Thane Cop accused of supplying ganja let off

A Thane sessions court, while acquitting a cop accused of supplying cannabis in jail, held that the prosecution failed to correctly describe the seized sample. The court held it was essential to describe ifleaves seized had fruits or tops so as to fit into the definition of ganja as described under the Narcotic ...

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Grow Great Cannabis With Green Planet Wholesale

Over the course of 20 years, Justin Cooper and Steven Betts have built Green Planet into a premier wholesale hydroponics and nutrients company. Being true pioneers and innovators of the Canadian medical cannabis industry, they know what really matters most for the plants, the garden and for the ...

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An Australian Political Party Endorses Pot Legalization

The Green Party in Australia has just come out in favor of cannabis legalization, making a big media splash in the country. The Greens are a significant party in the Land Down Under, and many observers agree this marks a watershed moment. But it will be a challenge for the Greens to win enough allies ...

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Health Canada cannabis education program rolls out the fun and games

Health Canada is bringing cannabis “interactive activity zones” to music festivals, fairs, sporting events and other celebrations across the country starting next month. Possible locations include Canada Day in Ottawa, the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver, the Tremblant International Blues Festival ...

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Cannabis' price problem: Letter to the editor

I keep reading and hearing Oregon grew too much cannabis. This is not the case. The problem is the price. We are a free enterprise system. Everyone must compete. When the market saturates, prices fall. This has been the problem around harvest every year, everywhere I have ever been. If you hold ...

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Nelson to hold open house on cannabis survey results

Nelson council will hold a drop-in open house on Tuesday, May 1, to present the results of its recent community survey on cannabis and to propose some options for new regulations based on those results. The options presented will focus on zoning, business licencing, public consumption and public ...

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Locals gather for Pro-Cannabis Rally

UPSHUR COUNTY, W.Va. (WDTV) - "I think it should be legalized straight across the board," says Buckhannon resident Missy O'Keefe. Pro-cannabis rallies were held across the state today, and these rallies are a reaction to Charleston. "At the end of this last session, HB 4345 was actually killed out.

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Health professionals none the wiser after medical cannabis event

Healthcare professionals this week called on the authorities to hold a series of information sessions on medical cannabis, as they felt none the wiser about the treatment following a networking event. The appeal was made at a meeting where Medicines Authority chairman Anthony Serracino Inglott ...

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Newfoundland and Labrador cannabis enthusiasts celebrate last illegal 4-20, they hope

There are four, 12-inch industrial air filters attached to the ceiling of the Puffin Hutt at 268 Water St. The air filters keep the smoke of customers at a reasonable level as they sit, relax and get stoned on cannabis they brought from home — the Puffin Hutt does not sell cannabis products.

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158 kg ganja, 303 gm hashish seized in a month

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a statewide crackdown on drugs, the anti-narcotics action force has seized a staggering 158 kg of ganja and 303.5 grams ... In a statement, the police said the highest number of ganja seizures were reported in Malappuram district with 66.5 kg being recovered, followed by ...

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CNN 'Weed 4' to Highlight Pharmaceutical Potential of Cannabis

Previously Dr. Gupta had been opposed to medical cannabis, suggesting that it had no value. He apologized for not having researched the topic better, explaining that his year of work on the documentary had opened his eyes after traveling around the world to interview growers, patients and experts.

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Dozens rally for changes at pro-cannabis rally in Parkersburg

PARKERSBURG, W. Va. (WTAP) - Pro-cannabis supporters gathered in downtown Parkersburg Saturday to push for change. Advocacy groups, patients and supporters united at Bicentennial Park to talk about proposed changes to the Medical Cannabis Act, or Senate Bill 386, which was passed last ...

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Anti-opioid rally furthers the national pro-cannabis rally's mission

FAIRMONT, W.Va. - West Virginia Women for Cannabis sponsored an anti-opioid/pro-cannabis rally at Palantine Park in Marion County. The rally acted as a sister rally to the statewide movement to educate the public on the benefits of cannabis and medical marijuana. Event Coordinator Rikki Butler ...

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Lamar Odom I'm Here to Help People ... With My Weed

Lamar Odom's new lease on life since coming out of a coma has made him want to improve other people's lives too ... enter his cannabis company. We got the former NBA Champion at Five Star Juice in Torrance, CA Friday and talked to him about the release of his brand of marijuana products, called ...

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More Talks of Cannabis Legalization

Browne, the first Caribbean Head of Government to do so, said: “The prohibition of cannabis less than 100 years ago was prompted not by altruistic motives or concern for the health or well-being of users, but to serve the racist, political and economic interests of the global powers at that time.

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NY Medical Marijuana Grower Rolls Out Water-Soluble Cannabis Product

N.Y. Medical Marijuana Grower Rolls Out Water-Soluble Cannabis Product. Etain is the first grower in New York to receive state Health Department approval to ... RELATED: Metric Coffee Unveils Cannabis Cold Brew on 4/20. "We are incredibly excited about this opportunity to bring greater ease and ...

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For the first time, a major Australian political party backs cannabis legalization

The type of marijuana policy proposed by the Greens would establish a government-run cannabis agency that would exclusively supply marijuana to individual retailers. Adults in Australia would also be allowed to grow up to six cannabis plants in their home for personal use. This top-down policy would ...

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High holiday: Supporters march for National Cannabis Day

ST. CROIX — Sen. Positive Nelson, Virgin Islands Cannabis, Inc. and other marijuana advocates celebrated National Cannabis Day with a march on Friday in Frederiksted. Known as 420 Day, the annual event is held on April 20 throughout the country to raise awareness of the many benefits of ...

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Kerala: When peddling gets tough, they grow cannabis in-house

KOZHIKODE: As many as 11 cases were registered under the Kozhikode excise division in connection with the seizure of cannabis plants in 2017. Over 20 cannabis plants were seized in separate incidents. In the first case reported on January 6, the excise team seized three ganja plants from the ...

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UPDATE: Victoria hosts first National Cannabis Conference

“I'm really interested just to see all the differences and how they work,” said Kirsten, a registered massage therapist who didn't want to give her last name because of the legal status of Cannabis. “I'm still learning quite a lot, and a lot of these products are amazing, seeing them use CBD and THC and all ...

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NATIONAL CANNABIS FESTIVAL: Pot parties galore!

Mamajuana Edibles has a weekend filled with events starting with its 420 Day Party at an undisclosed location on Friday, April 20 from 3-8 p.m. There will be gifts, giveaways, music, vendors and more. Admission is a $10 donation. A portion of the donation will benefit a cannabis non-profit organization.

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Shasta County Cannabis Connoisseurs Celebrate "420"

“We have some different deals going on where they can purchase very discounted items and then also receive a goodie bag,” Boecking said. 530 Cannabis has been celebrating 420 every year since first opening almost nine years ago. But this is the first celebration since recreational marijuana became ...

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Theft at doc's residence

Chandigarh: A Sector 21 resident reported a theft at his residence which mainly included gold jewellery. However, the complainant, Dr Chetan Malhotra, is yet to disclose the details of stolen items. He alleged that the theft took place on April 17. The police have registered a case under Section 380 of the ...

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Man gets six-year jail for possessing ganja

A Sector 38 resident was sentenced to six-year imprisonment in a two-year-old case wherein he was arrested with two kg of ganja. He has also been directed to pay Rs 50,000 by court. In a separate case, a Sector 20 resident was sentenced to six months' jail for possessing 26 gm of heroin. The Sector ...

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Happy 4/20: Cannabis Day events unite weed fans and 'good vibes'

Happy 4/20 Day was a familiar greeting among North State pot users Friday. April 20th is the traditional day for cannabis celebrations, and 4:20 p.m. as a time to toke up, owing to marijuana mythology but it took on a special significance Friday because it's the first 4/20 when sales and use of recreational ...

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Extravaganjia draws thousands for cannabis celebration

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) - One of the largest cannabis rallies in the Northeast is back this weekend. Extravaganjia is making a return to western Massachusetts for the 27th year. The event draws thousands of people every year, and the excitement may reach new highs this weekend since the ...

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Man stabbed on way to pro-cannabis rally

A man has been stabbed following a confrontation between two groups of men outside a pro-cannabis rally in Glasgow. The 21-year-old victim and his four male friends had been on their way to the event at Glasgow Green when they were approached by three other men. An altercation broke out in ...

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Cannabis store buffers: Yes

Eugene should have limited the number of marijuana retailers in a given area early on, before the state had approved 50 pot-shop licenses in the city. But a proliferation of cannabis commerce was among the many unforeseen consequences of Oregon voters' decision in 2014 to legalize recreational ...

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Two held with ganja, charas

The CIA staff have arrested two persons with 3.5 kg ganja and charas in the city. They have been identified as Balwinder Rai, a resident of Sahan Rampura, Bihar, who has been residing in Pawan Nagar on Batala road, and Arvind Singh of Manipur in Uttar Pradesh, who resides in Mohkampura.

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Canada's Marijuana Oversupply Concerns Just Got Worse

By this coming summer, in either August or September, it appears likely that adults aged 18 and over in Canada will be able to legally purchase cannabis from licensed dispensaries. In doing so, Canada will be opening the door to an additional $5 billion in annual sales, if not more. The table is clearly ...

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Messenger: Case of 'stolen valor' has veterans fuming, medical cannabis advocates scrambling

Lee is a medical cannabis advocate, well known to the community of veterans and political insiders who for years have been pushing Missouri toward legalization. Roberts ... “She is doing damage to the medical cannabis movement, the LGBT movement, and disabled veterans,” Kara Grady says. “I don't ...

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4/20: Unofficial cannabis holiday results in sales boost for local dispensaries

Marijuana dispensaries doubled their sales Friday as many residents in Eugene/Springfield celebrated the unofficial cannabis holiday, "4/20." The general manager at Hush Dispensary, Breanna Haynes, said they reached their daily quota in just one hour of being open. The unofficial cannabis holiday ...

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Cannabis supporters mark 4/20 days before Calgary accepts marijuana business applications

WATCH: Cannabis advocates are using 4/20 to speak out against Calgary bylaws regarding the future legalization of marijuana. However, Joel Senick explains why there's another important day in April for those focused on cannabis' future in the city.

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Married couple arrested for possession of 5kg ganja

Coimbatore: Peelamedu police on Friday arrested a married couple for possession of 5kg of ganja for sales near a private hospital on Avinashi Road at Chinniyampalayam. The couple was facing many related cases in Madurai, Theni and Coimbatore, police sources said. They had bought the ...

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Cops don't know who put ganja in Geetha Vishnu's Merc

Bengaluru: Seven months after Geetha Vishnu, grandson of late politician DK Audikeshavulu Naidu, was booked for ramming his Mercedes Benz SUV into a Maruti Omni and injuring six people, police are yet to file a chargesheet. Investigators say they're unable to establish who placed the ganja in his ...

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Happy 4/20: Cannabis Day events unite weed fans and 'good vibes'

Her business attracted clients with Friday specials on one of its best sellers: a five-pack of Ganja Gold joints for $40, $10 off the regular price. Customers got pizza and cupcakes while they waited in the packed lobby. 530 Cannabis customer and oncology patient Preston Schwortz of Weaverville dropped ...

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Group trying to legalize cannabis in Arizona continue to gather signatures

PHOENIX — A pro-cannabis group continues its efforts to legalize marijuana in Arizona. The organizers of a petition drive say their effort is about a third of the way to its goal. Alex Gentry, the chairman of Safer Arizona Cannabis Legalization Political Action Committee, said the group is focused on ...

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Northstate cannabis shops experience busy day on 4/20

Local marijuana dispensaries, like 530 Cannabis and Leave it to Nature were both packed with people purchasing marijuana products as people celebrated '420'. The holiday is a celebration of the number 420, stoners' code for smoking marijuana, and each business was giving out goody bags or ...

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Cannabis education campaigns move from 'just say no' to just say know

Heather D'Alessio remembers drug education in high school that consisted mainly of dire warnings about the consequences of using any of them. She was smoking pot by Grade 9, so she disregarded the advice. “Most of the time, they would give us these fact sheets on cannabis. Then we'd all take it ...

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Cultivating a Legacy: GFive Co-Founder Talks Why More Black Entrepreneurs Should Get Into ...

Today, April 20, marks an annual focus on all things cannabis. For some, recreation in the form of smoking or consuming edibles is the vibe, but for others, cannabis is the golden ticket in a $7.5 billion market, with more than half of that being medicinal. Larry Smith, co-CEO and co-owner of GFive ...

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Three held with 26 kg ganja

With the arrest of three people from Visakhapatnam, the city police on Saturday busted an inter-state drug peddling gang and seized 26 kg of ganja. Following a tip-off, the sleuths of Commissioner's Task Force, East Zone, apprehended them while they were supplying ganja at Langer Houz here.

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Cannabis Flowers Are Legal in Italy. You Just Can't Eat or Smoke Them.

ROME — For the past year, small jars of cannabis flowers have been flying off the shelves of Italian specialty shops: a phenomenon that's described as a “green gold rush.” The hemp flowers — with names like K8, Chill Haus, Cannabismile White Pablo and Marley CBD — are sold under the tag ...

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DIY grow-kit company Plant Buddies looks to light up cannabis industry

Keenan Chao (who prefers you just call him Keenan) is a budding entrepreneur looking to lower costs for cannabis users within the Santa Monica / Los Angeles areas with his DIY marijuana plant-growing business, Plant Buddies. Keenan, 38, is an east coast transplant that moved to Santa Monica in ...

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How this cannabis testing company is like, totally trying to solve CA's testing backlog (Video)

The Berkeley branch of cannabis testing company EVIO Labs wouldn't look out of place in any biotech or pharmaceutical company. Inside the laboratory workers swirl multi-colored test tubes and analyze samples in mass spectrometers. At the lab, a range of products including flower, edibles and ...

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Hermangild Francis favours 'relaxing' ganja laws

National Security Minister, Hermangild Francis, has spoken in favour of 'relaxing' laws that currently criminalise marijuana. Francis, a former Deputy Police Commissioner, was among persons present in Soufriere Friday for a march by ganja advocates in support of decriminalising cannabis. Asked why ...

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Lazy people! - Canadian politician apologises after labelling Jamaicans as unproductive weedheads

Faced with a social media backlash, Canadian Legislative Assembly member Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin, has backtracked on claims that Jamaicans are lazy and underproductive because of their excessive use of ganja. Smith-McCrossin, a member of the Legislative Assembly for Cumberland North ...

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Syracuse police: Watertown man arrested with 229 cannabis vape cartridges

Aaron Lolar, 32, was arrested and charged with four counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, police said. Officers responded to a call of a suspicious vehicle at Sakran Plaza at the 600 block of South Geddes Street, where they found Lolar with a vape pen with a concentrated cannabis oil ...

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Cannabis Craze: Local marijuana users celebrate '4/20' legally for the first time

For the first time ever, Nevada's recreational pot users are able to legally celebrate the unofficial weed holiday known as 4/20. Before NuWu Cannabis Marketplace even opened Friday morning, officials with the dispensary's tribe report that they started the day with a line of around 100 people. It's not just ...

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Gang peddling marijuana nabbed in Hyderabad

Financial problems had prompted them to take up ganja peddling. They came into contact with Sudarshan, who supplied marijuana to customers in Hyderabad through Mahesh. He asked the trio to ferry the drug from Visakhapatnam to Hyderabad on a commission basis. About three days ago, ...

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Pro-cannabis rally to take place Saturday in Parkersburg

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - A pro-cannabis rally is set to take place this weekend in Parkersburg. Organizers have a message for state legislature. They want lawmakers to talk about the proposed changes to medical marijuana legislation. Brent West, a Wood County resident, considers himself a ...

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With Cannabis legalization commencing in 2018, NORML Canada declares the greatest victory of ...

TORONTO, April 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With the legalization of adult-use cannabis across Canada intended for this year, one of the chief objectives of our organization has been achieved. With these coming changes there are many reasons to celebrate this 420, yet there is still much work to ...

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RECORD STORE DAY EXCLUSIVE-OUT TOMORROW- EEK-A-MOUSE “GANJA SMUGGLING” 7 ...

Never before released on a 7” outside of Jamaica, 'Ganja Smuggling' is backed here with it's hard to find dub version for this exclusive Record Store Day release. Pressed on green vinyl and housed in a highly desirable picture sleeve. Illustrated front and back including a newly created cartoon strip by ...

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Cannabis Continues to Infiltrate the Spa Scene

Discover a new hemp-infused ampoule, a private-label CBD product line, and a spa offering medicinal cannabis to employees that are just a few of the recent cannabis-friendly updates happening in within the spa industry.

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Lazy people! - Canadian MP apologises after labelling Jamaicans as unproductive weedheads

Faced with a social media backlash, Canadian Parliamentarian Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin, has backtrack claims that Jamaicans are lazy and underproductive because of their excessive use of ganja. Smith-McCrossin, a member of the Legislative Assembly for Cumberland North and candidate for ...

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Tempe dispensary opening cannabis-infused kitchen

TEMPE, AZ - The lines were out the door at Tempe's Mint Dispensary Friday afternoon. It was a non-stop flow of customers. The Tempe location has been open for about a year and has recently undergone an expansion. "We were at capacity," said Raul Molina with Mint Dispensary. Raul says the store ...

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Son caught with 1.5kg ganja, officer 'rescues' him from fix

"The NIB-CID officers were still questioning Rahul a couple of minutes later, trying to find out where he sourced the ganja from, when SSI Mohan arrived on his motorcycle," the officer said. "Mohan spoke to his son briefly, then snatched the contraband and flung it near a garbage bin on the roadside.

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The Fully-Baked Episode on Cannabis Edibles

Edibles! Lew Robertson/Getty Images. History: How people have infused cannabis into food and drink for millennia, but recent stigma rendered edibles illicit and illegal. Science: Why the edible high is different. Bonus: Beca Grimm joins us to talk about modern pot culture and dope girls. Prev Episode.

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Case for cannabis: Mother credits marijuana with keeping her daughter alive

SEATTLE -- The case for cannabis: That's what Meagan Holt calls her 5-year-old daughter, Madeline. Maddie has Zellweger Syndrome, a terminal genetic disease that destroys the white matter in her brain. When Maddie was just 2 years old, doctors told Holt to take her out of hospice and spend one ...

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26 Kgs Ganja seized: 3 held

Hyderabad, Apr 21 (UNI) The city police on Saturday arrested three people and seized 26 kgs of Ganja and two cell phones from their possession. ... arrested K Rambabu (30), farmer of Vizag, K Prasanth (23) and K Indira (23) students of Vizag at Langer House when they were trying to sell the Ganja.

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Victoria, 4/20: a smoky haze of celebration and protest

Smokers openly displayed their cannabis — pot, grass, weed, 420, ganja, medicine — and inhaled it in various ways. In Vancouver, a more established celebration at Sunset Beach had a crowd gathering long before pot smokers were scheduled to light up at 4:20 p.m.. Vendors also set up their stalls ...

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Church of Cannabis celebrates birthday on 4/20

4/20 is a big day for the International Church of Cannabis. Aside from the obvious reasons, it's also because the date marks the church's birthday. It's been one year since the church opened its doors to the public. The church was founded by Elevation Ministries, a Colorado non-profit religious ...

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12 Companies Changing the Landscape of Cannabis With Design

With legalization and normalization, the industry and consumer landscape is taking on the design polish of the coffee, craft spirits, and beauty and wellness industries. Here are a dozen examples of cannabis going legitimate.

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'Cannabis is going mainstream:' 4/20 rally 'goes corporate'

The stoners celebrated, as they always do, this 4/20 in Denver. But their celebration looked much different than in years past. “I feel like we're categorically changing this event,” said Bobby Reginelli, marketing director for Euflora, the dispensary chain that took over the permit for this year's rally. “We want ...

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How California's cannabis approach differs from Oregon's

What a contrast with Oregon. The San Francisco Business Times reports that California's new recreational cannabis market has a problem: Growers aren't exactly flocking to go legal. That's leading to a limited supply of weed on the recreational market and retail prices that are making it difficult for stores ...

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Women-Owned Cannabis Law Firm Expands in Northern California

Clark Neubert, a women-owned cannabis law firm based in Los Angeles and San Francisco, has opened offices in Sacramento and Santa Cruz after hiring three new associates to facilitate increased demand for legal services in the recreational cannabis businesses. Associate Joanna Hossack, who ...

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Assemblyman introduces bill that would allow vets to prescribe cannabis for pets

Research shows people aren't the only ones who can find pain relief from cannabis - turns out weed is also helping some of our four-legged friends. Meet Chorizo. They call him "Cho" for short. He's an older pit bull mix and unofficial mascot at the Milo Foundation, an animal rescue organization.

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Tripura: 200 kg ganja seized in Sonamura, one held

AGARTALA, April 21, 2018: In a discovery, police officials based on a secret tip off raided a house in Sonamura and seized around 200kgs of ganja ... “We have seized around 200 kg of ganja from a house in Sonamura after we conducted a raid based a secret tip off which was given to us by our source.

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National Cannabis Festival back for its 3rd year in DC

The National Cannabis Festival is back for its third year in the Nation's capital. The event will take place at RFK stadium grounds from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday. Cypress Hill is also scheduled to perform during the event. Caroline Phillips founded the festival. She said it will include an education ...

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Budding cannabis industry continues to grow in San Jose

The local cannabis industry has seen tremendous growth since 2016, when the city adopted its regulatory framework. In the last fiscal year (July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017) the market value of San Jose's cannabis sector was $105 million dollars. That comes out to $10-point-5 million in tax revenue that ...

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Opinion: How Anti-Drug Pop Songs Are Only Making Drug Culture Look Cool

“Saint sami ganja, saint sami ganja, slow down on a codeine diet,” rave-of-the-moment artiste Slimcase introduces the song. Saint sami ganja is Slimcase's grandiose, self-applied catchphrase, but it rings with a suspicious note: Sensimilla, a seedless but highly concentrated type of cannabis. Cannabis ...

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Four persons arrested with a large haul of Kerala Ganja

Four+persons+arrested+with+a+large+haul+of+. Saturday, 21 April 2018 - 11:29. Four persons arrested with a large haul of Kerala Ganja. 577. Views. The Special Task Force has arrested 4 persons in Wattala with 150-kilograms of Kerala Cannabis. The narcotic haul was apprehended during a raid in ...

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Four arrested with Kerala Ganja and hash in Wattala

Four arrested with Kerala Ganja and hash in Wattala. Four suspects were arrested by the Police Special Task Force (STF) in Wattala with Kerala Ganja and hash. The Police said the suspects were arrested with 150kgs of Kerala Ganja and 2kgs of hash.

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Schumer Bill Would Deschedule Cannabis Nationwide

In a move with huge potential implications, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the Senate minority leader, said earlier today that he plans to introduce a bill to deschedule cannabis nationwide. More powerful than decriminalization, descheduling cannabis would get the federal government out of the cannabis ...

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3 cannabis smugglers nabbed

KONDAGAON. Continuing its crackdown on Ganja smuggling, Kondagaon police have arrested three cannabis smugglers during a checking drive here on Thursday late evening. The accused are identified as Tarkeshwar Banjara (37), Tarachand Banjara (25), residents of Jashpur district and Mukhtar ...

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D'Urban Street man remanded after raid of house uncovers ganja

A D'Urban Street man is now a remanded prisoner after being charged with the alleged possession of almost four pounds of ganja, which police say they found at his home. The charge against Colin Wallace is that on April 18th, at Lot 4 D'Urban Street, he had 1.734 kg of cannabis, equivalent to 3.8 ...

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Man, 65, gets one-year in jail over ganja pipe

A 65-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to one-year in prison after he pleaded guilty to having a utensil for smoking cannabis in his possession. Rene Marks admitted that on April 17th, 2018, at Kitty, Georgetown, he had an improvised instrument used to smoke cannabis in his possession.

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Rupununi farmer jailed again for growing ganja

A Rupununi farmer was yesterday sentenced to serve three years in jail after he pleaded guilty to growing marijuana. Kenneth Thompson, 35, admitted that he cultivated 12 cannabis plants, which are prohibited, in the Deep South Rupununi on April 18th, 2018. Thompson, who told Principal Magistrate ...

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Cops destroy over 30000 ganja plants in Ebini operation

Police on Thursday announced that they have destroyed around 30,000 cultivated marijuana plants, ranging from one to six feet in height, which were found on an acre and a half of land in 'B' Division (Berbice). In a statement, Superinten-dent of Police Shivpersaud Bacchus said the plants as well as a ...

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Lazy People! Canadian MP apologises after claiming that ganja make Jamaicans unproductive

Faced with a social media backlash, Canadian Parlia-mentarian Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin, has backtrack claims that Jamaicans are lazy and underproductive because of their excessive use of ganja. Smith-McCrossin, a member of the Legislative Assembly for Cumberland North and candidate for ...

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The 15 Best '420' Memes To Explain The Unofficial Holiday Of Marijuana

... you in regard to the (likely very mellow) excitement surrounding us all today. Every year on April 20, people who enjoy smoking, vaping, or eating marijuana celebrate by getting as absolutely high as they can on the green stuff, i.e., pot, weed, trees, ganja, or whatever you feel like calling it these days.

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Trivandrum: Five peddlers held, 4.2 kg of ganja seized in separate raids

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a major operation against ganja sellers within the city limits here on Friday, five peddlers were arrested and a total 4.2 kg of the narcotic seized in three separate raids. The major haul has lent credence to reports of rampant drug abuse, especially, among the younger ...

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Happy 4/20 From The Avid Dabber

Growing up, 4/20 meant two things: smoking copious amounts of ganja with my best friends in every ridiculous way conceivable, and being able to loudly shout my feelings about cannabis legalization. There were rallies imploring change and smoke sessions that served as veritable potlatches with the ...

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Lil Wayne, Lauryn Hill and more announced in lineup for Cannabis Cup at Cal Expo

Some big names have just been confirmed for Sacramento's upcoming Cannabis Cup concert and weed exhibition. Cannabis Cup Central Valley will see Lil Wayne, Lauryn Hill, Gucci Mane, Rick Ross and more take the stage at Cal Expo, May 4-5, as announced Friday on the event website. It's the first ...

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Top VC deals: Elon Musk backs The Boring Company, Tiger gets into cannabis

Tiger Global, the investment firm that poured money into Facebook, Warby Parker and Flipkart, is now betting on a cannabis, alongside Casa Verde Capital, the fund of hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg. The firms have invested $17 million into a cannabis compliance software company, Green Bits.

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One Consequences of Cannabis Legalization is Market Saturation

Supply side economics is clogging the overstuffed bowl of Oregon's booming cannabis market, and there are not enough lighters in Oregon to smoke all the product.

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

“The war on cannabis costs U.S. taxpayers $3.6 billion per year. 46 percent of all drug arrests are for simple cannabis possession, which only benefits the private for-profit prison system,” Smith said Friday. “I have championed cannabis decriminalization at the state level, but it's past time for Congress to ...

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Cannabis Considerations: Protecting your Cannabis Innovation

Early protection of intellectual property is a critical component in any business's efforts to secure a competitive advantage in the marketplace. In the cannabis space, efforts to secure IP rights may be influenced by conflicting federal and state regulations.

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Dope Cannabis Lifestyle Brand Is Unapologetically Asian-American

Sundae School, a cannabis lifestyle brand catering to Asian-Americans, produces its own smoking apparel and accessories inspired by the streets ... He told HuffPost it's particularly important to him because Asian-Americans are so often erased from cannabis culture and mainstream media as a whole.

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The FDA supports a cannabis-derived drug, but it's still too hard to study pot

For the first time, the US Food and Drug Administration has recommended approving a drug derived from cannabis. It's an important step in acknowledging that the plant has a valid medical use, but will mean little without loosening the research restrictions that keep scientists from figuring out the other ...

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Meet 9 startups investors have lit up to take the cannabis industry higher

Since investment in cannabis companies first took off in 2014, there's been over $700 million invested in cannabis companies, according to data from Crunchbase. Companies that have proven to be more than one-hitters in the high-stakes industry run the gamut from conglomerates operating several ...

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Introducing Miss Grass, the Goop of Cannabis

“Our mission is to normalize cannabis," says Anna Duckworth, a Dosist alumni who co-runs Miss Grass with creator Kate Miller. "Our hypothesis is that if we can make it seem as normal as creating your adaptogen tonic or your bowl then we can bring you into the community.” Weed-tinged adaptogen ...

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A Cannabis Craze Takes Over Skin Care

And who is better positioned to spread the gospel of cannabis than Bob Marley's daughter, Cedella Marley? “Dad called the herb 'the healing of the nation' and believed it could bring people together,” says Marley, who operates her father's brand, Marley Natural, out of Jamaica. The body lotion, face oil, ...

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Copy of RFD Tracking-Cannabis

Pending Cannabis Licence Applications. Applicant. Name of Premises. Municipal Address. Municipality. Licence Class. Posting Date. Final Objection Date. Fire & Flower Inc. Fire & Flower Cannabis Co. 6610 50 Avenue. Stettler. Cannabis Store. 29-Mar-18. 19-Apr-18. Fire & Flower Inc. Fire & Flower ...

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The Complicated History of Cannabis in the US

History Flashback takes a look at historical “found footage” of all kinds—newsreels, instructional films, even cartoons—to give us a glimpse into how much things have changed, and how much has remained the same. No matter the decade, one thing never changes: parents will always be worried about ...

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Celebrate 420 Day by Pondering the Harmful Effects of Cannabis

Since its founding in 1978, the American Council on Science and Health has been vehemently anti-smoking. Cigarettes kill people, if not from cancer, then from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The bottom line is that lighting something -- anything -- on fire and inhaling the fumes is bad for ...

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Legal Cannabis Could Change 4/20 Forever

This article originally appeared on VICE Canada. On April 20 this year, stoners will convene once again in cities around the world to celebrate cannabis and denounce the laws that prohibit it. In Canada, where the tradition originates, there are at least a dozen events planned across the country ranging ...

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Mary Patton: My Career as a Champion for Cannabis

Now that one battle has been won, there are more to come, and as the new Culture Editor at L.A. Weekly I hope to chronicle them with the same dedication that Patton has shown, fighting for the right to party and have access to all of cannabis' medicinal and environmental benefits. In celebration of 4/20, ...

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4/20: Did these California high-school students create the Cannabis Code?

SAN RAFAEL (AP) — Friday is April 20, or 4/20. That's the numerical code for marijuana's high holiday, a homage to pot's enduring appeal and universal slang for smoking. Festivities are planned worldwide, culminating with a synchronized smoke at 4:20 p.m.. How the marijuana-loving world came to ...

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LGC Capital completes Due Diligence on Global Canna Labs transaction and is proceeding with ...

Paul Glavine, President of Global Canna Labs, "We are excited that both Global Canna Labs and LGC Capital have satisfied due dillegence on this significant international Ganja day. We are excited to build a global organic ganja brand that's deeply rooted to Jamaica's rich history of natural island ...

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Where to Find Funding for a Cannabis Business

"Getting funding for a cannabis business presents very unique challenges because you can't just get an SBA, or small business loan, and banks are not going to lend money to you either," Super Bowl champion and cannabis entrepreneur Marvin Washington told me during an interview for my book with ...

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Pot is getting more personalized

So we are establishing a good 23andMe-slash-Ancestry.com service for cannabis," said Steep Hill's chief science officer, Dr. Reggie Gaudino. "Ancestry.com- and 23andMe-type services are absolutely essential for the future of the cannabis industry to be able to breed those things that will be either ...

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Medmen, a new high-design cannabis dispensary, opens in NYC

MedMen describes itself as the “Apple Store of cannabis,” and it's easy to see why. The Los-Angeles based medical marijuana company, which already has multiple locations on the West Coast, is opening a new store in New York City today—nice—and it looks like the type of store that might very well ...

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5 Things A Marijuana Rookie Learned At A Cannabis Health & Wellness Fair

In short, I am not the kind of person who would typically spend her Sunday at the inaugural RiNo Cares: Cannabis Health & Wellness Fair. Yet I believe in the power of cannabis as a medical tool. There are too many people whose chronic pain has subsided, whose stress levels have dropped, whose ...

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Crime down but slight increase in serious offences

Although drug offences account for only 4% of the overall crime in Cayman, there was a fall in the number of people arrested for using ganja but an increase in those arrested for selling it. During 2017 police seized more than 1,635lbs of ganja and almost four kilos of cocaine. The amount of other drugs ...

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Milk, bread, hemp oil? On 4/20, a dietitian's guide to the cannabis items in your grocery store

Cannabis is making its way into more and more foods and beverages, thanks to its touted therapeutic benefits. In fact, no matter where you are in the United States, cannabis products are probably being sold in your grocery store - and it's perfectly legal. Because regulation hasn't kept up, this should be ...

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An FDA Panel Just Recommended an Epilepsy Drug Made from Cannabis

This year, the Food and Drug Administration is joining stoners the world over in celebrating 4/20. Just kidding. But on Thursday, an expert panel did unanimously recommend that the agency approve a new drug made from cannabis to treat two severe and rare forms of epilepsy. If approved, the drug, ...

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General Cannabis Announces Closing of Private Financing

DENVER, April 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- General Cannabis Corp. (OTCQB:CANN), the comprehensive national resource to the regulated cannabis industry, today announced that it completed the closing of a private placement transaction with various private parties, including existing and new ...

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Benefits of Cannabis Genetics for Producing Weed

... and Ed Rosenthal. Others might make fiery political speeches about nationwide legalization. Being technology geeks, we at Nanalyze thought we'd mark this momentous moment in marijuana by looking at the benefits of cannabis genetics for growing good ganja by profiling a few interesting startups.

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Where Are You Buying Your Pot, Seattle?

... of stoners), at least they seem to be glad you came. (I love me some Ganja Goddess, in case you were wondering.) A note: I haven't included every single pot shop, mostly just the ones located roughly six miles from the city center, and have not included specific locations for the shops with multiples.

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Epidiolex Receives Initial Recommendation from FDA Committee

Epidiolex, a CBD-based pharmaceutical medication created by GW Pharmaceuticals in the United Kingdom, has received a recommendation from an FDA advisory committee. The committee's recommendation was unanimous and sets Epidiolex up to potentially receive FDA approval for U.S. ...

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Nizamabad emerging as ganja smuggling hub

Nizamabad: Nizamabad district is fast emerging as a hub for ganja smuggling and the smugglers are importing the contraband from Vizag and surrounding agency areas and supplying it to Mumbai, Hyderabad and other places in Telangana and Maharashtra. Since the last one and half year the police ...

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New Jersey police remind you not to blaze it this 420

... is more aware of this weed commemoration than police in New Jersey, whose K-9 assistants are ready to spot a doobie dead in its tracks. The Washington Township Police Department posted on Facebook yesterday showcasing one of the police dogs and their copious amounts of captured ganja.

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McConnell's Bill Would Normalize the Hemp Industry

Last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) took to the chamber floor and laid out his case for the Hemp Farming Act of 2018, calling hemp a cash crop for the nation's struggling farmers, a modernization of federal law, a “new spark” for the U.S. economy. McConnell was also the driving ...

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The real 420 meaning is even cooler than you thought

April 20th, aka 420, aka National “Smoke Weed Every Day” Day, gives stoners everywhere reason to celebrate. Even if you don't enjoy partaking in puff-puff-pass, you're probably aware of the unofficial holiday commemorating weed. Why celebrate it on April 20th, though? It turns out, the actual 420 ...

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Cannabis is having its 'smartphone' moment

PAX makes some of the best-known cannabis vaporizers in the industry. But during our interview, Vasan doesn't mention the words "high," "stoned," "weed," "doobie," "blaze" or "dank" once. Instead, he talks about "platforms," "apps," "experience" and "updates." PAX is one of a handful of technology ...

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Announces Bill to De-Schedule Cannabis

The Senate's top Democrat, Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, has announced legislation that would de-schedule cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act. The announcement — which fell symbolically on April 20, the international cannabis celebration known colloquially as 4/20 — represents a ...

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Cannabis Use Connected to High IQ Scores: And 8 More Ganja Truths to Ponder on 420

It's 420! This isTHE holiday of the year for those of us who love the ganja. It's prime time to celebrate where we are (and reflect on where we've been) by debunking the comical stereotypes of the age-old “stoner.” Although the stigmas say otherwise, a study by ScienceDaily, a British medical journal, ...

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Sam Sneak, Nipsey Hussle, Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa Tease 4/20 Banger

According to a new post from the Boss, Rick Ross, a new 4/20 banger is en route, featuring some of the game's most ardent ganja connoisseurs. Yung Renzel confirms that a new single called "Mary Jane" featuring Sam Sneak, Wiz Khalifa, Curren$y, and Nipsey Hussle is on the way. The rapper took to ...

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Weekend Report

National Cannabis Festival: The third annual National Cannabis Festival returns to RFK with an all-day concert including performances by Cyprus Hill, See-I, Backyard Band, Beau Young Prince, DJ Ayes Cold, Oh He Dead, Names, and MARLEE. Speeches about legalization will be interspersed ...

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Senate Panel Weighs Charters for Cannabis Banks

The measure would allow cannabis firms to deposit money in state-licensed banks, which would issue checks to the businesses for use in paying rent and state and local taxes and fees, as well as for paying vendors for goods and services provided to their businesses. The pot firms could also buy state ...

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The growth of cannabis culture could be bad news for beer: Analyst

The cannabis industry is growing, which may mean bad news for the beer industry, said Vivien Azer of Cowen, an investment firm. "We view the interaction with alcohol as being the most obvious to us as we think of these products as substitute social lubricants," Azer, managing director and senior ...

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PACIFIC for April 20: The Future of Cannabis

MedMen: The Apple Store of Weed: The Los Angeles-based cannabis investment firm manages the process from cultivation to sale, with well-designed dispensaries in California and Nevada that normalize the pot-buying experience. MedMen announced today that its next store will be on Madison ...

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The 2 Strategies Every Entrepreneur Can Learn From Cannabis Startups

It's April 20th, 4/20, the date some celebrate as "Marijuana Day." Open any newspaper or news website today and you're sure to see an announcement about any number of recent mergers in the cannabis industry. The cannabis industry has probably seen more mergers recently than yours has, ...

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FDA Close to Approving First Cannabis-Based Drug

An influential U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel has unanimously recommended approving a cannabis-derived prescription medicine for the first time in the country's history. Epidiolex, a childhood epilepsy drug developed by British company GW Pharmaceuticals (GWPH), contains ...

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“A watershed 4/20.” US cannabis market poised to hit $25B by 2025: report

“With a number of states expected to advance cannabis legalization measures in the next 24 months, more Americans will be able to access legal cannabis in the years to come, making this a watershed 4/20,” Giadha Aguirre De Carcer, New Frontier Data's chief executive officer said in a statement.

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Happy 420: 2 vaporizers guaranteed to elevate your holiday experience

Happy 420, tree lovers! On this day, people across the country partake in the consumption of marijuana in several different forms and capacities. Though there is a plethora of ways to thoroughly enjoy your herbs or liquid, today we highlight the latest innovation to the smoking game: vaporizers.

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I Went to a Weed Retreat for Women and Swore I'd Never Smoke Again

That's the first—and only—"rule" you'll read under the FAQ section of the Ganja Goddess Getaway's pink brochure. Inside, you'll get an intro to the female-only, cannabis-focused retreat that suggests the weekend is a time for women to “renew by connecting to the cannabis plant and each other.” You'll ...

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Don Paapi Leaves His Mark on 4/20 with 'Ganja Farmer'

He particularly touches on the fact that many pastors and those who are held in high regard embrace substances like marijuana in hidden circumstances but then take a moral high road in public. Burna alongside many young artists have never hidden their stance on weed and with Don Paapi's Ganja ...

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T&T petition for decriminalisation of marijuana gathers momentum

"Medical use of weed is the most important thing, but we cannot let the 'medical mafia' run ganja just like they run the pharmaceutical industry, it should be accessible to all, " she said. Muller is calling on Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi to revisit the Dangerous Drugs Act and other applicable legislation to ...

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Former Overstock president predicts that cannabis will be as big as e-commerce

The legal cannabis industry, currently worth about $8 billion, is predicted to triple in size to $22.6 billion in total annual sales by 2021, and it's catching the attention of powerful leaders around the world. In 2015, Alan Gertner left his role as head of Google's Asia-Pacific sales team in Singapore to run a ...

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Cannabis-Laced Food and Drink Is Popping Off in NYC

Cannabis culture is infiltrating the NYC restaurant world: Operators — from ice cream shops like Van Leeuwen to the bar at The Standard — have begun to weave CBD, or cannabidiol, into ice cream, lattes, cocktails, and even fast-casual salad bowls. While players like pop-up vegan soft serve swirler ...

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California cannabis sales lag after legalization

CNBC's Aditi Roy reports despite the changes in California law, cannabis entrepreneurs say there are more barriers to overcome.

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What to Watch on 4/20: Six Stoner Movies for Marijuana's Holiday

As the cannabis industry continues to grow across America, so have the many ways in which consumers celebrate marijuana's biggest holiday, 4/20. Some people will host pot parties equipped with ganja games and wide varieties of marijuana products for friends to indulge in, while others may spend ...

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Man arrested for ganja possession

ST. EUSTATIUS--The possession of an amount of marijuana (commonly called ganja) that is said to have been in violation of the Opium Act has landed a man on St. Eustatius behind bars and has triggered a police investigation. The man with initials P.A.d.R. was detained in his home around 1:15pm on ...

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Weed lovers to light up for 420 celebration

The event is an initiative of the Department of Economics, the Department of Government and the Department of Life Sciences, the University of the West Indies Medical Cannabis Group and the Centre for Ganja/Cannabis Research at the University of the West Indies in association with the Ganja ...

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Happy 4/20! These Celebs Always Pass the Dutchie on the Left Hand Side

Now that recreational pot was given the A-okay in states like California and Colorado, a lot of the stigma around the ganja has all but disappeared. Many a famous face has been known to rip a bong or two in their day, like Miley Cyrus and Wiz Khalifa. (Duh … don't smoke if it's illegal where you live, ...

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Ricky Williams says his pot-smoking in the NFL cost him $10 million — now he's making a ...

Infamous for being a pot-smoker, former NFL running back Ricky Williams estimated two years ago that he'd lost as much as $10 million in salary and potential endorsements during his playing days due to his marijuana use. Now, Williams thinks cannabis can help him make some of that money back.

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How Seniors Joined the Cannabis Craze

Seniors are America's fastest-growing population of new cannabis users. Ten thousand people turn sixty-five each day, according to the Pew Research Center, and more and more are trying the drug for their health and well-being. Even conservative politicians are warming to the idea. John Boehner, the ...

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What You Need to Know About Using Cannabis for Workout Recovery

The key to your experience with a cannabis byproduct all comes down to the cannabinoids. These are the chemical compounds found in different types of cannabis plants, like marijuana and hemp. There are thought to be over 100 different varieties of cannabinoids, but most attention goes to the two ...

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Cannabis Control Act - Frequently Asked Questions

Cannabis Control Act - Frequently Asked Questions. Elements of Nova Scotia's recreational cannabis legislation, the Cannabis Control Act, was ">passed by the House of Assembly and came into effect immediately . One of the key elements of the legislation relates to landlords and their tenants.

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T&T petition for decriminalisation of marijuana gathers momentum

... speak and meet with potential investors, researchers and entrepreneurs. The CanEx CEO hopes that CARICOM will intervene in the matter, and he issued a call for the Government of Trinidad and Tobago to 'wake up and smell the ganja'. “Cannabis has the potential to change lives in significant ways.

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The 10 Most Essential Rap Songs About Weed

However, before medical marijuana was legalized in numerous states across America, big-time stoners were usually only able to find refuge in music, and (after a huge come up in reggae) nowhere more so than hip-hop. Love for marijuana – alias ganja, cannabis, grass, pot, weed, kaya – helped shape ...

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5 Things A Marijuana Rookie Learned At A Cannabis Health & Wellness Fair

I'm not naïve enough to think that everyone who dabbles in ganja has questionable hygeine and perpetually bloodshot eyes. But it's still enlightening to see how many wildly different folks make up the hemp-using population in particular. (For those of you who are also new to the wide world of weed, ...

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The Dopest Weed Accessories to Help You Get High this 420

Now that California has finally seen the light and fully legalized recreational marijuana, more than 60 percent of the U.S. population lives in a state where weed is either medically and/or recreationally legal. To celebrate America getting over the hump and her continued slow roll to becoming a ...

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Where in the Caribbean can you smoke weed?

This step by the government legalised the medical use of ganja in the form of an oil or tinctures to treat cancer, epilepsy, or as a pain reliever for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, among a list of other conditions. Belize. The amended Misuse of Drugs Act, passed in 2016 decriminalises possession ...

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11 South African Hip-Hop Songs About Weed

You can't separate hip-hop and weed. Dr. Dre's debut album The Chronic was named after the herb and the likes of Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa and Quasimoto pretty much made careers off rapping about weed. The tradition is alive wherever hip-hop exists. In South Africa, weed has been rapped about ...

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Miracle drug or the devil's lettuce?

First of all, the correct name is cannabis, and 29 states and the District have laws that legalize it in broad ways (and 17 others in very limited ways). Two major TV producers and an Oscar winner made a sunny sitcom about it. Legal U.S. sales are expected to top $11 billion this year, according to industry ...

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The cannabis brand wars: which companies will come out on top?

We're still waiting to see which company will become the Grey Goose of marijuana. Right now, there isn't a whole lot of brand awareness about specific cannabis companies. But with marijuana legalization on the rise, that could all change within the next decade. Drake Sutton-Shearer — the CEO of ...

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Milk, bread, hemp oil? A dietitian's guide to the cannabis items in your grocery store.

Cannabis is making its way into more and more foods and beverages, thanks to its touted therapeutic benefits. In fact, no matter where you are in the United States, cannabis products are probably being sold in your grocery store — and it's perfectly legal. Because regulation hasn't kept up, this should be ...

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Here Are The Top 10 Nicknames For Marijuana

While most people associate the term “ganja” with Rastafarianism and Caribbean culture, the term is actually much older than that. It actually comes from the Sanskrit, more specifically, the Ganges River in India. When the British Empire brought slaves from India to work on plantations in the Caribbean, ...

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Future Weed: Getting High With the Latest Technology

The Secret Weapon: AeroInhaler is the world's first THC inhaler for a discrete device blending THC distillate and live resin terpenes from pharmaceutical grade ganja. Each smoke-free blast delivers 10MG of strains like Grape Ape and Sour Diesel from the 1000MG inhaler. Available in Colorado.

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Cannabis Club TV brings high hopes to video streaming

The video is brought together by Cannabis Club TV, or CCTV, a startup based in Santa Cruz, California. The company goes into a dispensary, sets it up with TVs and, using proprietary software, delivers channels with cannabis-related content that streams over the internet to customers watching while ...

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Two Cannabis Entrepreneurs Share Their Secrets For Success

Today is April 20, the unofficial cannabis culture holiday. As marijuana gains broader legal status each year (recreational use is currently legal in nine U.S. states plus the District of Columbia; medical marijuana is legal in another 29 states), the cannabis industry is poised for massive growth.

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You Don't Have to Be Stoned to Appreciate These Stoner Classics on 4/20

From a young Milla Jovovich in Richard Linklater's 1993 classic Dazed and Confused to a spacey Anna Faris in Gregg Araki's Smiley Face, the girls of ganja are represented in this cannabis compilation, because even though Anthony Michael Hall's character in The Breakfast Club insists that "chicks ...

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Cannabis in California: A consumer's guide

Topical treatments Consumers can purchase an array of cannabis-infused creams, lotions and salves. Because the active ingredients are absorbed locally through the skin, these products are generally marketed as treatments for aches, pains and skin conditions, rather than as having psychoactive ...

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Could Big Tobacco Become Big Cannabis As Marijuana Business Soars?

A day before April 20, when a dome of pot fumes will account for approximately 90% of the smog over Los Angeles and its hot marijuana business, Big Tobacco stocks giants Altria Group (MO), sister firm Philip Morris International (PM) and British American Tobacco (BTI) tanked on fresh signs of ...

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Growing pains: how Oregon wound up with way more pot than it can smoke

When the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC), the agency in charge of cannabis regulation, issued the first licenses to businesses in 2016, projections were for 800 to 1,200 businesses to obtain cannabis licenses in the first couple of years, according to Mark Pettinger, a spokesman for the ...

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VantagePoint Software's Artificial Intelligence Now Forecasts Cannabis Stocks

Cannabis stocks, like stocks in other sectors are driven and impacted by other related stocks and markets both within the US and around the world. By analyzing these complex market relationships using artificial intelligence patterns in data can be detected and then used to make highly accurate short ...

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The great California cannabis experiment lurches forward

I was not at all surprised to hear that Cat Packer, manager of the city's Department of Cannabis Regulation, had been inspired to become a drug reform activist after learning that half of all drug arrests have traditionally been for marijuana and that people of color have been hurt the most by such laws.

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