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  • Texas: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens Near Austin

    Texas: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens Near Austin

    February 8, 2018 at 6:01 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Medical Marijuana

    One of Texas’ first cannabis dispensaries opens today, but it looks nothing like the ones in states where recreational marijuana is legal. At Compassionate Cultivation’s dispensary near Austin, customers won’t find marijuana to smoke or pot brownies and gummy bears to eat. One product is for sale: a specific kind of cannabis oil. Only Texans with intractable epilepsy can purchase it. With its front desk, couches and chairs and piles of children’s books and magazines, the dispensary resembles a clinic or the waiting room of a doctor’s [...]

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

    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

    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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  • How Analytics is Changing the Cannabis Industry

    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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  • Las Vegas Recreational Cannabis Sales Begin July 1st

    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

    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

    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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  • Texas: Medical Cannabis Bill Supported by Majority of House, Moves Forward

    Texas: Medical Cannabis Bill Supported by Majority of House, Moves Forward

    May 8, 2017 at 2:58 am / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Medical Marijuana

    UPDATE: After a big bipartisan push on and off the House floor Friday, Public Health Committee Chair Four Price, R-Amarillo, called an impromptu meeting to vote on HB 2107 just before 5 p.m. The bill passed 7-2, with Price and Representative Stephanie Klick, R-Fort Worth, opposing. The measure now advances to the calendars committee, where Chair Todd Hunter, R-Corpus Christi, can schedule the bill for debate on the House floor. The House has until May 11 to consider the legislation. ORIGINAL [...]

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  • Iowa: Medical Marijuana Bill Passes Senate 45-5

    Iowa: Medical Marijuana Bill Passes Senate 45-5

    April 18, 2017 at 12:23 pm / Cannabis News, Cannabis Politics, Medical Marijuana

    A wide-ranging bill authorizing the use of medical marijuana for ailments from cancer to post-traumatic stress disorder was passed Monday night by the Iowa Senate, although it’s unlikely to win approval in the Iowa House. Senate File 506 was passed on a 45-5 vote. It would allow for patients with a range of medical conditions to obtain a medical cannabis registration card after receiving written approval from a doctor. The card would enable a patient to obtain medical marijuana from a dispensary in Iowa. It would legalize the production and distribution of medical [...]

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