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Strong Support For The Legalization Of Medical Cannabis In Costa Rica

For the third time in three years, Fluence Bioengineering, an Austin company that makes lights for indoor plant growing, has moved into a yet-bigger manufacturing facility.

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Drug Testing in the Era of Marijuana Legalization - Cannabis News

Everything from high-tech advancements in edible weed to big-data analysis can be seen at this year's New West Summit in San Francisco.

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Marijuana seizures at the Michigan-Canada border are booming. Here’s why.

We speak with Randy Mortensen, who heads up a division of Lighting Science focused on cannabis and indoor agriculture.

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Organic Pot Grower Living the Dream in Canada – Cannabis News

29-year-old is the lead agronomist for a British Columbia marijuana company.

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Efforts underway to legalize recreational marijuana in Missouri

A former NASA researcher who spent his time looking into plant-based life-support systems for long-duration space missions has a new focus: indoor cannabis cultivation.

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How Mexico's weed legalization could de-escalate the entire drug war

Hempcrete — a mixture of hemp stalk, water and lime — could pave the way toward a sustainable future.

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Is California Going To Ban Delta-8 THC?

"User-friendly" is not a word we hear often when describing marijuana edibles.

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Microsoft Makes a Marijuana Play – Cannabis News

In case you think marijuana hasn’t gone mainstream: Microsoft is now weed-compliant.

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Pennsylvania Hemp Summit Offers Hemp Growers Food for Thought

Tech businesses of all sizes are trying to get in on the ground floor of the newest gold rush.

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The Sinaloa Cartel is borrowing ideas from California's dispensaries

DeepCell Industries, a Seattle startup that helps develop technology for cannabis-infused products and brands, has raised $410,000 to fuel growth.

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New moves to criminalise cannabis shrugged off

As with any new consumer industry, now that more people have access to marijuana, there are businesses who want to offer them tools and gadgets to go along with their legal medical or recreational pot.

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South Carolina’s medical marijuana bill ruled unconstitutional, but sponsor vows to keep fighting

A sports car made from cannabis hemp could lead the charge in making carbon neutral vehicles.

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WEED Inc. acquires Hempirical Genetics, with over 250 proprietary cannabis & hemp strains for $750K

Technology is rapidly adapting to the cannabis industry. Whether it is working towards improvements on the agriculture side or creating cannabis friendly social media, technology is being used to solve some challenging issues in this new industry.

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Pennsylvania Governor Continues Push For Cannabis Legalization

With companies marketing drugs directly to consumers promising cures for almost anything, an increasingly destigmatized cannabis seems a likely target for the industry’s next game-changing medicine.

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Heineken is betting on a brew made with marijuana instead of alcohol, and it could help give a boost to the struggling beer industry - Cannabis News

Marijuana is legal in some capacity in 23 states and the District of Columbia, but Facebook doesn't seem to "like" it very much these days.

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What production of medical cannabis means for the Rwandan economy

An anti-legalization advocate urges followers to 'report' more pages.

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Study finds weekly cannabis use has minimal impairment on physical health

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Three of New Jersey's five medical marijuana dispensaries have had their business pages shutdown by Facebook, cutting off what advocates call an integral place for customers to learn about which plant strains best treat their illness and where to find discounts.

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Top Hemp and CBD Gifts for Mother’s Day

SEATTLE -- Washington state troopers are keeping a close eye on their colleagues in Colorado who continue testing new technology aimed at keeping drivers high on marijuana off the road.

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Is Mixing Cannabis And Prescription Drugs A Good Idea?

Canadian company CannTrust has developed a pot pod for single-serve coffee makers. Image: CannTrust via CBC News

Pop a pot pod into your Keurig machine to get a medicinal dose with your java.

There may soon be a new use for your Keurig coffee maker — brewing pot.

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Cannaverse Technologies launches Cannaland™ world's first cannabis metaverse

The second-generation prototype of the portable marijuana field breath tester. Image: Tom Banse, Northwest News Network

Washington State University researchers are developing a hand-held device that police officers can use to detect THC in breath. THC is the main psychoactive compound in marijuana.

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