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While President Obama's stance on the issue of legalization in the past have been less than sympathetic, he has recently made statements predicting a bright future for the legalization movement in the U.S.
We've all heard the same old rhetoric about smoking and how bad it is for your lungs. Well according to researchers from Emory University, smoking weed has no negative health effect on lungs.
The report, which had faux quotes from "researchers" at the University of Sydney, where the single specimen supposedly resided, even went so far as to suggest there was a $10,000 reward to anyone who could bring them another sample of this new strain.
Finding banks who will cater to cannabis businesses has been a constant obstacle for new ganjapreneurs opening up shops since states began legalizing in the U.S. But that might be about to change thanks to Alex Mason, who plans to open up the first credit union ever that caters to businesses in the cannabis industry.
During its 2014 session, the Alabama Legislature passed a law authorizing a state-sponsored study of the efficacy of CBD in treating seizure disorders. Advocates of medicinal cannabis in Alabama were encouraged by the passage of Carly's Law, but their enthusiasm quickly waned when it became apparent that federal government bureaucracy would be a roadblock to the study's progress.
Attorney General Eric Holder announced a new policy, effective immediately, that will greatly restrict the ability of state and local police forces to use federal law to seize goods without charging an individual with a crime.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released data in December for the most recent findings of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Among the data of various drugs and usage levels by state, of interest to weedists is data on cannabis use in the past couple of years.
The time is nearing where the feds will have to finally make a clear decision on marijuana. This murky water will not suffice as more and more states are considering legalization. It is simply unfair to create a situation where using cannabis is perfectly legal, yet illegal at the same time.
Chloe laid in a hospital bed while her parents lobbied Tennessee law makers to approve CBD oil for use in the state. Characteristically, politicians did a whole lot of nothing and literally wasted Chloe's life with grand pontifications and little action.
A new pot spray promising to help women have better sex will hit the shelves in Colorado next week. Foria, which contains marijuana extract, claims the relaxing properties of cannabis will help women have better and more satisfying sex.
Police officers will be able to test drivers for drugs on the roadside for the first time after the Home Office approved the first mobile testing device. The "Drugwipe" device can test for cocaine and cannabis from a saliva sample within as little as three minutes.
Supporters are calling this a tipping point and a "Berlin Wall moment." They figure that if such established and successful venture capitalists are willing to back the burgeoning cannabis market, then it can't be too long before others embrace the market as well.
Brazil on Wednesday for the first time approved the use of a marijuana derivative to treat people suffering from epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia among other disorders. Directors of the country's Health Surveillance Agency recognized the therapeutic properties of cannabidiol...
A man calling himself Santa Claus was recently arrested in Seaside, CA for the most awesome crime ever — giving out weed.
Despite the recent congressional tantrum intended to stop the reform of marijuana laws in Washington DC, District lawmakers have given Capitol Hill the proverbial middle finger by moving forward with plans to implement a full-scale retail marijuana market.
The amount of cannabis seized by U.S. federal, state and local officers along the Mexican border has fallen 37 percent since 2011, a period during which American marijuana consumers have increasingly turned to the more potent, higher-grade domestic varieties cultivated under legal and quasi-legal protections in more than two dozen U.S. states.
The claims in the article appear, on the patina, to be fairly damning of cannabis. Among them, reporting that people in their 30's have the lungs of 80 year olds, are recieving long-term oxygen therapy, they are coming in with very advanced forms of emphysema, and even awaiting lung transplant.
A Northern California tribe has signed up to be the first tribe in the state to launch a large marijuana-growing operation. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports that the Pinoleville Pomo Nation has contracted to build a $10 million facility to grow marijuana indoors.
