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Md. Democratic comptroller candidates support cannabis legalization, equitable industry
Politics
Bennett Leckrone August 16, 2021, 8:43 AM As efforts to legalize cannabis in Maryland ramp up, Democratic comptroller candidates are looking to create an equitable marijuana industry in the state. House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) said last month that she would support a referendum next year on whether recreational marijuana shou...
Family and friends mourn death of teen who inspired families to explore cannabis for seizures
Medical News
CALGARY -- The death of 15-year-old Mia Wilkinson has rocked her family and friends, the teen girl passed away suddenly on August 12. “It really hits home and it's gut wrenching,” said Kendra Myhre, a long-time friend of the family. “I am so upset and hurt and devastated.”   Mia was diagnosed with Ohtahara syndrome when she was a baby, which causes
Gage Growth Announces Third Social Equity Grant Recipient, Margaeux Bruner of Holi Smokeables
Cannabis News
DETROIT, Aug. 16, 2021 /CNW/ - Gage Growth Corp. ("Gage" or the "Company") (CSE: GAGE) a leading high-quality cannabis brand and operator in Michigan, today announced their third social equity grant recipient, Margaeux Bruner, Founder of Holi Smokeables, who will be awarded the grant for her product The Holi Flower, an exclusive hemp wrap cone. "Mi
Link Reservations Expands Retail Presence in Florida
Medical News
London, UK, Aug. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Link Reservations Inc. (OTC Pink: LRSV) (the “Company”), a provider of medicinal mushroom and cannabidiol (CBD) wellness products for both humans and pets, announces its LinkResPet and DailyLifeCBD products will be available for purchase in all four retail locations of Collins Tobacco & Vape Stores. Thi
Village Farms Enters U.S. CBD Market with $75 Million Acquisition
Business & Finance
August 16, 2021 at 7:37 am Published by NCV Newswire VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – Village Farms International, Inc. ("Village Farms" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: VFF) (TSX: VFF) today announced that it has acquired 100% interest of privately-held, Colorado-based CBD-platform Balanced Health Botanicals ("Balanced Health") in a transacti...
A Garden Supply Stock With a Fast-Growing Cannabis Patch
Business & Finance
By Carol Ryan Aug. 16, 2021 6:40 am ET  A little-known organic garden center supplier has outpaced the likes of Amazon and Netflix on the stock market throughout the pandemic. Knotty cannabis laws should continue to fertilize its growth. Nasdaq-listed GrowGeneration owns a chain of 58 stores across the U.S. that sell "hydroponic" equipment inc...
U.S. cannabis firm PharmaCann plans IPO as New York weed legalization lifts demand -sources
General
By Shariq Khan Aug 16 (Reuters) - PharmaCann, one of the 10 original cannabis licensees in New York, has confidentially filed for an initial public offering that could value it at well over $1 billion, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The planned IPO would help PharmaCann raise funds before New York state begins recreational weed sale...
Nobody Seems to Know If Delta 8 Is Legal in Arizona. But That Doesn't Mean Nobody's Selling It.
Cannabis News
Individual consumers in Arizona seem to be safe in possessing it. The Smart and Safe Act that voters approved last year allows people 21 and older to legally have five grams or less of any marijuana concentrate. That includes a Delta 8 gummy or vape cartridge. The first thing to know about the increasingly popular cannabinoid called Delta 8 THC is
How Can You Tell How Much CBD And THC Is In Your Weed?
Medical News
Cannabis farmers tend to aim for high THC content cultivars of weed when they’re creating a new strain, without giving much thought to the effect these compounds have on the user’s body. The potency of cannabis is determined by the content level of CBD and THC compounds present in the plant. So, it is normal to be curious about the exact amount of
Opinion: Does the cannabis industry have a double standard with science?
Business & Finance
The gateway theory is not necessarily a concept that ensures a person who uses weed today will shoot heroin tomorrow. The cannabis industry seems to be moving across the U.S. with the power of a Mack Truck screaming down the highway with a sign on the back that reads, “red-eye express.” The business of growing and selling weed has matured into a mu
Study Shows Cannabis Consumers Are Successful, Motivated, Health-Conscious: Snoop Dogg Weighs In
Cannabis News
Written by: Javier Hasse The long-standing, negative stereotypes about cannabis consumers have contributed to a decades-long stigma that lingers to this date, even as legalization spreads across the world while birthing one of the fastest-growing industries of our time. But new data out today, shared exclusively with Forbes ahead of its official re
FDA objects to Charlotte’s Web safety notice for hemp extract
Medical News
A notification to FDA by Charlotte’s Web to demonstrate the safety of its full-spectrum hemp extract was met with objections in a letter made public Wednesday, underscoring regulatory challenges plaguing the hemp-based CBD market in the U.S. The development highlights Congress must intervene to clear a pathway for hemp-based CBD products, several i
As more licenses to grow cannabis are added, illegal growing has also risen in California
Business & Finance
Recreational cannabis sales began in January 2018, and while many have played by the rules, the illegal growth and sale of the plant continues to undermine those following the rules. Licensed to grow, manufacture and sell State license issuance began in 2018, but data isn’t available for that initial year because they were issued as temporary licen
If NC legalizes medical marijuana, what would be allowed? Here are some answers
Medical News
The North Carolina Senate is considering Senate Bill 711, The Compassionate Care Act, which would legalize medical marijuana in this state. The sponsors say this act would give North Carolina the strictest medical marijuana law in the country. Below are some questions and answers about who could get medical marijuana and how a medical marijuana law
Art ablaze: Once criminalized for their craft, marijuana pipemakers are now celebrated
Business & Finance
Chris Vela dances with fire as he twirls molten glass over a glowing flame. He likens the mesmerizing effects to a campfire – a hypnotic incandescence. As a contemporary marijuana glass artist, Vela makes translucent electric green bubblers and glistening salmon pink Sherlock pipes. He has hollow-sculpted a real-life horned lizard skull – a blazing
California company to make cannabis paper for 'rolling smokables, marijuana cigarettes and flavoured blunt wraps'
Business & Finance
U.S.-based Green Globe International, Inc. (GGII) is advancing its mission to disrupt tobacco with its intent to obtain the patent to manufacture the “world’s first-ever paper made entirely from cannabis.” GGII reported this week that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire the patent filed a few years back, reports the company, a wholly owned

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