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Nevada Almost Out of Weed, Gov Endorses ‘Statement of Emergency’

July 11, 2017 at 12:13 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

Less than two weeks after sales of recreational marijuana kicked off in Nevada, stores are running out of pot to sell, according to the state’s Department of Taxation. On Friday, Gov. Brian Sandoval endorsed the department’s call for a “statement of emergency,” which would allow for more licensed distributors, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported. Nearly 50 dispensaries in the state have licenses to sell marijuana for recreational use. Those sales got underway on July 1. But those same retailers do not [...]

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Greece Legalizes Medical Marijuana

July 3, 2017 at 5:09 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Medical Marijuana

Greece’s parliament has announced that cannabis is effectively legal for medicinal purposes. “From now on, the country is turning its page, as Greece is now included in countries where the delivery of medical cannabis to patients in need is legal,” said Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The joint ministerial decision reached by Ministers of Health and Justice was published in Friday’s edition of the Government Gazette. It was noted that cannabis will no longer be classified as a Table A drug, [...]

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Cannabis Industry Could Reach Over $60 Billion in 7 Years

June 23, 2017 at 3:27 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

It appears the booming legal marijuana market has no intention of hitting the breaks. According to a recent market research study from Ameri Research Inc., the global market will surge from $14.3 billion in 2016 to an estimated $63.5 billion by 2024. Fueled by what the report identifies as an increase in legalization across North America and Europe, as well as an increase in demand in cannabis for both medicinal and recreational purposes, the global market is projected to grow [...]

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How Analytics is Changing the Cannabis Industry

June 15, 2017 at 3:38 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Decriminalization, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana

Getting a Rocky Mountain high may soon be legal in all 50 states, which means pot is fast on its way to becoming just another industry, albeit an exploding one. And as the marijuana industry comes aboveground, it’s opening a huge space for the usual disruptors — tech startups and data analytics firms. Startups like WeedFinder in California began with medical marijuana, using technology to provide on-demand marijuana deliveries via an app. Headset.io provides data to help retailers deep analytics [...]

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Rock Legend, Chris Cornell, Dies at Age 52

May 18, 2017 at 1:48 am / Cannabis News, Music

Video (above): Chris Cornell talks about how strong the marijuana is in the Bay Area, California DETROIT – According to his representative, rocker Chris Cornell, frontman for Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog and later Audioslave, has died at age 52. In a statement to The Associated Press, Brian Bumbery says Cornell died Wednesday night in Detroit. Bumbery called the death “sudden and unexpected” and said his wife and family were shocked by it. The statement said the family would be [...]

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Las Vegas Recreational Cannabis Sales Begin July 1st

May 17, 2017 at 1:12 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization, Recreational Marijuana

An early start to recreational marijuana sales in Nevada cleared the final state hurdle Monday, paving the way for the program to roll out in under two months. The Nevada Tax Commission adopted temporary regulations proposed by the Department of Taxation that will allow the state to issue recreational marijuana licenses by July 1. Most of the regulations were copied from the state’s medical marijuana program. Tax department director Deonne Contine stressed the urgency in getting the regulations adopted so [...]

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Consuming Marijuana Everyday Can Repair and Defend the Brain

May 13, 2017 at 1:33 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Reviews, Medical Marijuana

Researchers believe that cannabis could actually help to sharpen our minds later in life. Researchers at the University of Bonn and Hebrew University have discovered that low, regular doses of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), one of the main active ingredients or cannabinoids found in marijuana, may help to keep our brains from ‘slowing down’ as we get older. Published today in the journal Nature Medicine, the German study revealed that while younger mice suffered a performance drop under the influence of THC, the psychoactive [...]

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Marijuana Helps Stop Seizures

May 11, 2017 at 4:06 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Reviews, Marijuana Legalization, Medical Marijuana

Medical Cannabis Helps Stop Seizures in Children Medical cannabis is becoming increasingly accepted as an effective treatment for a variety of medical conditions. Marijuana has been notably identified as an anti-seizure, particularly in relation to children with conditions like epilepsy, and Dravet, Doose, or Lennox-Gastaut syndromes. These conditions bring on dangerous seizures that can severely impact quality of life. They can also be fatal. As a result, due to the overwhelming harmful side-effects from other prescription drugs, more and [...]

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Feds Cannot Hire Hackers Because They All Use Marijuana

May 9, 2017 at 1:52 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Marijuana Legalization

“I have to hire a great work force to compete with those cyber criminals and some of those kids want to smoke weed on the way to the interview.” Update 5/21/14: After being chastised for his comments about marijuana by Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), FBI director Comey told those in attendance at a senate hearing on the bureau’s oversight that he was just kidding. “I am absolutely dead set against using marijuana,” he said at the hearing, “I don’t want [...]

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