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5 Female-Run Weed Companies That Are Getting the Industry Lifted - Cannabis News

Marijuana legalization has taken the country by storm and opened up a new world for entrepreneurs. With sales projecting in the billions in the next few years, there are endless opportunities to both get rich and help improve the lives of millions of people.

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Ex-Speaker John Boehner Joins Marijuana Firm’s Advisory Board - Cannabis News

From goat yoga to laughing yoga, there seems to be a type of yoga for everyone's tastes. Now, some yogis are adding pot to their practice.

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Special Report: Hemp in Nebraska - Cannabis News

"Would you rather make a dollar an acre or $50,000 an acre? Any place that corn will grow, hemp will prosper.”

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It’s high time for restaurants to pay attention to marijuana - Cannabis News

As restaurants wrestle with regulations and how to reach the cannabis crowd, chefs experiment with infusions and edibles.

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Thailand blazes ahead with push to legalise medical marijuana use - Cannabis News

The world’s most expensive gram of cannabis can be yours for $32.66 on the illicit market in Tokyo.

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Does Cannabis Legalisation Lead to an Increase in Road Traffic Accidents?

Former supermodel Kathy Ireland, who created a multibillion-dollar lifestyle empire after soaring to fame in Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit editions in the 1980s, is dipping a professional toe into new waters: hemp-based products for the masses.

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Hemp farmers hope marijuana legalization in Canada will benefit business

Hemp growers hope the federal government’s marijuana legislation will allow them to harvest all parts of the hemp plant.

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Oregon: In the shadow of marijuana, hemp industry is starting to develop - Cannabis News

“The market (for hemp) is basically every human and every animal on the planet,” said Matt Cyrus, president of the Deschutes County Farm Bureau.

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Marijuana glossary: 10 words every marijuana user needs to know - Cannabis News

Marijuana culture has a language all its own.

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Out of state customers take advantage of legal adult cannabis use in California - Cannabis News

The new year is bringing a green opportunity for local cannabis dispensaries.

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Canadian firm unveils plans for large hemp farm in northern Maine - Cannabis News

A Canadian company plans to launch a large, industrial hemp operation in northern Maine this year in the latest sign of burgeoning interest in the versatile yet tightly regulated crop.

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World’s largest Hemp extraction plant to be brought to Kentucky, producing positive and profound influence on health care industry - Cannabis News

Kings Royal announced just a few months ago that it had selected Kentucky for the location of this plant because of Kentucky’s great potential for growing hemp.

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Wisconsin: Farmers In Barron County Pack Meeting On How To Grow Hemp - Cannabis News

Around 100 farmers interested in growing hemp as a cash crop gathered last Wednesday in Barron County. Some say they're considering planting test plots as early as next year, just months after lawmakers lifted a ban on the crop.

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Is This Finally The Big Moment For Hemp? - Cannabis News

America has been slow to embrace hemp’s revolutionary, space-age applications—not to mention the billions of dollars that hemp production and processing could bring the nation.

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Joy to the weed! Marijuana legalization comes bearing gifts - Cannabis News

Gift-giving has long been a part of marijuana culture, and the drug’s newly legal status is a source of Yuletide celebration in four states.

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What's the Difference Between CBD and THC? Some Doctors Break It Down - Cannabis News

There's been a huge surge of interest in the natural healing powers of CBD lately — and for good reason! Doctors are saying it's one of the safest ways to treat illness, disease, and disorders like anxiety.

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Fields of Green: Could hemp be South Carolina’s next cash crop? - Cannabis News

South Carolina farmers are one step closer to planting their first hemp seeds in the ground. The S.C. Department of Agriculture (SCDA) announced earlier this month that permits for industrial hemp cultivation are in the process of being issued.

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Arkansas begins researching hemp with pilot program - Cannabis News

After 80 years of prohibition, industrial hemp is legal again in Arkansas. The Arkansas State Plant Board is creating rules for a help research program that will begin next year.

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Hemp Continues Return, Acreage Doubles in 2017 - Cannabis News

Hemp continues down the road of return as a standard U.S. row crop, with 23,343 acres in 2017, despite federal prohibition.

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10 Wonderful ways to use Hemp

Hemp, also known as the industrial Hemp is the non-psychoactive (below 1% THC) range of the marijuana Sativa. 

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