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Top Florida Democrat Sues Over Rule Keeping Medical Marijuana Users From Buying Guns
Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried’s lawsuit targets a federal requirement that prohibits medical marijuana users from purchasing firearms.
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High From Hemp: States Wrestle With Chemically Made THC
Marijuana regulators around the country face a vexing question: What place does chemically derived THC have in regulated adult-use or medical markets
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Mike Tyson's Cannabis Brand Making Ear-Shaped Weed Gummies
Mike Tyson’s cannabis brand has launched ear-shaped marijuana edibles nearly 25 years after he was disqualified from a championship for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear.
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Why the NFL Gave UC San Diego Half a Million Dollars to Study Cannabis as a Treatment for Injuries
Professional football is a 100% injury endeavor. Anyone who makes it to the NFL will get hurt at some point. It’s just the nature of the game, and the types of injuries football players suffer don’t end when they stop playing.
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NFL Giving $1 Million to Fund 2 Studies on Cannabinoid Effects on Athletes
The studies will focus on uses for pain management and neuroprotection from concussion in elite football players
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Man Arrested After His Mom Accidentally Serves Pot Brownies to Senior Citizens
A South Dakota man is facing a felony drug charge after his mother unknowingly served his marijuana-laced brownies to a group of seniors at a local community center, according to officials.
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Cannabis Compounds May Prevent Coronavirus Infection, Study Finds
Some of the compounds in cannabis may prevent the entry of the coronavirus into healthy human cells, according to a study published in the Journal of Nature Products.
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Cannabis Bust on Indigenous Land in New Mexico Highlights Legal Divide
A federal raid on a small household marijuana garden on tribal land in northern New Mexico is sowing confusion and resentment about U.S. drug enforcement priorities.
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Sacha Baron Cohen Sues Massachusetts Cannabis Dispensary Over ‘Borat' Billboard
Actor Sacha Baron Cohen is suing a Massachusetts cannabis dispensary over a billboard featuring an image of his character from the movie “Borat,” court documents show. He said the Somerset dispensary, Solar Therapeutics, Inc., plastered the persona on the billboard without his permission for weeks, reaching hundreds of thousands of people. Baron Cohen, along with his California-based company Please You…
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Clarence Thomas Says Federal Laws Against Marijuana May No Longer Be Necessary
“The federal government’s current approach is a half-in, half-out regime that simultaneously tolerates and forbids local use of marijuana,” the conservative Supreme Court justice wrote.
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Lobsters Hung Out in a THC Hotbox, For Science
Biology researchers exposed lobsters to THC, the chemical in cannabis that gets users high – after a lobster shack owner claimed the drug could ease the crustaceans’ suffering when getting cooked.
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Calif. University Leading Landmark Trial Testing Cannabis as Migraine Treatment
A team at UC San Diego Health is conducting the first known randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial looking at cannabis as a potentially effective treatment for acute migraines, and researchers put out a call today for participants.
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How Can States Address the Opportunity Gap in the Cannabis Industry?
Many states that are legalizing marijuana have plans to help communities hurt by the war on drugs and create a legal weed industry reflective of those communities. But there needs to be more than “magical thinking” from regulators to get those businesses started, says Smoke Wallin, a board member of the U.S. Hemp Roundtable.
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Federal Judge Bans Covina Company from Selling Pot-Infused Nerds Knock-Offs
A Covina cannabis delivery company has been banned from selling marijuana-laced Medicated Nerds Rope, an edible packaged to resemble candymaker Ferrara’s popular Nerds Rope, court papers obtained Saturday show.
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National City Green-Lights Cannabis Lounges
While many municipalities around San Diego have approved medical marijuana dispensaries and retail sales locations, National City has become the first in the county to approve lounges for the consumption of the drug.
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Weed Dispensaries Have to Rely on Cash – Unless This Bill Passes
In states where marijuana is legal, dispensaries have to use cash or debit cards. They’re unable to accept credit cards or other forms of payment due to their product, cannabis, still being illegal under federal law. But the SAFE Banking Act, if it passes the Senate, would allow marijuana businesses to do more banking on the books and create a...
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CHP to Step Up Anti-Drugged Driving Enforcement for 4/20
California Highway Patrol officers in southwest Riverside County and elsewhere are planning increased patrols Tuesday to snare cannabis users who celebrate the unofficial marijuana “holiday” of 4/20 by getting high and driving.
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Authorities Remind Residents That While Marijuana is Legal, Driving Under the Influence is Not
International Marijuana Day is a date in which many people usually celebrate by consuming this substance, for this reason, the police reminded California residents that although the use of this plant is legal in this state, driving under the influence is still a serious crime.
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New York Legalizes Recreational Marijuana
Under a bill signed Wednesday by Governor Andrew Cuomo, New Yorkers over age 21 can now possess up to three ounces of cannabis, and the state will automatically clear criminal records of certain past marijuana-related convictions.
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NY Becomes 16th State to Legalize Marijuana
New York has become the 16th state in the U.S. to legalize marijuana after the state Senate and Assembly both voted to approve the bill on Tuesday — and Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed it into law the following day.