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Levi’s New Hemp Clothing Uses Less Water to Grow and Feels ‘Just Like Cotton’ - Cannabis News
Fashion
The apparel industry is increasingly being scrutinized for its sustainability (or lack thereof), from raw materials use through manufacturing all the way to retail.
Congress is finally going to pot - Cannabis News
Politics
Bills to loosen marijuana laws are gaining traction in both parties.
Cannabis companies are taking cues, and employees, from the fashion industry - Cannabis News
Fashion
Beyond treating weed as a wellness product, these businesses are drawing increasing comparisons to fashion ones, and that's no accident.
Medical marijuana makes its North Dakota debut in Fargo - Cannabis News
Medical News
North Dakota’s first medical marijuana dispensary opens for business Friday in a Fargo mini-mall, two years after voters took matters into their own hands to legalize the drug for treatment.
First Clinical Trial Of Cannabis For PTSD in Veterans Is Now Complete - Cannabis News
Medical News
After a decade of working on the first FDA-approved trial examining the effects of THC and CBD on the symptoms of PTSD in war veterans, a team of researchers has declared their clinical trial complete. The process, however, was not simple.
'A new cash crop': Florida readies for billion-dollar hemp market - Cannabis News
Cannabis News
Fresh from entering the medical marijuana market, Florida now envisions taking a healthy slice of the anticipated $22 billion market in hemp.
Growing in Paradise: A Beginner’s Guide to Outdoor Cannabis in Tropical Climates - Cannabis News
Culture & Arts
Tropical climates can teach a lot about growing cannabis, both indoors and outdoors. Whether or not you like the heat and humidity of the region, your burgeoning cannabis plants love it.
The tiny Canadian town that marijuana saved - Cannabis News
Business & Finance
Like so many small towns in the U.S. during the recession, Smiths Falls, Ontario hit rock bottom in 2008.
'Cannabis beauty' is becoming a real category as Sephora, others promote CBD-infused products - Cannabis News
Fashion
Cannabis beauty has become so trendy that Wall Street analysts have started treating it as a standalone category.
France's Softening Stance On Cannabis Opens Up Huge Economic Potential - Cannabis News
World News
France still has some of the most stringent anti-cannabis regulations in Europe but things are slowly changing, opening up huge opportunities in the world's seventh largest economy.
Drug laws have historically been racist. Marijuana activists are helping minority dealers go legal - Cannabis News
Activism
Lawmakers and legalization advocates across the country are demanding not just cannabis legalization, but remedies to address decades of demonstrably racist policing.
Study Shows That Bees Like Hemp, And That’s Great News For The Environment - Cannabis News
Science
Farmers (and Sen. Mitch McConnell) aren’t the only ones who are excited about hemp. According to a recent study, the crop also attracts a variety of bees—and that can help inform ecologically sustainable agriculture practices.
Maine taps firm to track growth, distribution of marijuana - Cannabis News
Business & Finance
Maine officials say the state has signed a three-year contract with a firm to track the growth and distribution of marijuana and marijuana products.
High Folks: Artist Jessica Wolfert Creates Glass Pipes To Promote Body Positivity - Cannabis News
Culture & Arts
In the North Philadelphia neighborhood of Port Richmond, Jessica Wolfert (26) is a Renaissance woman fusing the realms of glass-blowing and cannabis into her body positivity project Lady Pipes.
California Made $300 Million on Legal Cannabis in 2018, and It’s Just Getting Started - Cannabis News
Business & Finance
The world’s biggest, most influential cannabis market generated around $300 million in taxes in its first year of commercial legalization.
U.S. jumps to No. 3 among top hemp growing nations - Cannabis News
Cannabis News
The USA has jumped into the top ranks of global hemp growing nations, recording a tripling of land under hemp to reach a total 78,176 acres (about 31,000 hectares) in 2018, according to the American hemp advocacy group Vote Hemp.

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