Acidic Cannabinoids Emerge As Next Frontier For Cannabis Product Innovation
Acidic Cannabinoids Gain Attention Acidic cannabinoids are emerging as a promising frontier in cannabis product innovation as extraction and stabilization technologies improve. Researchers and cannabis physicians have experimented with these…
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Anti-Drug Coalition Urges Voters To Quiz Candidates On Hemp THC Bans Before November
Coalition Releases Election Guide With Hemp Questions The Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) is urging voters to ask U.S. House and Senate candidates about their positions on hemp THC…
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GAO Report Reveals Gaps In Federal Drug Scheduling Process As DEA Marijuana Review Continues
GAO Report Identifies Gaps In Federal Drug Scheduling Process A report published on Wednesday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is calling on federal agencies to improve the policies…
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Scottish Parliament Researchers Explain Medicinal Cannabis Rules Six Years After Legalization
Scottish Parliament Researchers Explain Medicinal Cannabis Rules Researchers at the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) have published a blog explaining how medicinal cannabis, also known as cannabis-based medical products (CBMPs),…
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Cambridge And Somerville Dispensary Owners Warn Ballot Question 8 Would End Legal Sales
Dispensary Owners Sound the Alarm The owners of the 19 recreational cannabis dispensaries in Cambridge and Somerville are warning that ballot Question 8, if passed in November, would end legal…
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Floraworks Says Compliant CBN Suppliers Still Need Qualified Ingredient Standards
Floraworks Distinguishes Supplier Compliance From Ingredient Qualification Floraworks has spent the last several years evaluating cannabinol (CBN) as a mainstream food and dietary ingredient. The company says its biggest lesson…
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Fifth Circuit Case Born From New Orleans Brawl Threatens Federal Statutes Including Cannabis Rules
A Street Fight That Reached the Fifth Circuit A 5th Circuit case that casts doubt on the constitutionality of many federal statutes began with a brawl in New Orleans on…
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DEA Felony Employment Rule Could Trap Newly Rescheduled Medical Marijuana Operators
DEA Flags Felony Convictions at Mississippi Dispensary Nicole Huff, CEO of Wildflower Medical Dispensary in Aberdeen, Mississippi, received an email from a DEA diversion investigator in the agency’s Jackson District…
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California Regulator Says DEA Ignores State Questions On Marijuana Rescheduling Prep
California Regulator Says DEA Has Not Answered Rescheduling Questions California’s top marijuana regulator says the Drug Enforcement Administration has not been cooperative in answering questions about the implications of the…
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Illinois Bill Would Send Direct Cash Payments To People Harmed By Marijuana Prohibition
Illinois Bill Would Send Direct Cash Payments To People Harmed By Marijuana Prohibition The legislation, filed on Thursday by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (D), would create a new Illinois…
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Boston Globe Reader Pushback Defends Recreational Marijuana Legalization As Settled Policy
Readers Challenge Call to Reverse Legalization Readers of The Boston Globe are pushing back against Dr. Jeffrey Morgan’s argument that legalizing recreational marijuana was a mistake. Morgan’s opinion piece, “Legalizing…
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Travelers Warned To Know Thailand Cannabis Laws Before Visiting
Travel Advisory Highlights Cannabis Export Risk Travelers planning trips to Thailand are being warned to learn the country’s strict cannabis laws before they visit. Although some low-strength medical cannabis is…
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Massachusetts Repeal Campaign Claims Teen Cannabis Rise But Data Says Otherwise
Repeal Campaign Cites Teen Use Concerns The campaign behind a Massachusetts ballot question to repeal legal recreational cannabis says it is responding, in part, to a threat of higher marijuana…
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Toronto Man Acquitted After Cannabis Psychosis Defense In Child Choking Case
Toronto Man Acquitted in Child Choking Case A Toronto man who argued he was suffering from cannabis-induced psychosis when he choked a seven-year-old girl three years ago has been acquitted…
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Revelry Buyers’ Club Fall Takes Over Manhattan’s Pier 36 Tomorrow
Revelry Returns to Manhattan On The Revel’s fall edition of Revelry, branded Buyers’ Club Fall, takes over Pier 36 in Manhattan tomorrow, Friday, September 18. The event caps the organization’s…
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Cortez Masto Backs Senate Bill To Open Banking Services For Cannabis Businesses
Senator Cortez Masto Cosponsors Cannabis Banking Bill U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is cosponsoring a bill reforming banking for the cannabis industry. She joined Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon in…
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Arizona Dispensary Chain Drops Products From Labs Cited Over Inaccurate Test Results
Dispensary Chain Bars Products From Two Labs Story Cannabis, an Arizona dispensary chain, will no longer accept products tested by two laboratories cited by state regulators for inaccurate testing results,…
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Velázquez And Davidson Reintroduce CLAIM Act To Shield Cannabis Insurers From Federal Penalties
Bipartisan Bill Filed in the House Reps. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) and Warren Davidson (R-OH) filed the Clarifying Law Around Insurance of Marijuana (CLAIM) Act on Wednesday. The bill, designated H.R.…
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Houston Mayor Whitmire Blames District Attorney For Misdemeanor Marijuana Arrest Spike
Mayor Points Finger at District Attorney Houston Mayor John Whitmire blamed a sharp spike in misdemeanor marijuana arrests on Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare, whose office prosecutes crimes in…
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Luton Estate Agent Director Jailed Eight Years For 19 Cannabis Factories
Estate agent director sentenced Sarfraz Farooq, 46, of St Catherines Avenue, Luton, was jailed for eight years and four months at Luton Crown Court on Thursday 10 September. The director…
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