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

A worker carries medical marijuana at a growing facility near Safed, Israel in 2011. Uriel Sinai, Getty Images via GlobalPost.com
 
Known for its dynamic tech startups, agricultural innovations, and security solutions, Israel could soon add cannabis powerhouse to the list, thanks to domestic efforts to decriminalize the drug… and a push to use it as a medical export.
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Marijuana addiction is a real thing

Lisa Smith of Van Buren Township, whose son Noah, 6, is autistic, asked Michigan to add autism to the conditions that qualify for medicinal pot. Image: Ed White, Associated Press
Bill Laitner ~ Detroit Free Press ~

Medical marijuana was OK’d by Michigan voters with a 63% yes vote in 2008, yet implementation is always controversial.

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California Says Its Cannabis Revenue Has Fallen Short Of Estimates, Despite Gains

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Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services ~ azdailysun.com ~
 
PHOENIX -- If some Arizona nurses get their way, medical marijuana will become available as early as next year to treat everything from arthritis and autism to Tourette's syndrome and traumatic brain injury.
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CBD Companies Positioning Themselves For Cannabis Legalization

Pre-rolled joints at a Denver dispensary. Image: WeedWorthy.com
 
The issue of medical marijuana and zero-tolerance workplace policies remains a major obstacle for cannabis advocates.
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How The Legal Cannabis Industry Is Tackling Sustainability

Aubrie Hill, left, with her mother, Vicki. Image via AL.com

Paul Gattis ~ AL.com ~

Some Alabama families have headed west, seeking access to various forms of medical marijuana that are unlawful to possess in their home state.
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Norway hosts first public meeting on Medical Cannabis

The former location of Wilmington Buds on Avalon Boulevard in Los Angeles. Photo: Martin do Nascimento/ News21
Brittan Jenkins, Martin do Nascimento and Tom Blanton ~ Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative via NBCNews.com ~
 
Passed by California voters nearly two decades ago, but absent statewide regulation, the legalization of medical marijuana has spawned a vast network of illegal dispensaries and wide disparities over how businesses are monitored across the state - if they are at all.
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Here's what's driving lawmakers working to legalize recreational pot in 17 more states – Cannabis News

AXIM already has a cannabinoid chewing gum product, known as CanChew, on the market. Image AXIM via MarketWatch.com.

Kathleen Burke ~ MarketWatch.com ~

Marijuana-infused gum enters clinical trials.

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Veterans plea to Texas lawmakers to legalize medical marijuana – Cannabis News

Tribal council leaders, parents and youth are concerned about the impact that legalizing marijuana could have on communities in the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Image: Kelcie Johnson/News21

Lex Talamo, News21 ~ via OklahomaWatch.org ~

Participating in the marijuana industry may have risks for Native American tribes, like losing federal funding.
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Smoking Cannabis not associated with impaired lung functioning in latest study

Heather Shuker comforts her daughter Hannah, 12, after a series of seizures. Photo: Lex Talamo, News21
Jayson Chesler and Alexa Ard, News21 ~ via USAToday.com ~
 
Research on marijuana’s potential for medicinal use has been hampered for years by federal restrictions, even though nearly half of the states and the District of Columbia have legalized medical marijuana in some form.
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Stuck in limbo, Cannabis entrepreneurs take on a grassroots fight for equity

Cannabis oil extract 3.5 grams in oral syringe with package container. Image: Stephen Charles Thompson via Wikimedia Commons.
 
Last month, the Texas Department of Public Safety released proposed rules for growing, manufacturing and dispensing cannabis oil.
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Have a little music with your Marijuana

A wildfire rages near Clearlake, California. Photo: AP

Growers of medical cannabis say smoke is affecting crops.

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Increasing the dose of CBD does not change the effects of Cannabis, study finds

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BENGALURU: Marijuana or ganja may be frowned upon as a banned recreational drug, but could offer an effective cure for cancer, say top oncologists of Bengaluru.
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A dangerous kind of green: South Carolina police warn parents about heroin that looks almost like cannabis

Glass artist Mark Nowicki displays his handmade bongs at the O.G Tubes booth at the marijuana expo at the Hawaii Convention Center on July 19. Image: Cory Lum, Civil Beat.

Competition will be fierce for Hawaii’s eight licenses to grow and sell medical cannabis. Many other types of businesses are looking for a piece of the action as well.

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Former MN Gov. Jesse Ventura backs Cannabis Legalization Bill

U.S. Capitol as seen from the Newseum. Image: Jorge Gallo via Wikimedia Commons

Matthew Fleming ~ Roll Call ~

Even though Senate support for a medical marijuana bill is building, it’s not getting the support it needs.

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Maine lawmakers optimistic that disagreements on marijuana bill can be resolved - Cannabis News

Cannabis Plant at a Denver grow facility. Image: WeedWorthy.com

Aasma Day ~ Lancashire Evening Post ~

How a 73-year-old in North West England found a way to treat her rheumatoid arthritis.
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Medical Marijuana business in Texas steadily growing

Toni Richard hugs her son Tyler, 14, at home. Tyler has been on medical marijuana for a year. (Photo: Siobhan McAndrew/RGJ)
 
A year ago it was hard to even count how many seizures Tyler Richard would have in one day.
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What’s The Correlation Between Legal Marijuana And Teen Use?

A woman looking for work in the cannabis industry fills out a form in front at the CannaSearch job fair in downtown Denver. File photo from March 13, 2014. Reuters/Rick Wilking/Files
 
Shop owners seek to capitalize not only on the vaping trend, but on the more widespread, and legal, use of medical marijuana.
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North Dakota surprised by 97 letters of intent for medical marijuana centers - Cannabis News

Cannabis Bud and Hand
 
The group trying to legalize medical marijuana in Florida is making headway in getting the initiative on the ballot.
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There is still too much we don't know about Cannabis

Erin Cleveland holding up Lainey's medical marijuana registration card?(Photo: Hopper, Christopher)
Christopher S Hopper ~ 11Alive.com ~

Erin Cleveland continues the journey to improving her 2-year-old daughter Lainey's life.
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Brittney Griner’s case was difficult for U.S. negotiators for one key reason: She was guilty

 Veterans and their supporters march in Olympia to raise awareness of veterans PTSD and suicide issues. Steve Bloom/Staff Photographer
Jordan Schrader ~ The News Tribune ~
 
An overhaul of Washington State’s medical-marijuana system adds PTSD and traumatic brain injuries to the conditions a medical provider can cite in authorizing the drug.
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