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With the significant increase in industrial production of hemp, there is a demand for newly discovered uses of its products. The uses of industrial hemp include pain medication, cancer treatment, and more, but little is known about the regulation of biosynthetic pathways for cannabinoid production

A Mississippi medical marijuana dispensary owner is suing the state over its prohibition on advertising for his business and others like it. Clarence Cocroft, the owner of Tru Source Medical Cannabis in Olive Branch, filed the lawsuit on Tuesday with the help of the nonprofit Institute for Justice

Snoop Dogg, who has built a public persona around his copious marijuana intake, says he is giving up smoking. The hip-hop star, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, made the surprise announcement on social media. "After much consideration & conversation with my family, I’ve decided to give up smoke

As an integrative veterinarian in Oakland, California, it was inevitable questions would arise about the use of cannabis for pets. After Prop 215 passed in 1996 and people had legal access to medical cannabis, and then Prop 64 introduced adult-use recreational cannabis in 2016, many Californians

Study Finds Increased Risks of Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight in Infants Prenatally Exposed to Cannabis. Infants prenatally exposed to cannabis are more likely to be born preterm, have a low birth weight, and require neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) care than infants without prenatal cannabis

A bipartisan panel voted unanimously Wednesday that the state overstepped its authority by requiring plain packaging in the adult-use cannabis market. A panel of Missouri lawmakers have spent several hours in recent weeks debating whether or not aliens and robots should be banned on marijuana

The new Gallup poll says 87% of Democrats, 70% independent voters and 55% of Republicans support legalizing marijuana. The results of a new Gallup poll released last week reveal record support for cannabis policy reform in the US, with 70% of American adults surveyed saying that they believe the

An owner of a medical marijuana dispensary filed a federal lawsuit challenging Mississippi Law. Clarence Cocroft, the owner of Tru Source Medical Cannabis, teamed up with the Institute for Justice (IJ) to file the lawsuit on Tuesday. The lawsuit aims to defend the First Amendment right of all

Boston University’s Cannabis Start-Up Competition is finding the next game-changing start-up. In last week’s seventh annual Cannabis Start-Up Competition at Boston University (BU) in Massachusetts, on the same night Ohio became the 24th state to legalize adult-use cannabis, a stoner-friendly app

The rare glimpse into how Missouri medical marijuana business applicants came together echoes more the recent controversy involving social equity licenses. After Missouri voters legalized medical marijuana in November 2018, Jefferson City lobbyist Jeffrey Altmann went to work. Altmann knew out-of

It’s no secret that New York State’s nascent cannabis industry is under fire from large out-of-state corporations champing at the bit to enter what’s expected to become one of the nation’s largest legal marijuana markets. However, a NY Cannabis Insider investigation has found these same companies

Aurora Cannabis Inc says it earned $256,000 in the second quarter, up from a loss a year earlier of $45,5 million. The Edmonton-based cannabis company says net revenue for the quarter was $63.4 million, up from $48.6 million during the same quarter a year earlier. The company attributed the increase

The Cannabis Freedom Alliance has hired its first lobbying firm, the Bose Public Affairs Group, to work on issues related to marijuana reform. The coalition, which includes the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity and the R Street Institute, aims to end federal prohibitions on and criminalization of

The House of Republicans has agreed on a stopgap funding bill that will see a one-year extension to the 2018 Farm Bill. In October, Senator John Boozman warned that the renewal of the 2018 Farm Bill may not be achieved by the end-of-year deadline and proposed an extension of one year, as the initial

Asian transnational criminal organizations operate more than 270 illegal marijuana cultivation sites in Maine, according to a leaked US Department of Homeland Security memo. An investigation by the Maine Wire has identified more than 100 of those sites, as previously reported. Of those properties —

After a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana was approved by Massachusetts voters in the 2012 election, finding a bank that was willing to provide services to a cannabis business was a bit like trying to buy marijuana before it was legal. To put it simply, you had to know someone. After

Canopy Growth has announced its financial results for Q2 2024, showing it has delivered its third consecutive quarter of organic revenue growth. Canopy Growth’s second quarter has seen impressive revenue growth, bolstered gross margins, and a strategic reduction in debt, which the company says

New York State Senate Subcommittee on Cannabis Reevaluates Enforcement and Social Equity Investment Fund Amid Slow Market Rollout. After hearing from state cannabis regulators, law enforcement leaders and adult-use licensees, members of the New York State Senate Subcommittee on Cannabis are now

Bethany Gomez, managing director of the Brightfield Group, spoke with NutraIngredients-USA about the difficulties the cannabidiol industry is experiencing when it comes to defining itself. “The CBD industry is always in motion. It's always changing, moving, fluctuating. Right now, it's really facing

As adult-use cannabis dispensaries continue to open across Connecticut, other types of marijuana businesses have been slow to begin operations. As of Nov. 1, 55 cannabis companies had licenses pending, according to the state’s online licensing database, with 40 of those businesses having received