HEALTH CANADA FINALIZES REGULATIONS FOR PRODUCTION AND SALE OF EDIBLE CANNABIS, CANNABIS EXTRACTS AND CANNABIS TOPICALS
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Longtime cannabis executive Chuck Rifici now runs Auxly Cannabis Group, a diversified cannabis company, based in Toronto.
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Aurora Cannabis – Shares of cannabis company Aurora Cannabis tanked nearly 8.9% after reporting disappointing fourth quarter earnings and weak guidance.
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Headquartered in Los Angeles, WAYV connects licensed cannabis companies to licensed brands and provides next-day delivery of cannabis products — it's essentially Eaze for the cannabis enterprise not the average cannabis consumer.
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Merrill Lynch covers six Canadian cannabis firms: Hexo Corp, Canopy Growth, Aurora Cannabis, Supreme Cannabis, Cronos Group, and the Green Organic Dutchman.
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Nine percent of cannabis users suffer from a "cannabis use disorder" despite the fact that the psychoactive properties of cannabis are not addictive.
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Of those participants who had ever used cannabis, 31.3% had used combustible cannabis, 21.3% had used edibles and 10.5% had used vaporized cannabis.
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"Cannabis started as a counterculture," said Ryan McIntosh, a cannabis farmer.
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Flow Kana is a cannabis company that doesn't grow any cannabis.
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First, Aurora Cannabis, one of the largest cannabis companies, reported earnings.
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The standard argument goes that because federal cannabis legalization feels inevitable (knock on wood), it's very important to talk about the potential risks of legal cannabis: the higher percentage of THC in today's recreational cannabis, the potential impact of cannabis on the teen brain or the pregnant woman's body, the existence of a link between cannabis and psychosis or cannabis and anxiety.
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"Cannabis products, whether for medical or recreational use such as cannabis oils and cannabis extracts, are being marketed to adults for use in vaporizers as a safer and/or more efficient way to obtain cannabis," Hall said.
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Under the law, Illinois residents are able to purchase and possess 30 grams of cannabis, 5 grams of cannabis concentrate and cannabis-infused products containing no more than 500 milligrams of THC, the active ingredient in cannabis.
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In this country we will be drinking cannabis coffee and cannabis tea.
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A warning label on one gram of cannabis at Up's cannabis factory.
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Lowell Farms Cannabis Cafe is the first legal cannabis café in America.
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Runners say cannabis and cannabis products make their long runs more enjoyable.
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Cannabis lounges have expanded, offering not just a place to smoke and take hits, but classes on growing cannabis at home and making cannabis creams.
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"Cannabis may help improve sleep directly, but it may also be that cannabis improves sleep through the effects that cannabis has on pain," Sznitman said.
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The cannabis oil, extracted from a strain of cannabis called Avidekel, was developed in northern Israel by one of the country's largest cannabis growers, Tikun Olam.
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There are conferences, magazines, cannabis testing companies, marijuana market research organizations, law firms specializing in cannabis law, apps to compare cannabis brands and find weed shops.
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Aurora Cannabis (ACB), Tilray (TLRY) – Cowen downgraded the cannabis stocks to "market perform" from "outperform" due to its increasingly cautious outlook for cannabis sales in Canada.
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I sell organic cannabis grown in California, preferably outdoor sun and soil cannabis.
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Cannabis and cannabis users are regularly demonized and mocked in the mainstream media.
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Even pro-cannabis media often portray cannabis users as dopey, lazy, and ignorant.
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So with cannabis, I just told my truth: I'm a cannabis sacrament minister.
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The Veterans Cannabis Project wants clear guidelines protecting veterans who legally use cannabis.
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"Most cannabis users smoke cannabis in combination with tobacco," wrote the study authors.
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"Italy has a lot of public support for regulation and they have their own system called 'cannabis light,' where they can access very low potency cannabis," said Henry Fisher, chief scientific officer at Cannabis Europa, a European cannabis industry hub.
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The university's Medical Cannabis Research Institute has launched prototypes of cannabis water tablets, cannabis oil, an oral spray and phrasa kamcha, a recipe based on traditional medicine.
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American cannabis laws and politics are starkly contradictory: Cannabis growers here, in Colorado and in the other states where cannabis cultivation is legal are regulated and taxed.
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Not long after, cannabis cuisine and cannabis policy advocacy became her full-time job.
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It would decriminalize the use of cannabis and expunge all prior cannabis use convictions.
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It did affect cannabis, heavily, with indigenous cannabis production being perhaps 90 percent curtailed.
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Cannabis website Leafly has launched a super-cool new tool: The Leafly Cannabis Guide.
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Cannabis drug For the first time, the FDA has approved a cannabis-based drug.
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Still, the excitement around cannabis and cannabis-tech as an investment theme is palpable.
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And cannabis addiction has come up repeatedly in public debates around changing cannabis laws.
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There's cannabis roll-on pain reliever, sparkling water infused with marijuana, cannabis for pets.
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State law also prohibits the use of cannabis in a Seattle cannabis cooking class.
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Regulating cannabis has already shrunk the criminal market, made cannabis safer and created jobs.
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Curaleaf Holdings, the largest American cannabis company by market value, announced Wednesday a $950 million all-stock deal to buy cannabis company Cura Partners, which makes cannabis oils.
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Cannabis producers Tilray Inc and Aurora Cannabis Inc on Tuesday reported a surge in quarterly revenue, boosted by increased demand following the legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada.
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" Today, the University of California, Davis offers a course titled "Physiology of Cannabis," Cornell University offers "Cannabis: Biology, Society and Industry" and Harvard Law School offers "Cannabis Law.
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Carrillo says he hopes the cannabis industry can have a role in uplifting those who were impacted by the criminalization of cannabis, that states will wipe out cannabis-related convictions and that cannabis businesses will get rid of education requirements for candidates.
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But all for the good that cannabis and cannabis-based products can do, that lack of knowledge also stops us from spotting the less rosy consequences of cannabis use.
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Besides the bigger, publicly traded cannabis companies, tech startups that serve the industry — like cannabis marketplace LeafLink or cannabis vaporizer company Pax — are also growing rapidly, according to Humiston.
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Cannabis is legal in Canada and everyone should come to Canada and enjoy our cannabis.
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The marijuana approved for sale next week is a low-THC cannabis and medical cannabis.
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She is killing it in the cannabis industry in Las Vegas as a cannabis entrepreneur.
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Since you entered the cannabis business, how has the diversity of cannabis business owners evolved?
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Best about cannabis: "Grass is Greener" The United States has a complex history with cannabis.
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The National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA), a cannabis trade association, applauded the bill on Thursday.
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Tip No. 2: Look at US cannabis retailers (multi-state operators) and cannabis tech startups.
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Wall Street's star cannabis-industry analyst Vivien Azer initiated coverage on five US cannabis companies.
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The science on cannabis has found correlations and associations between cannabis use and psychotic episodes.
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The Department of Public Health's Manufactured Cannabis Safety Branch polices the purity of cannabis products.
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Curaleaf just snapped up Grassroots Cannabis for $875 million, making it the biggest cannabis retailer.
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There's everything from drinkable cannabis to what you should expect from a cannabis cooking party.
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You cannot smell cannabis — it has nothing to do with smoking weed or cannabis plants.
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The pioneers of cannabis tourism, Colorado Cannabis Tours and My 252 Tours, are in Denver.
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Ruben Honig, the executive director of the United Cannabis Business Association, a California cannabis trade group, said that the process for starting a cannabis business is time-consuming and expensive.
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In fact, the cannabis wholesale ordering platform Leaflink has said that cannabis-infused sublingual and tincture products, drops, tablets and strips were the fastest growing cannabis product categories last year.
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He sees cannabis terpenes as something that go way beyond the traditional cannabis market and industry.
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An employee replants cannabis plants at the Up cannabis factory in Lincoln, Ontario, on Oct. 12.
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As cannabis use continues to be normalized, cannabis photography will continue to be normalized as well.
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If it does, reducing cannabis use could reduce DV (and promoting cannabis use could increase DV).
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Once cannabis is legal, Big Agriculture will be able to invest enormous sums into improving cannabis.
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This video by Learning Cannabis, a pot growing Youtube channel, takes us inside a cannabis farm.
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The 2018 election brought adult-use cannabis to Michigan and medical cannabis to Missouri and Utah.
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Read more:Curaleaf just snapped up Grassroots Cannabis for $875 million, making it the biggest cannabis retailer.
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He said the company focused more on cannabis as a product, than cannabis as a commodity.
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She covers the major Canadian cannabis companies, and recently initiated coverage on five US cannabis companies.
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And I support cannabis reform; I am OPPOSED to the federal government's ongoing war on cannabis.
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Date founded: 2014What it does: Grassroots Cannabis is an Illinois-based medical cannabis cultivator and retailer.
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"The risk with cannabis is, primarily, that you lose control of your cannabis taking," he said.
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New Cannabis Ventures' global cannabis stock index has risen about 87 percent over the past year.
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In contrast, bots were less likely to tag cannabis in posts or discuss personal cannabis use.
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The Original Cannabis Cafe paves the way for other cannabis-friendly properties that may open soon.
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Aurora Cannabis – Aurora Cannabis was downgraded to "sell" from "hold" at Stifel Nicolaus, citing the near-term outlook for the cannabis producer, as well as negative investor sentiment for the sector.
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"As attitudes change about cannabis use and cannabis use becomes a little bit more accepted in terms of policy and government regulation and medical cannabis use increases, I think we need to have a real understanding of the potential risks and benefits of cannabis use," Scott said.
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The main cannabis product circulating on the French market is hashish or cannabis resin, a solid and very concentrated form of cannabis extract, usually sold in the form of sticks or balls.
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Marijuana, known otherwise as cannabis, (or more accurately, cannabis sativa or cannabis indica) is a naturally occurring plant that produces a wide variety of chemicals impacting people in a myriad of ways.
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Cannabis producer CannTrust's shares slipped almost 45% this week after a whistleblower told Health Canada, the federal agency responsible for inspecting cannabis facilities, that the company was growing cannabis in unlicensed rooms.
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Residents will be allowed to possess up to 30 grams of cannabis flower, 500 milligrams of THC in a cannabis-infused product such as an edible and 5 grams of cannabis concentrate.
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Canada marked the one-year anniversary of its recreational cannabis program with the planned launch of "Cannabis 2.0," the allowance of cannabis derivatives such as gummies, drinks and vapes into the marketplace.
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Going long on US cannabis names "More broadly, we prefer U.S. cannabis names to its Canadian peers, and reiterate GTI [Green Thumb Industries] as our preferred name in U.S. cannabis," Azer wrote.
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In Maine, where we legalized medical cannabis in 1999 and adult use cannabis in 2016, individual municipalities are given the opportunity to put moratoriums on cannabis businesses into place if they wish.
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"The organic, naturally occurring conversations we captured showed that the public often mentions initiation with cannabis, cannabis use along with other substances, and the perceived health benefits of cannabis use," he continued.
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The province-owned PEI Cannabis Management Corporation plans to open four stand-alone cannabis stores this year.
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No consumption of cannabis nor its various components — including the super-trendy cannabis compound CBD — are allowed.
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The FDA is "aware of the growing public interest in cannabis and cannabis-derived products," Gottlieb said.
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Cannabis-tech startups are gaining increasing attention from investors looking to make deals in the cannabis sphere.
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AdvisorShares just launched the Pure Cannabis ETF (YOLO), an actively managed fund that invests in cannabis stocks.
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They were afraid to talk about cannabis at the service, even though we were all cannabis smokers.
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See more of Business Insider's cannabis coverage here, and sign up for our new cannabis newsletter Cultivated.
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Moving cannabis grows outdoors would clearly reduce the carbon footprint created by global cannabis use, said Sutton.
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Thesis: Kennedy says that Cannabis 1.0 related directly to the flower, while Cannabis 2.0 was about beverages.
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Aurora Cannabis – Aurora Cannabis reported a 23% decline in revenue for its latest quarter, and the Canada-based cannabis producer said it would slow expansion plans both in its home country and abroad.
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The bank, which leads the cannabis league table, has raised over $3 billion for cannabis companies and has advised on over $12 billion worth of major cannabis M&A transactions across 15 deals.
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"Because of 80 years of prohibition, there is a massive lack of prior art documentation for cannabis," said Beth Schechter, executive director of the Open Cannabis Project, a nonprofit that opposes cannabis patents.
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"I love seeing businesswomen and professionals using cannabis, because it shines the truth on cannabis," says Heather Hoffman, CEO of Pura Vida, a company that sells cannabis superfoods (Higher Power protein bars, Gramola).
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For those looking for holiday-themed gifts, Zoma Cannabis has unveiled "Mistletoke," a mistletoe intertwined with organic cannabis.
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Some of these people used cannabis so often that they fit the bill for cannabis use disorder (CUD).
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Only cannabis companies with licenses from Health Canada are allowed to import and export cannabis with special permissions.
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She's now a contributing editor to Cannabis Now, where she writes about issues relating to the cannabis industry.
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Israel has approximately 275,143 licensed medical cannabis users, according to Daniel Goldstein, an industry advocate with Israel Cannabis.
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In 2016, Massachusetts voted to legalize cannabis recreationally and in November of 2018, began selling cannabis to adults.
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In Page's lab, upper-case Cannabis refers to the genus and lower-case cannabis refers to the plant.
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But like any drug, cannabis comes with risks, chief among them something called cannabis use disorder, or CUD.
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The battleground around cannabis is widespread this election season with cannabis initiatives on the ballot in nine states.
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In 2019, Boehner is on the board of advisers of a cannabis company and speaking at cannabis summits.
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How Faber thinks you should tackle cannabis investmentFaber thinks investing in cannabis can be done in thematic fashion.
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Others who were hospitalized said they vaped cannabis they bought from licensed dispensaries where cannabis is legally sold.
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Recreational cannabis is now legal in ten US states, while 33 states have legalized cannabis for medical use.
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A WHO committee is due to undertake a broad review of cannabis and cannabis-related substances in June.
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Canada, already at the forefront of the medical cannabis industry, is due to legalize recreational cannabis this year.
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If like me, you're a supporter of legalizing cannabis, you can use the law to protect cannabis users.
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Tim Leslie, the CEO of cannabis information site Leafly, said he isn&apost worried about the cannabis market.
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But there may be an important difference between illicit cannabis use and legalized cannabis use, according to Hill.
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Through Canopy, Constellation will enter into medical cannabis, edibles — every cannabis channel, in every market where it's legal.
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Kiva creates cannabis-infused confections that range from chocolate covered espresso beans, medicated mints, and cannabis chocolate bars.
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Sadly, the dream of many American cannabis companies is to become big enough to become Canadian cannabis companies.
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"I think we'll have our Nordstroms of cannabis, our Walmart of cannabis, whatever that looks like," said Bricken.
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The only cannabis supplier in Europe now is Bedrocan, and they only produce medical cannabis in dried form.
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Ever-Evolving Drug MarketsAlongside herbal cannabis and resin, pot lovers can now buy other cannabis products, including oil.
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Cannabis analytics company Headset, which tracks retail sales of cannabis products, found sales on Green Wednesday last year were double those of a typical Wednesday, making it the biggest cannabis holiday after 4/20.
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The efforts would be first of their kind in the research of how elite athletes could potentially benefit from cannabis or cannabis-derived compounds, according to Dr. Jeff Chen, director of UCLA's Cannabis Research Initiative.
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The bill, numbered HF420 in the House version, would allow individuals who are 21 or order to "cultivate, consume, use, and possess cannabis, cannabis products, and cannabis accessories," according to the text of the legislation.
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The announcement follows Heineken-owned Lagunitas Brewing's launch of a cannabis-infused sparkling water, as well as reports that Molson Coors was in talks with several major Canadian cannabis companies, including Aphria and Aurora Cannabis.
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" Ian Dawkins is the executive director of Cannabis Growers Canada (CGC), a BC-based group founded last year that aims to support local cannabis businesses and entrepreneurs, or what it calls the "craft cannabis economy.
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Other cannabis companies are partnering directly with Indigenous communities, including 48North Cannabis, which has investments from 49 First Nations.
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The cannabis culture of Northern California may be vibrant, but so too is the booming cannabis industry in general.
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BNN reported that Coca-Cola was in talks with cannabis producer Aurora Cannabis to make marijuana-infused wellness drinks.
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"Contrary to what I've heard, this drug does not contain cannabis and is not a cannabis derivative," said Touraine.
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Aptly named Kush, this brand-new formula uses one special ingredient from the cannabis plant: CBD-rich cannabis oil.
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Conducting research on medical cannabis can be expensive and difficult because of regulations surrounding the drug, cannabis advocates say.
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Instead of using cannabis flower, a dab rig takes use of cannabis concentrates, which often come in wax form.
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In order words, if you have depression, cannabis may help you sleep — but if you don't, cannabis may hurt.
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The psychoactive plant is called "drug-type cannabis," and then he'll use "cannabis" to describe just the flower part.
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It nevertheless contains extracts from Cannabis sativa, the cannabis flower and plant, and some users report a mild high.
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Nobody claims that cannabis can turn you into a bloodthirsty murderer What is cannabis-induced psychosis you might ask?
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State-supervised cannabis plantations will be set up in Germany in future and until then cannabis will be imported.
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There is no lethal dose of cannabis, though there are lethal doses of the government-approved alternatives to cannabis.
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The California Bureau of Cannabis Cannabis Control issued only 47 temporary retail licenses, but they'll expire by May 1.
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We don't pray to the cannabis plant; I laughed when someone suggested that we were honoring the cannabis plant.
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In order words, if you have depression, cannabis may help you sleep – but if you don't, cannabis may hurt.
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The company touts its cannabis growing technology, which reduces the amount of water and other resources to grow cannabis.
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In other news, the embattled cannabis producer CannTrust had its growing license suspended by Health Canada, which regulates cannabis.
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Because of the Canadian Cannabis series I've shot with VICE, I have had an intensive immersion study of cannabis.
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They can also choose to use cannabis oil or a variety of healthier ways than smoking for consuming cannabis.
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Most participants - 871 - had little or no risk from cannabis exposure, with cannabis use scores of 0 to 3.
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Low-cost cannabis attracts bulk purchasers, people on the illicit side who would buy their cannabis by the ounce.
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I was at CWCBExpo for "Wellness, Women & Cannabis," a panel on cannabis products framed around women and self-care.
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The beverage giant is reportedly in talks with Aurora Cannabis to develop cannabis-infused drinks, according to BNN Bloomberg.
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"It's a notable procedural step," said Terry Holt, spokesman for the National Cannabis Roundtable, a cannabis reform lobbying group.
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California launched regulated recreational cannabis sales in 2018, and the state quickly became the nation's largest legal cannabis market.
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The problems with testing drivers for cannabis Cannabis compounds, notably THC, don't behave like alcohol does in the body.
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As the cannabis industry grows, the shortage of financial services for cannabis companies has become more of a headache.
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The group wants cannabis removed from the Schedule I list, and it wants more research on cannabis' medical potential.
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Stashtwist averages around 15 deliveries of medicinal pot, cannabis concentrates and cannabis edibles each day in and around Berkeley.
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It has taken two years for the Cannabis Control Commission's rollout of this rather unique model for cannabis reform.
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While we may disagree about the medical value of cannabis and the various state efforts to legalize cannabis, it is beyond dispute that the barriers to cannabis research inhibit this nation's ability to both thoroughly evaluate the benefits and risks associated with increased cannabis use and craft responsible policy governing such use.
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The UPA is working on a course to educate politicians and others about the complex technicalities of the cannabis world, including why GW Pharmaceuticals' legal cannabis drug Sativex—the only one available in the UK—is not effective for many medical cannabis patients, and how cannabis consumption goes way beyond the stereotypical joint.
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But don't just think of this new initiative as a cannabis club, it will also give places like yoga studios the ability to hold a cannabis class, or let a comedy club have a cannabis night.
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Illinois will charge a 10% tax on cannabis products with a THC level at or below 35%, a 20% tax on all cannabis infused products and 25% tax on cannabis with a THC level above 35%.
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Cannabis Chocolates If you and your partner indulge in cannabis and truly want to up the ante, incorporate cannabis chocolates into your sex life by feeding them to one another before sex as part of foreplay.
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The array of glossy magazines devoted to the topic would suggest that print is not yet extinct: Cannabis Business Times, MG, Edibles List, Cannabis Now, Cannabis Culture, Dope, The Hemp Connoisseur, Marijuana Venture, Marijuana Business Magazine.
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Though cannabis is federally legal in Canada, Pallotta said the real value for investors is in US cannabis producers or multistate operators, rather than the bigger publicly traded Canadian companies like Canopy Growth and Aurora Cannabis.
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To investigate whether heavy cannabis use might have residual effects on driving performance, the authors had 143 non-cannabis-using healthy participants and 28 chronic cannabis users complete a 10-minute, 4.2-mile driving simulation test.
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"I view Biden's plan as a ham-fisted handing over of cannabis to the pharmaceutical industry," said Gavin Kogan, a California-based cannabis executive and attorney who chairs Grupo Flor, a large, vertically-integrated cannabis firm.
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It would, however, have legalized cannabis for residents 21-years-old and over, and expunged old convictions for cannabis possession.
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Last quarter, Cronos generated $3.8 million in sales, driven by medical cannabis sales in Canada and international medical cannabis exports.
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Buchert hates how "rich white people" have told "the cannabis story"; he believes Ritual Cannabis would make weed queer again.
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I thoroughly enjoyed my experience at the Original Cannabis Cafe, which included food, cannabis-infused tea, and a pre-roll.
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I grow organic cannabis and make cannabis oil and donate it to friends and family, so they definitely love that.
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Now, the cannabis-related section of its website touts customers of pot-induced fame like Canopy Growth and Aurora Cannabis.
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While her cannabis skincare product company only started in November 2017, she's been working in the cannabis industry since 2016.
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Shares of Aurora Cannabis, a Canadian producer of medical cannabis, are up nearly 240 percent in the last 12 months.
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Last year, Canada legalized recreational cannabis, paving the way for alcohol and CPG companies to potentially sell cannabis-infused products.
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Curbelo became a strategic adviser for the Cannabis Trade Federation (CTF), a nonprofit for cannabis education and advocacy, in February.
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Cronos said cannabis sales rose six fold to 3,142 kilograms outside the United States, primarily driven by increased cannabis production.
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" Stu Zakim, the owner of a cannabis communications firm, asked for advice on changing "the way people refer to cannabis.
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Another 183 people were considered to have moderate risk from cannabis exposure, with cannabis use scores of 4 to 26.
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North America's largest cannabis companies have struggled as their operational growth far exceeded the actual development of the cannabis industries.
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On Monday, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced that medical cannabis businesses were essential but ordered recreational cannabis businesses to close.
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Cannabis giants are seeking out big law firms that are equipped to handle the complex needs of big cannabis businesses.
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That means customers buying cannabis in 'border towns' should — by law— use up their cannabis products before coming back home.
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The fund picked the Canadian market since most cannabis and cannabis-related companies are barred from the major US exchanges.
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California cannabis retailer Caliva is taking dramatic steps to shore up its business amid a slump in the cannabis industry.
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The Oregon patient had died in July after vaping "cannabis purchased from a cannabis dispensary," according to the state agency.
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These products have included counterfeit versions of cannabis-containing e-cigarettes available in some states where recreational cannabis is legal.
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NBC enlisted cannabis testing facility CannaSafe to run tests on 18 cartridges of THC—the primary psychoactive compound in cannabis.
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With that being said there are certainly problematic effects of using too much cannabis or using stronger strains of cannabis.
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Know the brandChrissy Hadar got into the cannabis industry five years ago when only medical cannabis was legal in Oregon.
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Because I smoked cannabis on a regular basis, the doctor believed my condition was, in fact, linked to cannabis use.
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"I believe the cannabis industry becomes what it is today or more regulated [if the feds legalize cannabis]," Dinenberg said.
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Next up for cannabis reform in the Caribbean: The Bahamas (Cannabis Wire)How a cannabis unicorn lost 87% of its market value in six months (Market Watch)Who Thought Sucking on a Battery Was a Good Idea?
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A 2010 paper called "Assessment and management of cannabis use disorders in primary care" suggests that to differentiate between a psychiatric disorder and chronic cannabis intoxication, a patient should cease cannabis use for two to four weeks.
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Among the financial and operational targets outlined in Aurora's overhaul were plans for the company to focus on four key markets: Canadian recreational cannabis, Canadian medical cannabis, more established international medical cannabis markets and the United States.
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But just how fast broader cannabis policies -- especially US federal cannabis policies -- could change with New York legalization is another matter, said Bethany Gomez, managing director for the Brightfield Group, a cannabis and CBD market research firm.
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"I have a nine and 12-year-old and I speak about cannabis regularly," says Ashley Kingsley, a co-founder of Ellementa, a global women's cannabis wellness network based in Alaska (where recreational cannabis was legalized in 2015).
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It's designed to cover a wide swath of the industry, from growing medicinal cannabis to selling cannabis-related accessories, and aims to bring the biotech resources and precision of the pharmaceutical industry to the world of medicinal cannabis.
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Last month, a survey from Eaze, a cannabis technology company that facilitates delivery of medical marijuana, found that more women than men used cannabis daily, and that many of those who reported using cannabis daily were also parents.
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Emily Burns, a Baltimore attorney specializing in cannabis law, said that while colleges and universities receiving federal funding for things like research and financial aid cannot officially permit cannabis consumption on campus, they can offer cannabis-related coursework.
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But the pop-up cannabis market — where everything will remain illegal until next year, when the sale of cannabis-infused edibles and other products becomes legal — prompts larger questions about how cannabis will change the culture of Canada.
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Recreational cannabis stores in places like Colorado and California offer cannabis in different forms well beyond the customary "flower," or bud.
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According to a survey conducted by cannabis delivery platform Eaze, one in five Californians still purchase cannabis from the black market.
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Whether you're brand new or a seasoned cannabis user, we all have questions about how best to enjoy cannabis for sex.
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The higher the premium for legal cannabis over the illicit price, the more Canadians will purchase cannabis on the illicit market.
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Some leading cannabis companies have probably been oversold, since it's unreasonable to expect profits from companies selling recreational cannabis just yet.
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Other studies suggest that medical cannabis users with insomnia tend to prefer higher concentrations of cannabidiol, a nonintoxicating ingredient in cannabis.
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" Cannabis as an alternative to opioids: "There are people who want to avoid chronic pain and use cannabis instead of opioids.
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"Cannabis legalization has increased the accessibility of cannabis for adults and removed many penalties for use," Brooks-Russell said by email.
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In addition, 14 cannabis items were found, including vaporizer pens, cartridges and packaging from pineapple- and lemon-flavored cannabis oil cartridges.
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If you're a cannabis investor or a founder working on a cannabis-related startup, you've probably heard of Poseidon Asset Management.
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We saw medical cannabis added in Florida and Arkansas, which became the first southern states to have comprehensive medical cannabis programs.
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The Bureau of Cannabis Control, California's statewide cannabis licensing body, has slowly begun a piecemeal crackdown on illegal shops as well.
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"In our survey, some users also said that vaping cannabis helped them reduce their total cannabis consumption," he explained over email.
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Flow Kana is a California-based cannabis company that distributes sungrown, sustainable cannabis from craft farmers in the Emerald Triangle region.
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As of 2016, 25 states had legalized medical cannabis, and four of those states had legalized cannabis for recreational adult-use.
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This dynamic has forced cannabis startup founders — both cannabis-tech and 'plant-touching'— to get creative with how they raise money.
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Joe Avella: The Lowell Farms Cannabis Cafe is the first restaurant in the US that allows the open consumption of cannabis.
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The Coca-Cola Company is in talks with cannabis producer Aurora Cannabis to create pot-infused drinks, according to BNN Bloomberg.
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Place a gram of cannabis inside of each fish and use a few of your other herbs to contain the cannabis.
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Oh yeah, the history of cannabis has been so removed that it's hard to say what the history of cannabis is.
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For controls, they chose two nearby states: Nevada, which legalized only medical cannabis, and Utah, where all cannabis use is illegal.
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But many, including Sarah Gersten, a Cannabis attorney and member of the DC Cannabis Business Association, are looking to change that.
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Overall, cannabis taxes can go up over time — that's because, after legalization, pre-tax cannabis prices will fall, for two reasons.
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It found that 61.7% of those who had used cannabis had tried at least two methods -- combustible, edible or vaporized cannabis.
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People who drink beer and wine may also want to try a nonalcoholic cannabis beverage, or eat a cannabis-infused snack.
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"We are starting to think cannabis is becoming the fourth leg of the industry: spirits, beer, wine and cannabis," he said.
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She realized that I could now try cannabis, and made a business proposal: to start a line of healthy cannabis edibles.
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"There have been several high-profile deaths due to cannabis edibles but no documented death attributable to inhaled cannabis," Monte said.
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Black market sellers of cannabis are also poised to profit off the lack of legal cannabis currently available across the country.
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Thee product line includes cannabis oils with up to 97 percent activated THC—that's the most potent cannabis oil ever. 8.
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Stories from around the webCrapo plans landmark cannabis banking vote (Politico)Indigenous Canadians grapple with the future of cannabis (Cannabis Wire)Scientists unveil weed breathalyzer, launching debate over next steps (NPR)Pot's illicit history makes patenting hard in the legal-weed era (Bloomberg)Legal cannabis packaging still struggling with sustainability (The Globe and Mail) Did I miss anything?
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Some firms, especially where cannabis is now legal under state law, have already decided to leave cannabis out of their screening programs.
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If you opt for a cannabis lubricant, be aware that cannabis lubricants are often oil-based and are therefore incompatible with condoms.
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Several cannabis beermakers, including Two Roots Brewing and Ceria Brewing, say it's a no-brainer to craft no-cannabis, no-alcohol beers.
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Some outside the cannabis world may wonder why there needs to be a retail management platform specifically built for the cannabis industry.
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Age: 219+ Retail type: Cannabis will be sold through the government's existing alcohol retailers, although the cannabis section will be kept separate.
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Patients select from one of Israel's eight cannabis growers, collecting their cannabis from a hospital or dispensary, instead of from a pharmacy.
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Aurora Cannabis (ACB) – Aurora Cannabis announced the retirement of CEO Terry Booth, with Executive Chairman Michael Singer taking over as interim CEO.
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But there are plenty of testimonials from people who swear that cannabis lubricant prolongs orgasm and cannabis tampons will relieve period pain.
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The world's top three listed cannabis companies - Canopy Growth, Tilray and Aurora Cannabis - have a combined market value of around $30 billion.
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The three leading Canadian cannabis companies — Aurora Cannabis, Aphria and Canopy Growth — have each raised nearly $30 million from investors, Greiper noted.
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Since cannabis production and use is not legal under federal law, only state to state, most banks won't lend to cannabis producers.
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"Cannabis tourism will be a healthy part of the tourism industry, which has not yet embraced cannabis," said Kush's founder, Neev Tapiero.
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The five-year renewable licences will allow growers to possess, transport and sell fresh and dried cannabis as well as cannabis oil.
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Canadian pot producer Aurora Cannabis Inc said it had secured a two-year contract to supply medical cannabis to the Italian government.
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" It's described as "a safe space for female cannabis users and non-users to network while learning about the benefits of cannabis.
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Headset, an analytics startup for the cannabis industry, raised a $12.1 million round led by the cannabis-investment fund Poseidon Asset Management.
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The Canadian cannabis market is still &aposunfolding before our eyes&apos"Cannabis growing is much more subjective than other assets," Armstrong said.
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Until policymakers across the country realize this and treat cannabis businesses like a legitimate industry, cannabis consumption will remain in the shadows.
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The bank made an aggressive push into cannabis by hiring Ziebold and Schnurman in June to beef up its cannabis banking team.
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" According to the National Academies report, "The relationship between cannabis use and cannabis use disorder, and psychoses may be multidirectional and complex.
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The Times Free Press reported Wednesday that Terry and Dickerson's bill would expand medical research into treatments with cannabis and cannabis extracts.
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"This is a pure-play ETF for legal cannabis," said Matt Markiewicz, managing director of Innovation Shares, which runs the Cannabis ETF.
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People used to worry that cigarettes were a "gateway" to cannabis, and that cannabis was in turn a gateway to hard drugs.
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Add cannabis and fat to double boiler and cook for 2-3 hours, or until the cannabis has turned a darker shade.
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As a medicinal cannabis user, I want to see a medical cannabis system that puts patients and patients' needs at its core.
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Her favorite photograph is the cannabis "breakfast of champions" shot: a plate of bacon and eggs molded into a cheery cannabis leaf.
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Freyherr International is the UK parent of a mainly Slovenian-based company which grows cannabis and manufactures cannabis-derived concentrates and extracts.
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Goldstein said doctors have a bias against cannabis because they are taught in medical school that cannabis is a substance of abuse.
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Proponents point to the long history in cannabis in India and suggest the "herb" mentioned in ancient yoga sutras is actually cannabis.
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Aurora Cannabis — An analyst at Stifel downgraded the Canadian cannabis company to sell from hold, sending the stock down more than 8%.
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French Health Minister Marisol Touraine later denied this, however, and said the painkiller contained neither cannabis nor any substance derived from cannabis.
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As a longtime cannabis consumer, and being an expert in etiquette, people would always joke about me writing a book about cannabis.
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"Cannabis is correlated with lots of things," said James MacKillop, the co-director of McMaster University's medicinal cannabis research center in Hamilton.
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Los Angeles has "cannabis dispensaries with a medicinal cannabis license" listed under "essential infrastructure" or "healthcare operations" that are exempt from closing.
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Around this time, for-profit schools offering cannabis industry-focused education, like Cannabis Training University and Clover Leaf University, began sprouting up.
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According to the report, half of all reported drug seizures in 22013 involved cannabis, with a further 24 percent involving cannabis resin.
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This CBD usually comes from cannabis plants farmed in Colorado or Oregon, or, increasingly, states not normally associated with the cannabis trade.
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"Given our outlook for continued strong growth in North American cannabis in 21.6, we remain constructive on all three of our publicly traded cannabis stocks," including Canopy, Tilray and KushCo, an American company that sells packaging for the cannabis industry.
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However, the PTSD cannabis trial—the first of its kind to rigorously investigate the safety and efficacy of veterans' claims about using cannabis for PTSD—is an FDA-approved study using cannabis given to the researchers by the federal government.
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The cannabis industry is strugglingThough recreational use of cannabis started to become legal across various states in the US in 2018, the cannabis market isn't exactly the strongest, so the collaboration will likely come as a welcome addition to the company.
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Changing priorities and attitudes have caused arrests for cannabis offenses to fall by 19 percent since 2015, with recorded possession of cannabis offenses almost halving since 2010, prompting reports claiming cannabis is being decriminalized "by stealth" due to police inaction.
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" A tabby cat paws uncertainly at a cannabis plant; another plays with a dinner plate full of weed; a third awkwardly poses next to a red heart-shaped box full of cannabis that reads, "Happy Purrrfect Valentine's Day with Cannabis.
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Newspapers, which have hired full-time cannabis reporters, have published cannabis sections, filled with editorial ads by government-licensed producers advertising lines of cannabis-infused beverages, coffee and dog chew toys they are developing for when such products become legal.
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The California Bureau of Cannabis Control on Thursday proposed emergency regulations that would require state-licensed cannabis businesses to display their unique Quick Response Code certificates in their store windows and ensure they have the digital barcodes handy when transporting cannabis.
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Cannabis insiders are closely awaiting the fate of industry-friendly bills such as the STATES Act, which would recognize cannabis programs at the state level, and the SAFE Banking Act, which would allow for banks to more easily serve cannabis companies.
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"The main message is it's time to legalize cannabis at the federal level," Adam Eidinger, founder of the Cannabis Coalition, told USA Today.
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Investors are already seeing a handful of cannabis companies push ahead of their smaller rivals, namely Canopy Growth, Cronos, Tilray and Aurora Cannabis.
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In the past month, two new trade groups—the Global Alliance for Cannabis Commerce and the National Cannabis Roundtable—have filed registration papers.
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"How much can the lobbyists actually do?" asked Matt Kumin, a California-based cannabis attorney who recently spoke at the Cannabis Dealmakers Summit.
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As distressing as Sessions' nomination is for the cannabis industry, the Trump administration and the DoJ will probably not make cannabis a priority.
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Cronos Group generated $3.8 million in sales in the last quarter driven by medical cannabis sales in Canada and international medical cannabis exports.
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Verzua explained that cannabis plants have 1 to 3 percent terpenes, and this, coupled with cost of cannabis, dictates the final price tag.
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In this group, 8.6% reported keeping cannabis at home and 3.8% said cannabis was used inside the house in the past 30 days.
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It will then become legal to consume fresh or dried cannabis and cannabis oil, and to grow at home up to four plants.
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Cannabis could revive John Steinbeck's moribund Salinas Valley, but at a price: the local tax on cannabis cultivators is $15 per square foot.
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Here's a simple question: Do people who smoke high potency cannabis have more emergency room visits than people who smoke low potency cannabis?
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CBD is the molecule in cannabis that is known for its therapeutic effects, while THC is molecule that gives cannabis its psychoactive properties.
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These are just a few of the rules that, according to cannabis industry and observers alike, leave Canadian cannabis companies at a disadvantage.
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A little clarity: The plant cannabis sativa can be classified as either hemp or what we traditionally refer to as cannabis or weed.
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Laws around cannabis vary greatly by state, and dispensaries operate in places where cannabis is legal for medical purposes but not for recreation.
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Some of that unlicensed cannabis ended up in Denmark, and Health Canada seized thousands of kilograms of cannabis from CannTrust's facilities in Ontario.
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Smokers and cannabis users were 52% and 41%, respectively, more apt to binge drink than their counterparts who didn't smoke or use cannabis.
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Numerous cannabis execs told Business Insider that Canopy Growth's move could spur a cross-border mergers-and-acquisitions boom in the cannabis industry.
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The buzzy cannabis delivery startup is making the rounds to mainstream VCs and cannabis-specific funds, looking to raise $50 to $75 million.
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But the market is also looking for cannabis companies who are spending responsibly, especially as cannabis companies deal with capital constraints, said Azer.
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The announcement came shortly after reports that Molson Coors was in talks with several major Canadian cannabis companies, including Aphria and Aurora Cannabis.
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Cannabis activist Steven Thapelo Khundu handed out cannabis buds from a plastic bag at the expo entrance, encouraging attendees to bring them inside.
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Overall, KPMG worked with 11 of the largest Canadian cannabis companies, including Aurora Cannabis, Cronos Group, The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings, and CannTrust.
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GMP touts its work in the cannabis sector on its website and says it helped raise $2.8 billion for cannabis clients in 2018.
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Because most large venture funds don't invest in cannabis, Sedlin said, numerous smaller funds have "crept up" to invest solely in cannabis companies.
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Access to medical cannabis was a hard-fought battle, and many cannabis advocates have had to pay for their belief with their freedom.
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Campaigners note that law enforcement agencies may struggle to distinguish between an individual using cannabis for medicinal purposes and somebody using cannabis recreationally.
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Cannabis is still deemed a Schedule I controlled substance at the federal level, so large banks aren't permitted to finance (most) cannabis companies.
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The first biannual Cannabis Media Summit took place a few weeks ago, hosted by Duane Morris, a law firm with a cannabis practice.
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San Francisco (CNN Business)Cannabis advocates, medical nonprofits and veterans groups are urging state governors to not shut off access to cannabis businesses.
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Meanwhile, Dutch research suggests higher potency cannabis is linked with a higher rate of first time admissions to treatment for cannabis use disorder.
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That's a departure from many other cannabis firms, which often handle everything from growing cannabis, to processing it, to selling the finished product.
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Critics note the technology must detect recent cannabis use and also prove that cannabis in a person's system impaired his or her driving.
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The Marijuana Index, a composite of cannabis and cannabis-related stocks in the US and Canada, lost about half its value last year.
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Cannabis companies are eager to find candidates with experience in their line of work, rather than a specific education in cannabis, he says.
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And if you&aposre in Tennessee, medical cannabis use is limited to low-THC oil, and cannabis is not legal for recreational use.
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Coca-Cola is in talks with cannabis producer Aurora Cannabis to make marijuana-infused beverages, Canadian news service BNN Bloomberg reported on Monday.
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Overall, my experience at the Original Cannabis Cafe was great, but it may not be the right place for first-time cannabis smokers.
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Greenlane Holdings is far from the only cannabis and cannabis-adjacent company to lose executives and feel the brunt of the industry's downturn.
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Even so, Le Strat is open to the possibility that the lower weight in cannabis users was not a direct result of cannabis.
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Fast-forward to today, when cannabis culture and legislation has drastically changed; Ross is now the go-to guy for cannabis in athletics.
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Approximately 25.7 million people — or 267 percent of Canadians aged 21000 and older — have used cannabis in the last three months, but only 3.083 percent seem to have actually purchased cannabis, possibly implying that a significant number of people who consume cannabis are somehow freeloading from others who have paid for weed, or perhaps, not being truthful about their cannabis consumption habits.
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"Cannabis' legal complexitiesOf course, cannabis is still illegal on the federal level in the US.Marc Hauser, co-vice chair of Reed Smith's cannabis law team, told Business Insider that because we haven't seen the federal government going after cannabis companies that comply with state laws, "we've all developed a level of comfort that this isn't going to get shut down tomorrow.
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It should be motivation to conduct more rigorous studies, especially given the rise in use of cannabis and cannabis-derived products specifically for mental health, and the large swaths of the public deciding on their own that cannabis does treat these symptoms.
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I think a disservice the government did when approaching cannabis is that they only ever defined cannabis by THC — when you take a drug test for weed, they're testing your THC levels — so, for so long, cannabis was only synonymous with THC.
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Aaron Smith is co-founder and executive director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, the largest trade association representing legal cannabis businesses in the U.S and the only one dedicated to promoting fair treatment of responsible cannabis businesses at the federal level.
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"If it is confirmed that Americans are being hurt because of unregulated, illicit market cannabis vape products, it is yet another reason for real, comprehensive federal cannabis reform that will allow the regulated, tested cannabis industry to displace illicit market actors," it added.
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While the cannabis legalization movement has the same broad goal — the legalization of cannabis — it's fraying into two sides: activists who want social justice considered above industry-friendly legislation, and the increasingly well-capitalized cannabis companies and investors on the other side.
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The subject inhaled either cannabis with very little CBD but 8 milligrams of THC (a strain apparently known as skunk in the UK); cannabis with 10 milligrams of CBD and 8 milligrams of THC; or placebo cannabis with neither THC nor CBD.
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The National Cannabis Roundtable signed Squire Patton Boggs to work on federal law and policy governing medical research, financial transactions and tax deductions applicable to cannabis and on allowing states and territories to set and enforce their own laws governing cannabis use.
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Snoop Dogg has made marijuana a centerpiece of his business pursuits, like his cannabis-lifestyle media platform, Merry Jane; his line of cannabis products, Leafs by Snoop; and a venture capital fund, Casa Verde Capital, dedicated to investing in cannabis-related start-ups.
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Many say they are here because they want to see the stigma around cannabis reduced—the head shop owner, Robin Ellins of the Friendly Stranger, says we should replace the term "cannabis user" with "cannabis consumer" because "user" carries a negative connotation.
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While most cannabis companies are trying to compete with the cannabis growers in the Emerald triangle, a region in Northern California that by some estimates produces 60% of all the cannabis in the US, one company is teaming up with them instead.
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This trend has led some alcohol brands — like Molson Coors — to cite cannabis as a "risk factor" in financial reports and enter joint-ventures with cannabis companies and others, like Constellation Brands, to invest heavily in the cannabis industry in recent years.
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Serving as the backdrop for the "Cannabis Policies for the New Decade" hearing is a quasi post-Prohibition landscape where 11 states have legalized the sale and possession of cannabis for adult-use and 22 others have medical cannabis laws in place.
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Although New York wouldn't be the first to the table, its emergence as a state-legal cannabis market could be historically significant, said Morgan Fox, of the National Cannabis industry Association, the trade association representing and lobbying on behalf of US cannabis businesses.
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Brightfield Group, a Chicago-based market and consumer insights firm focused on the cannabis industry, projects that if New York were to legalize cannabis in 2021, it could be the nation's second-largest cannabis industry at $2.2 billion in sales by 2023.
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Canadian cannabis company Tilray entered a $100 million joint venture with beer brewer AB InBev to study cannabis-based beverages, the companies announced Wednesday.
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While recreational cannabis use wasn't included in these figures, the numbers show that Canadian cannabis companies are spending far more than they're bringing in.
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Investors looking for a way to capitalize on the rise of legal cannabis should look no further than Canadian cannabis giant Canopy Growth Corp.
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"We produce and sell more legal cannabis than Tilray and Canopy combined, " Gautam said, calling out two of the top U.S.-listed cannabis companies.
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Like many other parents who consume cannabis, she has very clear ideas on how she is approaching the subject of cannabis with her kids.
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But the way users consume cannabis differs in the 10 states that have legalized recreational cannabis, where pipes are slightly more popular than joints.
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Cannabis companies face executive shake-ups, layoffs, and other cost-cutting measures Other Canadian cannabis giants have announced cost-cutting layoffs in recent weeks.
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Wayv wants to be the Eaze of the enterprise, connecting licensed cannabis companies to licensed brands to provide next-day delivery of cannabis products.
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I met someone named Nick Zorro at the home of cannabis activist and author Robert Connell Clark in Amsterdam during the 2000 Cannabis Cup.
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Called K-Zen Beverages, the months-old startup represents the second cannabis-related investment for DCM after Eaze, the on-demand cannabis delivery platform.
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"States with medical cannabis laws had a 24.8% lower mean annual opioid overdose mortality rate compared with states without medical cannabis laws," they wrote.
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A lot of entrepreneurs in cannabis now are focusing dispensaries or grow houses, but I believe the future is the social experience of cannabis.
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In 2014 the government granted him an exceptional licence to consume cannabis, which helped pave the way for the nationwide legalisation of medicinal cannabis.
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The buyout offer is unlikely to succeed, according to Chris Damas, editor of the BCMI Cannabis Report, a newsletter on investment in cannabis stocks.
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"The medical cannabis industry is much larger than the U.S.," said Matthew Ginder, whose Florida-based law firm represents cannabis businesses, including in Israel.
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In all cases, though, Dr. Knox recommends keeping track of your periods, your cannabis use, and the THC and CBD content of your cannabis.
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Somatik, a San Francisco-based cannabis startup, recently partnered with popular local coffee company Ritual Roasters to create a cannabis chocolate-covered coffee bean.
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He notes, however, that the THC levels now commonly found in cannabis and cannabis products greatly exceed the amounts he used in his studies.
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It would also create a 15-member Cannabis Advisory Board, with members to be appointed by the governor, to advise the Cannabis Control Commission.
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The US cannabis retailer Curaleaf on Wednesday said it's snapping up the Chicago-based Grassroots Cannabis in an $875 million cash-and-stock deal.
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On Thursday Canada launched the second stage of their legalization program, which will see edibles containing cannabis and cannabis concentrates become legal for sale.
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Top investors say they are still wary of investing in cannabis and cannabis-related companies since valuations are high and THC is federally illegal.
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In Denver, where medical cannabis became legal in 28500 and adult use in 6900, city leaders licensed one cannabis retail establishment per 2628,28503 residents.
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Cannabis investors, executives, and industry experts nevertheless say they believe the thesis remains intact: Cannabis will be one of the world's largest consumer industries.
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"Many cannabis robberies are inside jobs," said Matthew Heyl of Helix Security, a Denver company that provides surveillance products and services to cannabis businesses.
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"These findings strongly suggest that abstaining from cannabis helps young people learn, while continuing cannabis use may interfere with the learning process," Schuster says.
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"The cannabis industry needs to wake up to this business reality," said Reggie Gaudino, a vice president at cannabis research firm Steep Hill Inc.
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Business Insider took a look at which cannabis and cannabis-related companies have raised the most venture capital since 2013, using data from PitchBook.
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In the fourth quarter of 2019, legally sourced cannabis averaged $7.84 per gram while illegally sourced cannabis cost $4.36 per gram, according to StatsCanada.
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The Home Office also clarified that the legalization of cannabis-derived medicinal products did not clear the way toward legalizing cannabis for recreational use.
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I think it's a really, really good company and in the cannabis space it is the best because it's actually cannabis that's been approved.
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Earlier this month, EMMAC bought French hemp-based and cannabis healthcare company GreenLeaf, as the legal use of cannabis for medicinal purposes steadily increases.
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In May, four researchers from the University of Alberta received $300,000 in cannabis-research funding through two private companies, Mitacs Canada and Aurora Cannabis.
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The largest percentage gainers on the TSX were shares of cannabis producers Aurora Cannabis, which jumped 19.8%, followed by Hexo Corp, which rose 11.6%.
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While I was in Vancouver, I met with Jodie Emery, a longtime leading cannabis advocate, who co-owns several black market Cannabis Culture outlets.
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However, doping officials no longer test for cannabis out of competition and have raised the threshold for cannabis compounds that results in a violation.
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Officials said they seized more than two tons of cannabis and cannabis products worth more than $10 million, in addition to 85033 illegal firearms.
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In 2019, California's illicit cannabis market was estimated at $8.7 billion, according to Arcview and BDS Analytics, which track and analyze cannabis industry sales.
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One year later, when Mr. Rosenbaum's home state of Oregon voted to legalize cannabis, High 289 Tours was the state's first cannabis bus tour.
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No such technology yet exists for cannabis, but several tech startups and university scientists say they're close to commercializing something resembling a cannabis breathalyzer.
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Of the top 10 stocks with the highest borrow fees, four — Aurora Cannabis, Tilray, Hexo, and Aphria — are cannabis companies, according to the report.
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Several top cannabis producers including Aurora Cannabis Inc and Tilray Inc have announced layoffs and other cost-cutting measures to cope with the slump.
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Emails obtained by TechCrunch show the CTA has told cannabis-adjacent companies it can exhibit if cannabis is not mentioned on the show floor.
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In 2019, the firm invested in six cannabis companies, including beverage companies like Proposition Cocktail Co. and vertically integrated cannabis companies like Henry's Original.
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The show's organizers say a policy tweak for cannabis is possible, but there's a big, complicating difference from sex toys: Cannabis remains federally illegal.
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Fyllo, a digital marketing company focused on the cannabis industry, has acquired CannaRegs, a website offering subscription access to state and municipal cannabis regulations.
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In summary, one can overdose from cannabis products, but risk of death from isolated cannabis use is low, especially from "lower" THC-concentration marijuana.
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Aurora Cannabis (ACB) – Aurora was downgraded to "hold" from "buy" at Jefferies, which noted increasing concern by investors about the Canadian cannabis producer's prospects.
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Black Americans are four times as likely to be arrested for cannabis than white Americans, although cannabis use levels are similar among both races.
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Read more: A VC who runs a $200 million cannabis fund told us why China is the next big frontier for cannabis and hemp
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MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - International Cannabis Corporation will produce Uruguay's first batch of medical cannabis oil for export in December, the company's chief executive said Sunday.
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HARBORSIDE CANNABIS in Oakland is a modern-day temple to the delights and possibilities of the botanical marvel that is the plant Cannabis sativa.
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When I first heard about the Original Cannabis Cafe, I thought that the food would be infused with cannabis, but that's not the case.
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The Open Cannabis Project is an organization that is collecting DNA samples of cannabis strains in order to publish them in a massive database.
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Derek PetersonCEO of Terra Tech California-based, publicly traded cannabis company (TRTC) that grows, markets and retails cannabisOver the last decade, potencies in cannabis have risen sharply because of the adaptation of the plant sciences that have migrated from traditional agriculture into the cannabis scene.
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"It will be prohibited for cannabis extracts, including cannabis vaping products, to contain anything that may cause injury to the health of the user when the cannabis product is used as intended or in a reasonably foreseeable way," said Tammy Jarbeau, a Health Canada spokesperson.
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"It's hard to regulate this industry in a way that makes athletes comfortable with what they're putting in their bodies," Jackson said during a panel on cannabis use in athletes at the Cannabis Business Summit & Expo Thursday hosted by the National Cannabis Industry Association.
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Beth Collins joined the staff of Americans for Safe Access in January 2016 to help advocates initiate, expand and improve state medical cannabis laws and programs, and work with Federal decision makers to reschedule cannabis and reduce the conflict between state and federal cannabis laws.
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There are clear differences in the likelihood and severity of experiencing an overdose from using cannabis versus many other drugs (the risk factor favoring cannabis in most cases), but it is foolish to believe that cannabis use is benign and cannot result in an overdose.
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The proposal would do for cannabis "the same thing it's done for meth: Ensure reduced research initiatives, selective prosecution, and a thriving black market," said Michael Backes, a Southern California-based cannabis industry consultant and author of Cannabis Pharmacy: The Practical Guide to Medical Marijuana.
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The FDA's most recent statement on cannabis marketing, which was updated last week, said "the agency is committed to protecting the public health while also taking steps to improve the efficiency of regulatory pathways for the lawful marketing of appropriate cannabis and cannabis-derived products."
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It gives grants and financial assistance to communities "most adversely impacted by the enforcement of cannabis-related laws" and provides loans to start cannabis businesses.
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The election had both red states and blue states adopt cannabis legislation, and it stands to reason that it signaled a paradigm shift for cannabis.
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"The main risk of cannabis is losing control of your cannabis intake," Mark Kleiman, a drug policy expert at New York University's Marron Institute, said.
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Were federal law to shift to make cannabis legal, his firm Acreage could complete a lucrative sale to Canopy Growth, a big Canadian cannabis firm.
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Cannabis represents a "opportunity" for big tobacco as more and more U.S. states join those that have already OK'd the adult recreational use of cannabis.
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Remember, they are the ones that the doctors can prescribe because it's a uniform amount of cannabis, and that's what's bedeviled all the cannabis companies.
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Longtime Aurora Cannabis CEO Terry Booth is stepping down and the cannabis giant is cutting 500 jobs to slash spending, as turmoil hits the industry.
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" Fong suspects that with little actual data on cannabis, the public gets their information from "pop culture, television shows, celebrities, social media and cannabis conventions.
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New areas for exploration in the field of cannabis research might examine how various cannabis subspecies influence sleep and how this may differ between individuals.
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Canopy and Aurora Cannabis, the world's two biggest cannabis producers, closed down 4.3 percent and 2.9 percent, respectively, after touching all-time highs on Tuesday.
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Switching to just the scientific, medicinal-sounding "cannabis" doesn't necessarily make it clear that it's okay to use cannabis for non-scientific, non-medicinal reasons.
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"They could have legalized cannabis without writing 200 pages of laws," said Sam David, the founder of Coastal Analytical, a Carlsbad-based cannabis-testing lab.
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And while only 10 states had legalized medical cannabis during the study period, cannabis is now legal in 33 states, including recreationally in 10 states.
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These types of seemingly contradictory policies have created confusion and, some cannabis advocates argue, bureaucratic excuses which prevent progress in the arena of cannabis research.
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While the U.S. has been slowly trudging toward cannabis legalization on a state-by-state level, Canada fully legalized cannabis for recreational use last year.
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"Given popular support for cannabis legislation and a preference by many Senate Republicans to respect state's rights, a GOP Senate could advance a cannabis bill."
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Legal recreational cannabis sales begin in California next year, which means the Golden State will be the nation's epicenter for both grape and cannabis production.
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"Americans don't want a crackdown on legal cannabis — they want Congress to end cannabis prohibition once and for all," DCMJ co-founder Adam Eidinger said.
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Many of his diners are "canna-curious" and slightly nervous about cannabis-infused foods, so for now he sticks to using odorless, tasteless cannabis oil.
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They're movie props, as the act of owning cannabis plants without a medicinal manufacturing license, or giving away free cannabis is, you guessed it, illegal.
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Another 317 people, or 28%, had only tried cannabis up to 10 times, while 139 people, or 12%, used cannabis between 11 and 100 times.
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Later they were asked to recall the emotions they were shown, and the cannabis users faired much worse with this task than non-cannabis users.
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They argued that cannabis had, and I quote, "no medicinal value," yet Savitex is a cannabis derivative—so how can it have no medicinal value?
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Israeli media have reported that some 400 Israeli farmers have already applied for cannabis growing permits as part of a government reform of medical cannabis.
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With Canada's recent legalization of recreational marijuana, cannabis company A Higher Level Of Thought (AHLOT) is scouting "expert-level connoisseurs" for its Cannabis Curation Committee.
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The bill, which would remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act, effectively legalizing the drug, is the most comprehensive cannabis bill ever debated in Congress.
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Cannabis companies have been going public, merging, and acquiring competitors in a race for a competitive edge as cannabis legalization continues to sweep the globe.
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Cannabis lab testing company CannaSafe analyzed the vapor produced by illegal cartridges filled with cannabis oil, known as carts, and cartridges sold in California dispensaries.
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Since the federal government still considers all forms of cannabis illegal, cannabis farmers can't get crop insurance, and most banks won't do business with them.
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Despite decades of cannabis activists pointing out the moral obtuseness of cannabis prohibition, it wasn't peaceful protests or well-worded arguments that won the day.
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Black and Brown communities make up the vast majority of cannabis-related arrests in the US, even now in places where cannabis is supposedly legal.
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A biopharmaceutical company hoping to disrupt the cannabis extraction market is claiming some Canadian licensed producers are selling cannabis oils that are tantamount to placebos.
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True cannabis psychosis is extremely rare and it's hard to prove, said Goldstein, who has been a pediatric cannabis specialist for the last ten years.
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There are shaky genetic differences between modern Cannabis indica and Cannabis sativa, but very broadly, certain types of indica can possess higher cannabidiol (CBD) levels.
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"The main risk of cannabis is losing control of your cannabis intake," Mark Kleiman, a drug policy expert who recently passed away, previously told me.
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"This is what legal cannabis looks like," said F. Aaron Smith, executive director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, a trade group based in Washington.
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Alex Traverso, a spokesman for California's Bureau of Cannabis Control, said around 100 dispensaries in the state were licensed to sell recreational cannabis on Monday.
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"It was a debate on cannabis use, so it was whether or not cannabis is right or wrong, which we refuse to debate," she said.
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I learned pretty fast, and from the cannabis work I began to study herbal medicine, so now I make blends of cannabis with other herbs.
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That followed the decision by Quebec's provincial cannabis agency to shutter its 12 cannabis outlets three days a week until the supply can be replenished.
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The broader cannabis industry has seen several CEO departures in recent weeks, at companies such as California-based MedMen Enterprises and Canada-based Aurora Cannabis.
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Brady Cobb is CEO of Bluma Wellness, a U.S. multi-state cannabis operator, and a long-time advocate of efforts to reform U.S. cannabis laws.
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"States with medical cannabis laws had a 24.8% lower mean annual opioid overdose mortality rate compared with states without medical cannabis laws," the study found.
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Despite a challenging year in the cannabis industry, venture investors poured over $2.3 billion into cannabis startups in 2019, up from $1.5 billion in 2018.
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The Modelo brewer's bet on cannabis came as U.S. consumption of beer declined and legalized cannabis was seen as a threat to all alcohol categories.
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Thirty-three states allow their citizens to use medical cannabis in some form or another, and 11 states allow both medical and "adult-use" cannabis.
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It was terrifying for so many reasons: neither of us had any business experience, cannabis is federally illegal, and I had never even tried cannabis.
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On Wednesday, the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) put out a call to Congress: To deal with vaping-related illnesses, legalize cannabis and regulate us.
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Through July, vape products accounted for 25% of licensed cannabis sales in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada and Oregon, according to cannabis research firm BDS Analytics.
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Although inhaled cannabis leads to more visits overall, new research says, edibles -- foods containing cannabis extract -- account for more visits for psychiatric and cardiovascular symptoms.
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This October, Canada is expected to legalize cannabis at the federal level, though there have been prior delays in Canadian politics related to cannabis legislation.
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Nonetheless, the strong association between cannabis use and schizophrenia means that people with predisposing risk factors for schizophrenia should most certainly abstain from using cannabis.
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Read more:'It's a once in a decade opportunity': How top VC firms like Greycroft and Lerer Hippeau are cautiously opening their doors to the potentially $194 billion cannabis industryELLO Capital, a boutique investment bank founded by JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Macquarie veterans, is chasing cannabis deals in the red-hot US marketCuraleaf just snapped up Grassroots Cannabis for $875 million, making it the biggest cannabis retailer.
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Although cannabis is still illegal at the federal level, two things have been protecting medical cannabis programs from federal interference: The Cole Memo, which shifted priorities in states with cannabis laws and gave guidance to state policymakers through eight priorities in the federal enforcement of cannabis laws; and the Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) Medical Marijuana amendment which passed in the fiscal 2015 appropriations bill.
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Read more:A leaked memo reveals that cannabis-vaporizer company Greenlane Holdings quietly laid off 31 employees in FebruaryCannabis company Acreage just cut 40 jobs following a strategic review, and it's the latest sign of a tough environment for cannabis sellersThe CEO of embattled cannabis company MedMen is stepping down on February 1From execs to budtenders, over 2,800 people have lost their jobs in cannabis.
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Cannabis companies, by contrast, don't have a natural deep-pocketed acquirer, as the substance's historical illegality means there is no "Big Cannabis" to buy fledgling startups.
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"We recognize the potential opportunities that cannabis or cannabis-derived compounds could offer and acknowledge the significant interest in these possibilities," Gottlieb said in a statement.
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It would legalize cannabis on the national level and punish states that keep it illegal, while getting rid of federal criminal records for past cannabis convictions.
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Cannabis flowers are generally ground before rolling a joint or loading a bowl, so a whole array of cannabis-specific devices known as herb grinders exist.
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Useful for storing sticky cannabis oils, parchment also has a variety of uses in a cannabis kitchen, from lining pans for baking cookies to pressing rosin.
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Igor Grant, from the University of California, San Diego's Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research, presented research showing cannabis' efficacy varies based on how people consume it.
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All of the drinks offered at the Original Cannabis Cafe were nonalcoholic since California law forbids alcohol and cannabis from being sold on the same premises.
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There has been a surge in homegrown cannabis available in the country, which could be one reason why there is a shift away from synthetic cannabis.
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Very possibly, by summer, more of its future customers will have least tried one cannabis drink, given how quickly people are gravitating to new cannabis products.
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On the day StatCan releases the app, it will publish its first estimates of the cannabis economy dating back to 1961 on a new cannabis hub.
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According to a report from BNN Bloomberg Television, Coca-Cola is having "serious talks" with the Canadian cannabis company Aurora Cannabis about producing CBD-infused drinks.
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The legalisation of recreational cannabis in the United States and Canada represents a huge experiment concerning the effects of cannabis on the brains of young people.
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"Officers are currently at the site where cannabis plants and equipment used in the production of cannabis has been located," Windsor's police said in a statement.
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For instance, Eaze, which has 43 open jobs, is a cannabis delivery service, while Weedmaps, with 29 open jobs, is a review service for cannabis companies.
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But it also may be a win for cannabis nationwide: The more states that legalize cannabis, the likelier it is that federal prohibition will topple soon.
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Michigan voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use, ending decades of prohibition and ushering in a new era of cannabis law and a burgeoning cannabis industry.
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This is why states that have legalized adult-use or medical-use cannabis strongly warn against the consumption of alcohol and cannabis at the same time.
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CanniMed is in the process of buying Up Cannabis' parent Newstrike Resources, while also fending off a hostile takeover by larger rival Aurora Cannabis Inc (ACB.TO).
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High Times' business includes its long-running print magazine, a popular online destination for cannabis news and its weed-growing competition event series, the Cannabis Cup.
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In 1973, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize cannabis possession and in 2015 they joined the list of states to legalize recreational use of cannabis.
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Bob Dillman, a medical cannabis user, says that the provincial government has, in their focus on recreational cannabis, forgotten about the medical users in the province.
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"It's the first example of a real supply route being created," said Henry Fisher of Grow Biotech, a cannabis start-up firm that imported the cannabis.
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She hosts bespoke cannabis events that aim to educate and elevate those who are cannabis consumers or who are interested in learning more about the plant.
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"Descheduling" cannabis will allow legal cannabis businesses to access the banking system and enable nonviolent victims of prohibition to begin the process of rebuilding their lives.
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Venture capital funds have poured close to $2 billion into cannabis startups this year, and mainstream funds are slowly getting more comfortable with cannabis tech companies.
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A new report from the California cannabis-testing lab CannaSafe shared exclusively with Business Insider shines new light on a potential cause: counterfeit cannabis vape cartridges.
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We had a wide-ranging discussion that went from cannabis tech startups to psychedelic drugs, and Mexico's incipient cannabis legalization — all in a snackable 20 minutes.
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The Cannabis Trade Federation (CTF), a nonprofit to educate and advocate for cannabis in public policy, hired 15 lobbyists to push the STATES Act in January.
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Together, another Israeli cannabis grower, has already started up farms in Europe after signing a $300 million contract to supply cannabis products to a Canadian company.
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And this ETF — which will be actively managed by cannabis investor Tim Seymour — joins three other existing ETFs that already offer exposure to the cannabis business.
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In fact, ArcView Market Research, dedicated to developing cannabis industry-related business, reports that medical and recreational cannabis usage together generated 6.7 billion dollars in 2016.
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He has been an instrumental figure in New York's medical-cannabis reform, and has also been a fixture in the legal-cannabis industry since its birth.
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So, if all you do is eyeball the numbers, it looks as if opioid overdoses are lowest in cannabis states and highest in non-cannabis states.
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We're also going to be reporting on some interesting new cannabis research findings, and we'll be taking a pulled-back look at the cannabis sector slowdown.
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"I have qualms about mainstream writers who are getting into cannabis lying to their sources and pretending that they use cannabis to be ingratiating," she said.
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"Cannabis is the safe, responsible choice," said Nick Etten, an Annapolis graduate and former Navy SEAL who runs an advocacy group called the Veterans Cannabis Project.
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On the day I decide to lean into weed events, I'm invited to something called the Cannabis Society Dinner of Influence, hosted by The Cannabis Society.
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Those who might regularly consume both cannabis and alcohol may choose to substitute alcohol with cannabis in some instances where they would have consumed alcohol instead.
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His plan proposes criminal justice reform measures such as expunging past cannabis convictions and proposals to give people with convictions financial help to launch cannabis businesses.
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Californians have been enjoying cannabis-infused food in private homes and at dinner parties since the state began allowing sales of recreational cannabis in January 2018.
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Tilray (TLRY) has a deal with Novartis (NVS)-owned Sandoz to work on medical cannabis products in Canada and other countries where cannabis is already legal.
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California has a deeply rooted cannabis culture and legacy, and cultivation and retail operations became more sophisticated following the passage of medical cannabis laws in 1996.
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The state's new Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, which takes effect Wednesday, allows people to automatically receive clemency for convictions up to 30 grams of cannabis.
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Cases of cannabis-related death have been reported in the literature - one pediatric case of possible cannabis-associated myocarditis, one traumatic death, and numerous cardiovascular deaths.
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Flash forward to today, all but four states have passed medical cannabis laws and there are millions of patients that rely on these medical cannabis programs.
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All of the drinks offered at the Original Cannabis Cafe were nonalcoholic since California law forbids alcohol and cannabis from being sold on the same premises.
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With the liberalization of cannabis laws in some states, more patient education is needed on the impact that different forms of cannabis can have on health.
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She discovered she could earn a living from promoting and reviewing cannabis products and quit her accounting job to work full time as a cannabis influencer.
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Yesterday, around 300 medical cannabis patients gathered outside Parliament to drink cannabis tea—a protest against the unjust laws that have made their lives so difficult.
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Ian Carr, 23, a construction worker who bought cannabis at another dispensary in Berkeley, the Cannabis Buyers Club, shrugged off the prospect of a federal crackdown.
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The group represents more than 500 small, independent cannabis growers, who tend to be distrustful of big money in general, not just in the cannabis space.
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Weed shortages are also impacting medical cannabis patients, who had exclusive access to legal marijuana in Canada for years before cannabis was legalized for recreational purposes.
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California cannabis company Caliva is ditching Eaze and cutting more than 3903 workers in a bet that building up its direct-to-consumer operation will pay offCalifornia cannabis retailer Caliva is taking dramatic steps to shore up its business amid a slump in the cannabis industry.
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With 25 states already allowing some form of cannabis use and nine other states with cannabis measures on the ballot this November, investing in cannabis-based real estate would seem like a no-brainer, but as with any investment, there is always the possibility of a downside.
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Read more: Here are the top bankers raising money, putting together deals, and raking in millions in the global cannabis industryCredit Suisse and Citigroup have each led US IPOs for companies that are looking to invest in FDA-approved cannabis therapies or technology that supports cannabis companies.
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The safest investment is in legal businesses like pharmaceutical companies using cannabis in their treatments as well as companies that make devices to consume cannabis, create sales and tracking software, develop or manage the real estate related to cannabis, or even provide human resources to the industry.
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Adults over 19 can buy cannabis only at one of 193 Ontario Cannabis Stores, a subsidiary of the provincial liquor regulator, that will open at the outset.
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The former House speaker, cannabis opponent and member of the Republican Party is now a board member and shareholder of New York-based cannabis firm Acreage Holdings.
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Tobacco giant investment in cannabis company may have been a smart move for the cigarette maker, but remains the best investment in the cannabis space, says Cramer.
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He was inspired by his experience to found a business in the cannabis industry called BUSHL, an educational platform and marketplace for sustainable, organic, and craft cannabis.
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Weedmaps, a Los Angeles-based cannabis technology and media company, is behind the new museum, which is aimed at destigmatizing cannabis and will open later this summer.
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According to Liu, China intercepted 20183 packages sent through international postal parcels, containing a total of "55 kilograms (1940 ounces) of cannabis and cannabis products" in 2018.
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He's studied substance use and cannabis for years, including work on the National Academy of Sciences committee that produced a comprehensive study on the effects of cannabis.
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About half the people I spoke to were in favor of cannabis as an aphrodisiac, among them "The Cannasexual," Ashley Manta, a sex educator and cannabis writer.
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Whoopi Goldberg's women-focused cannabis startup, Whoopi & Maya, shut down after a personal fissure between the founders, and the challenges of operating in California's legal cannabis market.
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Canopy Growth and Aphria, as well as mid-tier cannabis companies including Supreme Cannabis and Sundial Growers, have all seen their CEOs replaced over the past year.
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Milk Makeup refers to it as hemp-derived cannabis oil (or cannabis sativa seed oil), but it's oil harvested from the seeds of the hemp plant nonetheless.
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"In Western markets, recreational cannabis is expected to outperform medicinal cannabis in market forecasts, but in Asia the opposite is likely to be true," the consultancy said.
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"Chinese investors are warming up to the cannabis market," the consultancy said, noting that despite its illegality in China, medical cannabis research has received some government encouragement.
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Cannabis company Tilray is working with the Sandoz generic drug business of Novartis, supplying non-smokable and non-combustible medical cannabis products where it is legally allowed.
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These include dating apps for cannabis users such as High There and My420Mate, as well as WeGrow, an educational app that teaches people how to grow cannabis.
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On October 193th retail cannabis sales became legal in Canada, offering its cannabis firms a certain chance to expand at home and the potential to capitalise abroad.
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Canadian marijuana company Aphria announced a deal to produce and sell medical cannabis patches developed by scientists at MIT, and Aurora Cannabis announced an expansion into Portugal.
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The reputation of the cannabis plant as an aphrodisiac is growing, from cannabis-based intimacy oils (like Foria) to weed strains designed specifically to make you orgasm.
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At present, cannabis is not permitted in the U.K. despite calls for its legislation, however, the cannabis-based ingredient, cannabidiol has recently been classified as a medicine.
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In June, Chinese authorities said they had intercepted dozens of packages of "cannabis or cannabis products" connected to foreign students or Chinese students who had worked abroad.
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The company will supply a minimum of 400 kg of medical cannabis to the country, one of the most strictly regulated medical cannabis markets in the world.
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Miranda says that playing around with cannabis terpenes and food is a relatively new process, but expect to see more cannabis terpene food pairings in the future.
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Adam Eidinger, founder of the Cannabis Coalition, told USA Today that the event is part of the group's efforts to advocate for Congress to pass cannabis reform.
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The Drug Enforcement Agency, for instance, had the opportunity to reschedule cannabis in 2016, which could have drastically disincentivized the prosecution of cannabis retailers, growers and users.
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"I think it's a bubbling pot of things, including the intersection of the current state of US cannabis policy, general cannabis culture, and modern feminism," said Ginsberg.
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Jay-Z is not, however, the first celebrity to enter the cannabis business; Snoop Dogg has actually got his own brand of cannabis products, Leafs by Snoop.
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For those of you who are still in school, Humiston expects cannabis companies to recruit from colleges and universities with cannabis programs, like Niagara University, in Ontario.
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For context, some of the biggest and most traded cannabis stocks are Canopy Growth (CGC), Aurora Cannabis (ACB), GW Pharmaceuticals (GWPH), Tilray (TLRY), and Curaleaf Holdings (CURLF).
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"What's going on in cannabis isn't unique to cannabis," said Jennifer Drake, a former Goldman Sachs managing director who is the chief operating officer of Ayr Strategies.
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Troy Dayton, chief executive officer of ArcView Group, which links investors to cannabis businesses, agreed more people with Wall Street backgrounds are looking to invest in cannabis.
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New York (CNN Business)Canopy Growth, the Canadian cannabis company backed by Corona owner Constellation Brands (STZ), announced plans Thursday to buy US cannabis firm Acreage Holdings.
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For this reason, she said cannabis overdoses are most common when people take edibles but even in that case, "you cannot fatally overdose on cannabis," she said.
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Weedmaps is a cannabis discovery platform that allows brands to verify stores and products, making it something of a first line of defense against fake cannabis products.
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Buzzy cannabis-delivery startup Eaze is looking to raise a new round that could value it at $123 millionTop VC firms know they can't ignore cannabis forever.
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Date founded: 2008 What it does: Steep Hill is a cannabis science company that works in lab testing and research and development, as well as cannabis genetics.
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Like other firms, it has been monitoring the evolving legal and regulatory landscape when it comes to cannabis and cannabis-related companies and investments, this person said.
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It currently ranks No. 24 in the world for sales of hemp-based CBD, according to New Cannabis Ventures, an information platform focused on the cannabis industry.
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To Gordon Hayes, director of events with the Calgary Cannabis Club, the Stampede's policy is heavy-handed and problematic for people who use cannabis for medical conditions.
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"The main risk of cannabis is losing control of your cannabis intake," Mark Kleiman, a drug policy expert at New York University's Marron Institute, previously told me.
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The fine print: The bill legalizes one ounce or less of cannabis, or the equivalent of one ounce of cannabis-infused products such as oils and edibles.
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The head of the Bureau of Cannabis Control has raised concerns that there may not be enough licensed cannabis distributors in the early days of retail sales.
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They reported that subjects who had access to medical cannabis were 17 times more likely to stop using opiates for pain compared with those not using cannabis.
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The popular, yet troubled, cannabis dispensary chain wants to get out of the business of growing and producing cannabis so it can focus on its retail stores.
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"Up to two-thirds of them report sleep disturbances when they stop cannabis use, and it is a frequent reason for relapse to cannabis use," Kolla said.
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Medical cannabis is currently legal in 2628 states and the District of Columbia and there are approximately 28500 million medical cannabis patients in the United States overall.
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" They concluded, "Smoked cannabis combined with an ineffective analgesic dose of oxycodone produced analgesia comparable to an effective opioid analgesic dose without significantly increasing cannabis abuse liability.
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A 6900 study of medical cannabis patients similarly reported that 2628 percent of the cohort reported substituting cannabis for alcohol, while 28503 percent substituted it for tobacco.
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The Marijuana Index, a composite of cannabis and cannabis-related stocks in the US and Canada, has lost more than 50% of its value since January 2018.
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Several state medical cannabis programs mandate by statute that dispensaries only provide non-herbal formulations of cannabis, such as edible-infused products and e-liquid vaping extracts.
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"I was definitely worried after I saw the Massachusetts ban happen," added Jeff Wilhoit from Puffin Farm in Washington, which both grows cannabis and makes cannabis products.
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Colorado's border-town dispensaries are boomingWhile Missouri has a medical-cannabis program, residents in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Indiana lack access to either medical or adult-use cannabis.
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The Green Solution, a cannabis retailer based in Colorado, says it has been approved by the Federal Trade Commission to be a franchisee in the cannabis industry.
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But while programs like these may lend increased professional credibility to the cannabis industry, recruiters say that studying cannabis isn't necessarily the surest route to a job.
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In January, the school announced a bootcamp that would help minority- and women-owned businesses obtain cannabis licenses in Missouri, a state that recently legalized medical cannabis.
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At the core of CanPay's business are banks or credit unions willing to bank cannabis businesses, which enables cannabis businesses to post transactions in their own names.
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"Therefore, we cannot rule out whether the associations observed between the cannabis use class and psychotic experiences are exacerbated by the combined use of cannabis and cigarettes."
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They seem to me more common when people use cannabis edibles because it is more difficult to titrate THC doses when cannabis is used by this route.
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There are countless stories of cannabis successes, like the use of cannabis products to treat severe seizures, a treatment which is now supported by some scientific evidence.
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Eight states and the District of Columbia allow recreational use, 31 states allow medical marijuana and 46 allow cannabis and cannabis compounds to be used in medicines.
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The measure also provides tax relief to licensed cannabis operators, and provides expanded access to medical cannabis to military veterans, among other important changes in the law.
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Roach is also a member of the city's Cannabis Friendly Business Association, which has been pushing the municipal politicians to give business licences to local cannabis businesses.
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A VC who runs a $200 million cannabis fund told us why China is the next big frontier for cannabis and hempThe world&aposs largest cannabis company has a new CEO, and Wall Street is betting it&aposs a sign that Canopy Growth&aposs investors aren&apost willing to wait for results to improveWall Street stock traders are piling into bets against cannabis stocks, even as shares have plummeted
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"We found that cannabis use was highly prevalent, but what was interesting and new was that the majority of youth who had used cannabis in one form had not only used just one type of cannabis, but they used two or more different types of cannabis products," said Adam Leventhal, lead author of the study and director of the University of Southern California Health, Emotion and Addiction Laboratory.
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Read more:Green Bits, a cannabis startup backed by Tiger Global, quietly terminated over 40 employees in a bid to cut costsA key executive departed cannabis-vaporizer company Greenlane Holdings two days after the company laid off 31 workersEmbattled cannabis retailer MedMen quietly terminated 128 people in February, filings revealCannabis company Acreage just cut 40 jobs following a strategic review, and it's the latest sign of a tough environment for cannabis sellers
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" JOHN KAGIA, executive vice president of industry analytics at cannabis-focused data firm New Frontier "The industry has seen continued growth despite the federal position that cannabis is a Schedule I substance, so we don't think this is constructively going to impact the continued evolution of the cannabis industry.
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A buzzy cannabis startup that partners with local farmers in the Emerald Triangle is seeking to raise fresh cash from investorsWhile most cannabis companies are trying to compete with the cannabis growers in the Emerald triangle, Flow Kana has raised $175 million to team up with them instead.
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"Now that a majority of states have legalized cannabis for medical use, it is indefensible to restrict veterans' ability to access medical cannabis through their VA providers while members of Congress can use their federally subsidized health insurance to obtain medical cannabis recommendations from their doctors," Murphy said.
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Greenlane Holdings, a cannabis vaporizer and accessories company, laid off 31 employees in February, cannabis cultivator Acreage Holdings eliminated 40 workers after a strategic review in February, and the cannabis retailer MedMen cut 128 employees in February and shuttered its Arizona operations in a bid to cut costs.
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Their efforts were supported by a unified financial services sectors led by credit unions, banks and their associations working together to help Congress and their industries understand that the cannabis banking legislation wasn't about making cannabis legal, but rather about making sure that legal cannabis business can bank safely.
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Under the ACT's current law, cultivating one or two cannabis plants or possessing 50g (20133 ounces) of cannabis carries a possible 160 Australian dollar fine ($108), while possessing more than 50g (1.76 ounces) of cannabis carries a maximum 8,000 Australian dollar fine or two years in prison -- or both.
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Tyler James, a director at Sensible Ontario, a cannabis advocacy group who used to work at an Eden cannabis dispensary in Toronto before the Toronto Police cracked down on illegal cannabis shops, told VICE News on Thursday that he was pleased by the news of privatization in Ontario.
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The average seed round in the nascent cannabis industry in the U.S. hovers around $1 million, according to hemp and cannabis-focused investment research by Poseidon Asset Management.
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There are a lot of problems with the methodology of cannabis research, says Sachin Patel, a cannabis researcher at Vanderbilt University who was not involved in the study.
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The increase in gross margin was primarily driven by a higher average selling price per gram of dried cannabis, coupled with a higher proportion of cannabis oil sales.
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Kevin Murphy, of U.S.-based cannabis firm Acreage Holdings, said Thursday he believes that a key bill aimed at recognizing legalization of cannabis will be passed this year.
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As more governments legalize cannabis, Linton told CNBC earlier this month, cannabis-related products could disrupt $500 billion worth of existing industries, ranging from alcohol, cigarettes and pharmaceuticals.
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Boxes of pre-rolled marijuana cigarettes sit stacked at a Quebec Cannabis Society (SQDC) store during a media preview event in Montreal the day before cannabis became legal.
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Recreational cannabis is expected to far surpass medical cannabis sales, however the report says medical weed will still generate $226.5 billion [$220 billion USD] in revenue by 22018.
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The company, an Atlanta-based developer and retailer of cannabis products, raised $100 million to help fuel its rapid US and international expansion in the emerging cannabis industry.
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Though it is not legal at the federal level in the United States, recreational cannabis is legal in 10 states, with medicinal cannabis being legal in another 33.
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Of course this is dependent on how much cannabis you use — and your heart rate might stop being affected in this way if you're a regular cannabis user.
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Like the rules around alcohol sales and consumption, the territorial cannabis legislation provides these communities with the ability to vote on whether to ban or restrict legal cannabis.
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Aurora Cannabis Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue on Monday, as the company benefited from higher sales after Canada legalized the use of recreational cannabis in October.
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"Until now, the Nasdaq has not been willing to list companies that have U.S. 'plant touching' cannabis operations," said cannabis lawyer David Feldman, a partner at Duane Morris.
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Supreme Cannabis, a Canadian cannabis grower, on Tuesday said it was eliminating 15% of its workforce, including one-third of corporate positions, in an effort to cut costs.
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Cannabis is a vasodilator, which means it increases overall blood flow including to the genitals, Dr. Jordan Tischler, a medical cannabis expert at InhaleMD in Boston, told Self.
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California's Bureau of Cannabis Control last year issued a cease-and-desist order to Weedmaps for "engaging in activity that violates state cannabis law" by listing illegal businesses.
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To date, California's new Bureau of Cannabis Control has issued 745 licenses to sell, grow, manufacture, or distribute cannabis, with 239 of those sent out after January 4th.
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These days nobody claims that cannabis can turn you into a bloodthirsty murderer, an undeniable statistical correlation remains between cannabis consumption and the occurrence of a psychotic event.
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The audience choice was HiGrade – Cannabis Analysis which has a computer vision smartphone app for detecting THC levels in Cannabis just by taking a photograph on the phone.
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Of course, chefs' interest in cannabis and CBD, a non-psychoactive compound found in the cannabis plant, does not necessarily mean it is coming to restaurants anytime soon.
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"Veterans expect cannabis to provide relief from symptoms of combat-related trauma and perceive cannabis to be a low-risk or safe substance unlike other drugs," Metrik wrote.
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Examples include Flowhub, an innovative software company servicing cannabis businesses, Front Range Biosciences, which helps research the cannabis plant, and BDS Analytics, the industry's authoritative market research firm.
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Cannabis is also attracting the interest of consumer product companies after Canada last week became only the second country in the world after Uruguay to fully legalize cannabis.
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I want to be empathic in saying I do not believe in casual cannabis use in children or teenagers — I am not advocating casual cannabis use at all.
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In 1964, an Israeli scientist discovered tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the main psychoactive constituent of cannabis and he later identified the endocannabinoid system, the foundation of medical cannabis methodology.
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Cannabis is a pretty dynamic and creative field, but the very real criminal status of cannabis requires anyone getting into it to be a bit of an outlaw.
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A molecular biologist with a PhD from Columbia University, Holmes helped found the Open Cannabis Project in 2016 with the intention of protecting the genetic diversity of cannabis.
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In my home state of California, easily the largest cannabis market in the US, medicinal cannabis has been legal for 20 years, but without safeguards or tax revenue.
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Not a day goes by that I don't hear about a new cannabis dispensary, private members club, delivery service, or some other cannabis-related business opening in Toronto.
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Cannabis is still a budding industry: spending on the plant worldwide is projected to reach just $12.9 billion, according to Arcview Group, a cannabis investment and research firm.
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Cannabis is still a schedule I substance, meaning that the government does not consider cannabis to be medically therapeutic due to lack of research to support its benefits.
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"As the cannabis industry grows and matures, it's vital that we work together for a common-sense legal framework for cannabis policy," Boehner says in a forthcoming release.
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The sheriff's office said the sites visited do not have cannabis permits, state water permits for cannabis or permits from Cal Fire for deforestation and legal tree removal.
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"As the cannabis industry grows and matures, it's vital that we work together for a common-sense legal framework for cannabis policy," Boehner said in a press release.
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Canadian cannabis producer Aphria Inc said on Wednesday it had rejected U.S. cannabis retailer Green Growth Brands Inc's hostile takeover bid, saying the offer significantly undervalued the company.
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"I don't think most people realize just how big the cannabis industry is in Africa already, in South Africa already," said the Cannabis Expo's co-founder Silas Howarth.
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As the cannabis giant prepares to release vapes in Canada ("Cannabis 2.0"), Zekulin said that regulated products are safer, and allow for "tamper-resistant" and "traceable" supply chains.
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We are using pure cannabis oil extracted via fractional distillation, a process that 100 percent extracts the terpene out of the cannabis so that there is no flavor.
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After voters in Colorado and Washington legalized cannabis in late 85033, it was unclear how the federal government would react since cannabis was still prohibited under federal law.
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So the inability to enjoy sex without cannabis could reflect your relationship with your partner, your relationship with yourself, your relationship with cannabis, or all of the above.
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Under the current parameters of the MMPR, the only people who were allowed to apply for licenses to produce cannabis were people without past legal entanglements with cannabis.
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They were able to conduct the raids and issue fines of $575 [$438 USD] for the unlawful sale of cannabis under the province's Cannabis Control and Licensing Act.
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Yet a lot of veterans would look at cannabis not being a qualifying ailment in the state, and that would be the end of their journeys with cannabis.
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In Sonoma County, hearings on cannabis ordinances at the board of supervisors overflow with representatives from the cannabis industry, who wear green, and angry residents, who wear red.
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The amendments will also limit the amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the substance in cannabis that makes people high, to 10 milligrams per serving in cannabis edibles and extracts.
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The Food and Drug Administration has scheduled a public hearing this month on the safety, sale and use of products containing cannabis and cannabis-derived compounds, including CBD.
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" Peter Marcus, a spokesman for a cannabis dispensary group in Boulder, Denver, and Aurora, said "we didn't just plant cannabis" when legalization was passed, but also "local roots.
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Even more old school: Most cannabis companies were still managing orders through text message in 2016 when Ryan Smith and Zach Silverman launched LeafLink, their wholesale cannabis marketplace.
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In celeb news, Carlos Santana, the ten-time Grammy-winning guitarist and longtime cannabis advocate, announced a partnership with Left Coast Ventures to develop cannabis and CBD brands.
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A cannabis breathalyzer that does both of those things has proven elusive, because, unlike alcohol, cannabis can stay in people's bodies long after their "high" has worn off.
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" While the perfume doesn't contain any actual cannabis Wells says they include "natural terpenes found in cannabis are utilized in the formulas such as pinene, limonene and caryophyllene.
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Starting last summer, Aurora and other large cannabis firms saw their valuations hammered after newly legal cannabis markets, notably Canada, didn't grow as quickly as companies had hoped.
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Though it's legal for people to purchase cannabis outside their state, taking cannabis products over state lines (even between two states that have adult-use programs) is illegal.
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"I'll take a couple of cannabis-infused chocolates or mints and transfer them from their packaging to a container that isn't labeled as a cannabis product," she said.
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"Cannabis is almost an analogy for being authentic," said Ms. Peckler, 32, the founder of Highly Devoted in Los Angeles, an online matchmaker that connects cannabis-using singles.
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Among the 1,077 who had ever used any type of cannabis, 7.8% had never smoked it; 2.9% were exclusive vaporized cannabis users and 4.2% were exclusive edible users.
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Legalizing cannabis would end the market for counterfeit cannabis and save lives, and it would enable wide domestic research into the potential medical uses for this common weed.
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Cannalysis chief executive Brian Lannon said the new product was developed in response to the current crisis in the cannabis industry over illnesses related to vaping cannabis products.
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CBD, short for cannabidiol, a minimally psychoactive derivative of cannabis, rose from relative obscurity at the same time that cannabis legalization shed its status as a niche issue.
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San Francisco (CNN Business)Aurora Cannabis is angling to become the world's leading cannabis company, and the Canadian operator's next big move could come south of its border.
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In this case, Canada will have an advantage on intellectual property, investment dollars and tax money from the cannabis industry, as well as developing investment opportunities in cannabis.
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It is my mandate, as a member of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, to oversee the responsible transition of cannabis-related activity into a legal and regulated industry.
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Government tax revenues from cannabis sales "may rise further in the second half of the year, as additional cannabis retail outlets are scheduled to open," Statistics Canada said.
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The new law will allow adult Illinois residents to legally possess 30 grams of cannabis flower, and up to 500 mg of THC in a cannabis-infused product.
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"So, Theresa May's mortgage is being paid by cannabis money [and] our own drugs minister can't even talk about cannabis because she's now profiting from it," says Boon.
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While industry lobbying may yet grant cannabis businesses banking rights, including those few businesses owned by minorities, "we need to ensure that equity and social justice elements are included in ALL cannabis policy," Shanita Penny, the president of the board of the Minority Cannabis Business Association, told VICE in an email.
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Nearly one million Canadians — or 23.08 percent of weed users — say they spent more than $228 on cannabis in the second quarter of 280, while another 25 percent spent up to $100, and the remaining 21 percent spent up to, but not more than $250 on cannabis or cannabis products.
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Ten states and Washington, DC, have now legalized cannabis for adult use; 33 states have legalized comprehensive medical cannabis programs; two in three Americans now support legalizing cannabis nationwide for recreational use, according to Gallup polling data; and a majority of older Americans — a formidable voting bloc — now supports legalization.
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Though cannabis is still illegal at the national level, Epidiolex is now in the least restrictive category of drug regulation, Schedule V. The move is a good news for pharmaceutical companies that want to develop their own cannabis-based drugs, but it won't mean much for other cannabis "wellness" products.
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Some industry experts say the hearing was held as a way to shore up support for more limited cannabis legislation, including the SAFE Banking Act and the STATES Act, which would protect banks that want to work with cannabis companies and states that want to create recreational cannabis markets respectively.
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Read more:The CEO of the top-selling cannabis shops revealed how a strategy he shares with Starbucks is crucial to his successWall Street stock traders are piling into bets against cannabis stocks, even as shares have plummetedAccountants are making millions from the Canadian cannabis industry, and KPMG is leading the pack.
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According to Eaze, the top brands in those categories includes Kiva, which makes cannabis-infused chocolates and cannabis-infused gummies in flavors from sparkling pear Prosecco to wild berry.
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"Decriminalizing cannabis in Israel is another step towards creating a Canna-Tech global industry, with Israel at the forefront," said Saul Kaye, CEO of iCan, a cannabis entrepreneurship incubator.
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And as the the Hill reported earlier this year, Boehner, who joined Squire Patton Boggs, is also chairing the National Cannabis Roundtable and taking meetings with lawmakers on cannabis.
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It is a new industry with the potential for big growth, and Canada has now positioned itself to be the largest global marketplace for cannabis and cannabis-related products.
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These Airbnb rentals offer groovy and unique experiences from touring cannabis farms to partaking in local craft cannabis year round but are especially fitting for an April 20 getaway.
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Adults will be able to purchase and possess 30 grams of cannabis, five grams of cannabis concentrate, and cannbis-infused products containing no more than 13 milligrams of THC.
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"This change will significantly increase entrepreneurship and investment into cannabis in Israel as the old stigma of criminal cannabis disappears," iCAN co-founder Saul Kaye said in a statement.
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The long-term global cannabis market is likely worth $22019 billion to $500 billion, with more than 25 countries already allowing cannabis use in some form, Lavery told clients.
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Just last week, John Boehner, the former Republican House majority leader, also announced his support for de-scheduling cannabis, saying he was joining the board of a cannabis company.
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George McBride, CEO of Hanway Associates, a London-based consulting firm specializing in cannabis research, said there are still promising opportunities in the business of recreational and medical cannabis.
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We've updated our list of ongoing layoffs in the cannabis industry again this week with the addition of Supreme Cannabis, which cut around 15% of its workforce on Tuesday.
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And with its position as Florida's top medical cannabis producer, Trulieve is on the front lines of helping cannabis-based alternatives to opiates become more mainstream, Rivers told Cramer.
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Walker's aim is to educate visitors about cannabis, from the beginning stages of its seeds to its extraction, and serve as a fun and immersive space for cannabis consumers.
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In 22008, after applying for and receiving a license to perform marriages with a "cannabis sacrament," he started the Hawaii Cannabis Ministry, or THC Ministry, where weed is god.
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Israel aims to fill the void by combining its expertise in agriculture, technology and cannabis-based medicine, said Yuval Landschaft, head of the health ministry's medical cannabis unit (IMCA).
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The time is right for a loosening of restrictions around what cannabis companies can and can't say in ads and social media, with "cannabis 2.0" coming later this year.
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One of the starting points for rescheduling cannabis would be for the the World Health Organization (WHO) to undertake a formal review of cannabis' placement in the convention system.
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A public hearing this month by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will hear testimony on the safety of products containing cannabis and cannabis-derived compounds such as CDB.
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Catalano happens to be focused primarily on the pairing of distinct cannabis strains with food, and is the author of The Ganja Kitchen Revolution: The Bible of Cannabis Cuisine.
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In Colorado, where recreational cannabis was implemented in 2014, new studies have found that both the crime rate related to cannabis and the percentage of teen users has fallen.
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Demand for cannabis is outstripping supply in New Zealand, as the country suffers from a marijuana shortage following police seizure of thousands of cannabis plants, according to the Guardian.
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"There is no telling how the Trump administration will handle the legalities of cannabis," said Ethan Andersen, spokesman for NisonCo, a public relations firm that works with cannabis companies.
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The Canadian company will buy from Together subsidiary Globus Pharma 50 tonnes of dried inflorescences of cannabis each year, which is equivalent to five tonnes of medical cannabis oil.
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Many Capricorns with affection for weed may find themselves on the business end of cannabis, creating their own farm or pulling late nights to launch a cannabis start-up.
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The initial index basket tracks 26 names, many of which should be familiar to followers of the space: Cannabis Wheaton, Cronos Group, Aurora Cannabis, Corbus Pharmaceuticals and so on.
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We are the largest medical cannabis cultivator and product manufacturer in Illinois with Cresco Labs and have a vertically integrated cannabis business in Las Vegas with Silver Sage Wellness.
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That's because cannabis companies are investing heavily in THC and CBD infused beverages, and one biotechnology research company claims it has the technology to create the ideal cannabis drink.
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At least one-in-five Americans are using cannabis to help with the treatment of pain, and many experts agree that the potential medical uses of cannabis are significant.
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Steinmetz: I think when I first came to California first kind of exploring cannabis, I was just amazed and inspired by this ecosystem of more than 53,000 cannabis farmers.
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Beyond earnings, we got fresh details on cannabis-delivery startup Eaze's hunt for more VC money, and spoke to the CEO who got Credit Suisse on board with cannabis.
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"We know from polls over a number of years that a majority of New Zealanders support cannabis law reform," said Sandra Murray, a spokeswoman for the Cannabis Reform Coalition.
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On the other hand, a National Academies review of the Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids found "substantial evidence" that cannabis is effective for some forms of chronic pain.
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It shows the top ten banks working on cannabis deals and an estimate of how much money they've made in cannabis since 2015, primarily from deals and stock offerings.
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The Marijuana Index, a composite of cannabis and cannabis-related stocks in the US and Canada, has lost over 50% of its value since its high in January 2018.
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To Peter Horvath, the CEO of Green Growth Brands, a CSE-listed cannabis company, the cannabis industry is facing the "exact" same problems as tech in the late 1990s.
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The legalization and, more importantly, commercialization of cannabis markets in the US has spawned cannabis-producing brands whose products can only be bought in states where weed is legal.
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"I think there's a much broader market that's been exposed to cannabis, and people realize that if you use cannabis the world isn't going to fall apart," finishes Farris.
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The amendments will also limit the amount of tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, the substance in cannabis that makes people high, to 10 milligrams per serving in cannabis edibles and extracts.
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CBS's decision to stop cannabis companies from joining in on a major advertising event like the Super Bowl is not reflective of the country's changing views of cannabis, though.
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According to Schain, while cannabis is federally illegal, the real reason banks and merchant services won't work with cannabis companies is that the practice is seen as too costly.
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Jesse Horton, co-founder of the Minority Cannabis Business Association, advocated for more inclusion of Black folks in the industry, even those who have been convicted of cannabis charges.
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Canada-based medical cannabis company CannTrust Holdings Inc said it suspended sales of cannabis products after the federal health regulator found the company sold marijuana produced in unlicensed facilities.
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"The Batch is a new no-frills cannabis brand focused on delivering quality cannabis flower and pre-rolls at competitive prices," said Tilray's Chief Marketing Officer Adine Fabiani-Carter.
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While previous research has found a link between cannabis use and psychiatric symptoms, it's not been clear whether people are using cannabis to help them deal with existing problems.
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Could you break down in layman's terms why, though recreational cannabis is now legalized, people probably can't go to the dispensary and buy recreational cannabis with their medical license?
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Dennis Bozanich, a Santa Barbara County official charged with cannabis implementation who has become known as the cannabis czar, says the essential oil odor control has been largely successful.
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He points out that publicly traded cannabis companies now have a total market value of $35 billion, but legal cannabis spending is expected to hit $32 billion — by 2022.
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Emboldened by the end of the marijuana prohibition, he recently launched Legacy, a new cannabis lifestyle brand, teaming up with CRX, a cannabis health care company based in Calgary.
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Cannabis is legal for adults over the age of 21 in 11 states, and a total of 33 states have some form of medical cannabis access on the books.
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A marijuana-themed cookbook, peppermint-flavored cannabis mouth spray to treat aches and pains, a global equity fund investing in the hemp industry, a cannabis superstore in Las Vegas.
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Those slow growth rates were largely driven by price drops on flower, or cannabis bud, Tom Adams, managing director at cannabis market research firm BDS Analytics, told CNN Business.
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Start-ups like Caliva, a cannabis producer; Eaze, a delivery service; and NorCal Cannabis Company, another producer, have together cut hundreds of members of their staffs in recent months.
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The studies in the review do carry extra credibility, and therefore less bias, Lichtenfeld said, because the cannabis used was from countries where cannabis quality control is highly regulated.
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Shares of medical cannabis firm Tefen jumped 13 percent, while other cannabis producers were 2.6 percent to 7 percent higher on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange after Netanyahu's remarks.
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