is the commercial kick-off for the Wisp system, a home appliance that ensures the finest experience in ...

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Mum charged with possession of cannabis after sick video forcing toddler to smoke

After the video went viral, authorities in Noth Carolina have been able to trace the mother's identity and she has been charged with possession of cannabis. The Raleigh Police Department said Wednesday that the child was safe and she was in custody. Brianna Ashanti Lofton, 20, was named as the ...

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Can Employers Rely on Federal Ban on Cannabis?

The employer ignored the applicant's explanation that she took cannabis per her doctor's written certification, stating “we follow federal law, not state law.” The employer filed a motion to dismiss the disability discrimination claim on the basis that medical cannabis use is a federal crime and, thus, the ...

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The case for and against cannabis as a sleep aid

A friend from college often suffered from insomnia, and the answer for him seemed to be a heavy-duty indica. He'd tell harrowing stories of long sleepless nights staring at the ceiling if and when he was out of flower or back at his strict parental home during break. The idea of cannabis kick-starting ...

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Canadian Cannabis Producer Inks Deal with Argentinian Firm to Supply MMJ

Canadian medical cannabis producer Aphria has signed an exclusive supply agreement with an Argentinian-based pharmaceutical import and distribution firm to provide medical cannabis products in the Latin American nation. “We are excited to enter the Argentinian market through this initial supply ...

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Cannabis Sector Under Pressure As Bill C-45 Second Reading Passage Not Assured

Could Bill C-45 be under threat? According to government insiders, today's second reading in the Senate is not a slam dunk. Should it fail to get the required amount of votes to pass, Bill C-45 would be dead—along with the Trudeau government's ambitious summer cannabis legalization timeline.

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