Alabama Pauses Medical Cannabis Licenses, Citing Problems With Application Process
Regulators in Alabama last week abruptly suspended the process of awarding business licenses for the state’s new medical cannabis program, citing the “discovery of potential inconsistencies” in the application process. During an emergency meeting on Friday, the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission voted to “stay all ...
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Brand Spotlight: Mary’s Medicinals
From a young age, Allie Greenstone had known that she wanted to work with cannabis. When, during her college years in Michigan, medical marijuana ended up on the ballot, she printed over a hundred T-shirts that read “Yes to Prop 1” in a kitschy, leafy font. Fittingly, she started her career as a budtender in Denver, while ...
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Judge Clears Florida Doctor Accused of Medical Cannabis Fraud
A doctor in Florida who was accused by the state of failing to conduct adequate evaluations of patients before ordering them medical cannabis prescriptions was cleared by a judge on Wednesday. The Tampa Bay Times reported that an administrative judge ruled that Joseph Dorn, a Tallahassee physician, “didn’t do anything ...
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Kentucky House Passes Medical Cannabis Legalization Bill
The Kentucky House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to legalize medical cannabis, only one week after the proposal was advanced by a key legislative committee. The measure, House Bill 136, was passed by the House with a vote of 59-34 and will now head to the state Senate for consideration. A similar bill was ...
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New Jersey is about to legalize cannabis, but home growers could still face up to 20 years in jail
With New Jersey set to legalize recreational cannabis, advocates and researchers are sounding the alarm about legislation that still carries draconian punishments for home growers, Politico reports. Read More Source: ...
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Ottawa to form advisory committee after Canadians voice interest in ‘cannabis health products’
The results are in from more than two months of public consultations by Health Canada regarding cannabis health products, with more than 60 per cent of respondents indicating that they would be interested in such items. Read More Source: ...
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‘Dr. Weed’ on Reddit: ‘Sativas and Indicas are terms cannabis community wants to start getting away from as they are meaningless’
Matt Elmes's Ph.D. research focused on biochemistry and cannabinoid intracellular transport. He now works in product development with CannaCraft, a California-based cannabis company. He's also been a regular cannabis consumer for the last 20 years. Read More Source: ...
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