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Cannabis And Lou Gehrig’s Disease: Here’s What You Should Know - Cannabis News

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Nearly two decades after Californians legalized marijuana for medical use and a year before they may approve it for recreational purposes, Gov. Jerry Brown has imposed statewide rules on the growth, transport and sale of the drug.
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As demand for CBD explodes, US farmers are seeing dollar signs - Cannabis News

After battling for years to help treat his daughter, J-Bo Wages finally got his Georgia-issued low-THC oil registration card in August. Image: Curtis Compton, AJC.com
 
Georgia-based clinical trials have shown early promise in using cannabis oil to treat epileptic seizures, although researchers said they won’t know for sure until at least the end of next year what strides they have made in the study of medical marijuana.
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First medical marijuana research launches in Pennsylvania ~ Cannabis News

Marijuana clones are monitored at the Ataraxia medical marijuana cultivation center in Albion, Ill. Cuttings are taken to this room where they take root and get light 24 hours a day. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
 
The state's restrictive law doesn't allow people to grow their own, so only state-approved cultivation centers with rigid security systems will sell to dispensaries.
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The Great American cannabis experiment - Cannabis News

Sign at Little Grill Collective in Harrisonburg, Virginia during MACRoCk music festival. Image: Artaxerxes via Wikimedia Commons
 
Even as legalization continues to spread, and opportunities in the cannabis industry seem widely available, it can actually be tough for small business owners to cash in on the boom.
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Lawmakers push for hemp comeback in Wisconsin – Cannabis News

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Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy
 
Dispensary CEO Ryan Fox says the unprecedented, one-time tax event means wide-ranging deals that should put patrons at The Grass Station’s two locations in a celebratory mood.
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Jamaican farmers just harvested their first legal cannabis crop

Genifer Murray of CannLabs being interviewed at the NCIA Cannabis Business Summit, June 2014. Image via NCIA
Gogo Lidz ~ Irish Examiner ~
 
It seems fitting that a plant called Mary Jane could smash the patriarchy.
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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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Pot Industry in California Hit by Wildfires - Cannabis News

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Kathleen Willcox ~ VinePair.com ~

There’s been a lot of buzz about pot and wine recently.

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State to double number of medical Marijuana licenses

A 14-week online course offered by a B.C. university will teach students how to produce and distribute marijuana legally under new Canadian rules. Image via CBC.

With only 25 licensed distributors in Canada, teacher Tegan Adams says education a must for industry.

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Hollywood Reacts to Recreational Marijuana Being Legalized in California – Cannabis News

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Brewing up buds: Beverages companies enter cannabis game - Cannabis News

Some of the cold-pressed fruit and vegetable juices, infused with cannabis, being made available in D.C. Photo: Nevin Martell
 
A District company has introduced five so-called medibles for medical marijuana patients.
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USA Today reverses course and calls for End of Cannabis Prohibition

Image of ArcView Group Investor Forum in Denver, June 2015/Photo: Bruce Kennedy, WeedWorthy
Bruce Kennedy ~ Weedworthy ~
 
Cannabis businesses and investors gather in Denver for two days of meetings and financial match-making.
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Marijuana Legalization In Europe: Is France Next? – Cannabis News

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Congress upholds DC weed sales ban, protects state medical programs

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The Medical Marijuana Desk Reference is a comprehensive and up-to-date guide on the scientific research of Cannabis species for medical treatment by Alicia K. Wilbur, PHD
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Medical Marijuana policies for Schools in the Works

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As pot laws liberalize, cannabis capitalists eye opportunities for business—and to upend stereotypes. But can white-collar workers handle it, man?
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Office of Cannabis Policy hosts town-hall Discussion on Industry

Scene at the Bay Area Get Baked Sale - Melia Robinson/Business Insider
 
Edibles could emerge as a multimillion-dollar food industry in the northwestern U.S. in the next few years
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Marijuana Investor Gives $9 Million To Harvard And MIT For Cannabis Science - Cannabis News

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Marijuana use did not increase among teenagers in the states in which medical marijuana has become legal, researchers reported Monday.
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What is Kief and how do you use it?

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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is the state agency that most frequently raises alarms about marijuana use.
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Why Rep. David Joyce says 'Education is the Key' to Cannabis Reform

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Activists who legalized pot via Amendment 64 are now pushing for a liberal consumption initiative in Denver that would allow indoor vaping and outdoor smoking at amenable bars, spaces
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12 Decadent Cannabis Chocolates Worth Your Money - Cannabis News

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It's legal in Washington State, but is it against the rules to bring it to Chambers Bay during the U.S. Open? No!
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