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Will the 'Entrepreneur' President Embrace the Cannabis Economy? – Cannabis News

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There’s yet another use for marijuana: It may help to heal broken bones, according to a new study.
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State of Illinois asks public to help identify community organizations that will receive grants for marijuana revenues

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Tom Weber ~ Minnesota Public Radio ~

A University of Minnesota plant biologist has identified a key gene that distinguishes hemp from marijuana.
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How Are Industry Leaders Continuing to Innovate During Covid-19?

A Boulder marijuana company says its capsules are a breakthrough for medical marijuana patients. Photo: CBS4 Denver
 
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – A Boulder marijuana company says it has a new breakthrough for medical marijuana patients — a marijuana capsule that looks and acts more like traditional pharmaceuticals.
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Biden’s Statement on Marijuana Reform: What Does it Mean?

Robert Grandt works in the grow room at 3D Cannabis Center in Denver on March 11. Marijuana growing facilities contributed to the city's energy use increase. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)
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Metro Denver’s surging legal marijuana industry means surging energy usage in the region.
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The Mexican Adult Use Market Will Be A Major Growth Engine For Several Global Cannabis Companies

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Emily Knowlton, 19, jokes around with her sister Isabelle, 10, who is among dozens of Utah epileptic children and adults now receiving therapeutic hemp oil with permission from the state.
 
Utah families of children with intractable epilepsy say cannabis treatment is a breakthrough; lawmaker plans to push extension.
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Why Is Growing Pot So Energy-Intensive?

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Bruce Kennedy ~ WeedWorthy
 
A growing number of women, especially those with degrees in STEM fields, are finding unique opportunities in the legal marijuana sector.
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Medical marijuana will get another chance in Nebraska Legislature – Cannabis News

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Should You Use CBD To Treat Your Dog? The Research Is Encouraging

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(CNN) -- A new study, funded in part by the federal government, suggests alcohol has a more extreme impact on drivers than marijuana.
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Fad or Fact: A Deeper Look at CBD

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A Pennsylvania couple faces charges for possessing and manufacturing marijuana that the young wife used to relieve debilitating symptoms.
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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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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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Marijuana Goes Green

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As with any newly developing industry, marijuana has had several unforeseen setbacks on the road to becoming a blossoming new sector.
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Clinical trial in Irritable Bowel Syndrome begins for cannabis-based chewing gum – Cannabis News

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Marijuana advocates fear cross-pollination with low-THC hemp, and state legislators take up the issue
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Adidas reveals Hemp Collaborative with Sean Wotherspoon

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CHICAGO -- Everything from antacids to frozen veggies has a label detailing nutritional values and active ingredients, but when it comes to cannabis that information has been sorely lacking.
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Using marijuana may affect your ability to think and plan, study says

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An average of 44 Americans die every day from an overdose of prescription painkillers, a trend the Centers for Disease Control calls a national epidemic.
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How will Canadian universities handle legal marijuana?

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When Erik Christiansen started smoking pot, he became fascinated by the look of different marijuana strains. But the photographs of marijuana he saw didn't capture the variety.
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THC, CBD, & CBN: Can cannabis protect the brain from Alzheimer’s?

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You've probably read about the positive effects of coconut oil's medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) to produce ketones that energize brain cells with dysfunctional brain metabolism and even reverse Alzheimer's disease (AD).
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Science Seeks to Unlock Marijuana Secrets

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Hampton Sides ~ National Geographic ~
 
As the once-vilified drug becomes more accepted, researchers around the world are trying to understand how it works and how it might fight disease.
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Focus on eyes: Marijuana can help with glaucoma but it's still not a recommended remedy

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Next Thursday I am scheduled to debate Robert White, co-author (with Bill Bennett) of Going to Pot: Why the Rush to Legalize Marijuana Is Harming America, on Glenn Beck’s radio show.
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