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Local CBD stores share opposing views to Medical Cannabis on the ballot

Local CBD stores share opposing views to Medical Cannabis on the ballot

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Cannabis NewsMay 19, 2023

One activist group is looking to put legalizing medical marijuana on the ballot and this isn't their first attempt. Herbal Wonder LLC employee Zack Thumann says he knows his way around the joint but despite his occupation, he’s not in support of seeing medical cannabis on the ballot. “We support

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Will Google Cloud's new AI Drug development tools impact the Cannabis Industry?

Will Google Cloud's new AI Drug development tools impact the Cannabis Industry?

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Cannabis NewsMay 18, 2023

Google Cloud introduced two new AI-powered tools that hold the potential to revolutionize the drug development process for biotech and pharmaceutical companies. (Benzinga) With the aim of expediting the discovery and advancement of new drugs, these tools, Target and Lead Identification Suite and

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Legalizing Cannabis could make Australia almost $250 million per year

Legalizing Cannabis could make Australia almost $250 million per year

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Cannabis NewsMay 17, 2023

Legalising cannabis in Western Australia could see the state's fortunes boosted by $243,5 million per year in the first five years, according to a report from the University of Western Australia. The report quantified the revenue the state could make through legalising cannabis. It considered data

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Oklahoma Moratorium on new Cannabis businesses extended to 2026

Oklahoma Moratorium on new Cannabis businesses extended to 2026

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Cannabis NewsMay 16, 2023

The new bill renews a moratorium on cannabis business licenses and cracks down on illegal cannabis activity in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt recently renewed a moratorium on new medical cannabis businesses. Stitt originally signed legislation for the ban in May 2022, which took effect in

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Legal Weed sales in Missouri have passed the $1 Billion mark

Legal Weed sales in Missouri have passed the $1 Billion mark

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Cannabis NewsMay 16, 2023

In just three months of recreational marijuana, Missouri’s emerging industry surpassed $1 billion in sales. Trade experts says the state has managed to avoid the problems that plagued others like Illinois, such as long lines, limited access and high taxes. Legal marijuana in Missouri has quickly

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Weed legalization in Canada not linked to increase in car crashes

Weed legalization in Canada not linked to increase in car crashes

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Cannabis NewsMay 15, 2023

But let’s talk about drunk driving. Neither the legalization of adult-use cannabis nor the uptick in retail sales is correlated with an increase in car accidents, NORML reports. The data comes from a study published earlier this month in the Drug and Alcohol Review. Canadian scientists looked at the

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High potency marijuana is associated with psychosis, Colorado university researchers conclude

High potency marijuana is associated with psychosis, Colorado university researchers conclude

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Cannabis NewsMay 15, 2023

High-potency marijuana associated with psychosis, curbs anxiety, depression. An advertising campaign by One Chance to Grow Up displays warnings from the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division regarding marijuana concentrate use. Is high potency marijuana bad for individuals with preexisting mental

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Pa. health department faces lawmaker questioning over Medical Marijuana doctor data

Pa. health department faces lawmaker questioning over Medical Marijuana doctor data

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Cannabis NewsMay 15, 2023

During a budget hearing, a Republican lawmaker questions Department of Health's oversight of medical marijuana doctors in Pennsylvania amidst ongoing disputes. HARRISBURG - During a recent budget hearing, a Republican lawmaker questioned how the Department of Health uses data to provide oversight of

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Medical Marijuana campus proposed on 35 acres of Northampton County farmland

Medical Marijuana campus proposed on 35 acres of Northampton County farmland

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Cannabis NewsMay 15, 2023

Lehigh Township officials are reviewing plans for a medical marijuana campus on 35 acres of farmland along Route 145. Though not yet licensed by the state, the facility is projected to created at least 80 high-paying grower/processor jobs in addition to three jobs at a dispensary on-site and another

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Cannabis is Big Business in Illinois

Cannabis is Big Business in Illinois

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Cannabis NewsMay 15, 2023

2023 has been a banner year for Illinois’ cannabis industry (so far) and this is a market that we are excited about. During the first quarter of the year, the state sold more than $380 million of recreational cannabis products (according to Illinois’ Department of Financial and Professional

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Cannabis company Skymint, and others battle in receivership

Cannabis company Skymint, and others battle in receivership

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Cannabis NewsMay 12, 2023

Skymint, which primarily operates under the parent company of Green Peak Innovations Inc., remains in receivership. Lawyers entangled in the court-ordered receivership of Lansing marijuana giant Skymint continue to battle over the company's finances. The alleged trouble stems from Skymint's $78

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Cannabis industry paid $1.8 Billion in excess taxes in 2022

Cannabis industry paid $1.8 Billion in excess taxes in 2022

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Cannabis NewsMay 11, 2023

Excess taxes are expected to increase in 2023. According to data from the cannabis research firm Whitney Economics, the cannabis industry paid an excess of $1.8 billion in additional taxes in 2022 alone. And, spoiler alert: This article doesn’t have a happy ending. Cision PR Newsletter reports that

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7 years in, what PA doctors still want to know about Medical Marijuana

7 years in, what PA doctors still want to know about Medical Marijuana

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Cannabis NewsMay 10, 2023

Those kinds of studies don't exist with these products,” says a prescribing doctor, “because it has been illegal to study them for most of the last 100 years. Seven years after its legalization, the medical marijuana industry in Pennsylvania is booming. According to data from the Pennsylvania

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Missouri Cannabis sales top $1 Billion

Missouri Cannabis sales top $1 Billion

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Cannabis NewsMay 10, 2023

Adult-use sales in Missouri began in February, Missouri has a new billion-dollar industry. Cumulative sales for marijuana reportedly topped that lofty threshold in the Show Me State earlier this month, just three months after the adult-use marijuana market launched there, and nearly three years

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Thailand’s Cannabis sellers say US growers are eating their lunch

Thailand’s Cannabis sellers say US growers are eating their lunch

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Cannabis NewsMay 8, 2023

Local cannabis growers say their business is being undercut by cheaper illegal imports from overseas. Bangkok/Pattaya, Thailand — Nearly a year after Thailand decriminalised cannabis amid promises of an economic bonanza, Thai growers and sellers say they are being undercut by illegal imports from

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Marijuana legalization: what’s different in the House and Senate bills

Marijuana legalization: what’s different in the House and Senate bills

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Cannabis NewsMay 5, 2023

Minnesota is poised to become the 23rd state allowing legal marijuana sales following the passage of bills in the state House and Senate this spring. Before that can happen, however, negotiators from the two chambers must meet to iron out the differences between the bills. The broad brush strokes of

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Maine Officials report ‘mass exodus’ of caregivers amid rec sales

Maine Officials report ‘mass exodus’ of caregivers amid rec sales

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Cannabis NewsMay 5, 2023

Over 1,300 caregivers left the state’s medical cannabis program, citing oversupply and overregulation. According to officials in Maine, the number of caregivers applying to supply medical cannabis in the state is plummeting. The Sun Journal reports that over a quarter of Maine businesses in the

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Medicinal Cannabis ‘can ease cancer pain and reduce need for drugs’

Medicinal Cannabis ‘can ease cancer pain and reduce need for drugs’

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Cannabis NewsMay 3, 2023

On the NHS, only specialist hospital doctors can currently prescribe medicinal cannabis. Medicinal cannabis can ease cancer pain and reduce the need for drugs, new research suggests. The study concluded that medicinal cannabis is a “safe and effective complementary treatment for pain relief in

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The Cannabis education gap: why patients are left in the dark?

The Cannabis education gap: why patients are left in the dark?

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Cannabis NewsMay 2, 2023

The pain keeps you awake at night so you don’t get much sleep. Lack of sleep most nights and the ensuing chronic fatigue causes you some anxiety during the day. Your primary care physician suggests that she is concerned with the increasing amount of aspirin and ibuprofen you are consuming to manage

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Potent 'Canadian Loud' Cannabis hidden in cars shipped from Canada is flooding Nigeria

Potent 'Canadian Loud' Cannabis hidden in cars shipped from Canada is flooding Nigeria

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Cannabis NewsMay 2, 2023

Every month, police in Lagos find used cars, usually shipped from Toronto via Montreal, stuffed with popular high-THC Canadian cannabis. When police at a port in Lagos, Nigeria, opened a shipping container arriving Friday from Canada, they saw five used cars crammed inside and knew exactly what else

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