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Brittney Griner’s case was difficult for U.S. negotiators for one key reason: She was guilty

There is a surprising science behind how this tropical fruit interacts with cannabis.

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Million-Dollar Home used for illegal Marijuana grow engulfed in flames

Research evidence points out the key role of cannabinoid receptors in bone turnover and healing processes.

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6 Amazing Facts About Hemp Most People Don’t Know

Increasingly, parents of children with severe autism, frustrated with the lack of options, have turned to cannabis. Many have heard anecdotal reports of success; others have read of promising results with epileptic children. However, clinical research remains nonexistent.

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How to buy and enjoy cannabis legally in Alaska

LINCOLN — A University of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher said Tuesday that he’s received federal approval to plant the state’s first research plot of industrial hemp.

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Marijuana News Update: Hemp to be Planted In West Virginia For the First Time in 70 Years

Hemp can now be legally planted in West Virginia for the first time in 70 years. The hemp seeds will be planted as part of one West Virginia University study.

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California Moves Toward Psychedelic Drug Decriminalization with Sensational New Bill

In states where it is legal to use medical marijuana to manage chronic pain and other conditions, the annual number of deaths from prescription drug overdose is 25 percent lower than in states where medical marijuana remains illegal, new research suggests.

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Detroit Receives 90 Applications for 60 available Marijuana Licenses, including Retail

What’s the weed equivalent to an alcoholic drink?

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Cannabis car is no more, but it sure had a high ride for a time

BATON ROUGE — University agriculture centers might soon be able to start growing marijuana and its plant cousin, hemp, for industrial and medicinal purposes.

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Louisiana: Governor Signs Bill into Law Repealing Ban on Medical Cannabis Flower

BATON ROUGE — University agriculture centers might soon be able to start growing marijuana and its plant cousin, hemp, for industrial and medicinal purposes.

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Starting cannabis from seed? Here’s help from a master gardener - Cannabis News

Experts say listing cannabis among the world’s deadliest drugs ignores decades of scientific and medical data. But attempts to delist it have met with decades of bureaucratic inertia and political distortion.

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The grass is green for careers in cannabis research - Cannabis News

It’s one thing to know what molecules are found in different weed strains. It’s another to know what those chemicals actually do -- scientifically speaking.

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Policy changes ruled in favor of Kentucky's hemp growers

As the government considers reclassifying cannabis, researchers say easing the rules could lead to big advances.

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U.S. Senate bill would legalize marijuana for first time in 50+ years

At a recent presentation, a scientist described how he and his team were able to recycle leftover hemp bast fiber into powerful energy-storing supercapacitors.

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Multiple National Cannabis Missions At International Cannabis Business Conference In Berlin

An experimental drug derived from marijuana has succeeded in reducing epileptic seizures in its first major clinical trial, the product’s developer announced Monday, a finding that could lend credence to the medical marijuana movement.

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Legal gray area leaves potential cannabis growers in limbo

INDIANAPOLIS -- Marijuana’s high-less cousin is a step closer to returning to Indiana. Lawmakers have allowed the state seed commissioner to license farmers to grow industrial hemp - if and when the federal government stops treating it like a Schedule I drug.

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Touchless Automation is Streamlining Cannabis Production & Compliance

INDIANAPOLIS -- Marijuana’s high-less cousin is a step closer to returning to Indiana. Lawmakers have allowed the state seed commissioner to license farmers to grow industrial hemp - if and when the federal government stops treating it like a Schedule I drug.

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Pennsylvania Governor Continues Push For Cannabis Legalization

With companies marketing drugs directly to consumers promising cures for almost anything, an increasingly destigmatized cannabis seems a likely target for the industry’s next game-changing medicine.

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WeedLife Social Network Partners with CannaMakeADifference to Bring Charity and Community Front and Center at Largest Free 420 Festival in the United States

AURORA, Colo. - A baby girl who began having life-threatening seizures within days of her birth is receiving hemp oil while in the neonatal intensive-care unit at Children's Hospital Colorado, her mother says.

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Cann American Corp. announces hemp farming lease

In the first study of its kind, scientists have analyzed long-term marijuana use in teens, comparing IQ changes in twin siblings who either used or abstained from marijuana for 10 years.

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Marijuana growing moratorium?: Supply and demand could lead to changes in Michigan

Image: Health Sciences and Nutrition, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) via Wikimedia Commons

It’s possible that there has been no greater contributor to the cultural shift currently occurring around cannabis use in North America than the growing understanding of its medical applications.

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