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Constitutional Challenges Highlight Serious Access Issues in Canada’s Medical Marijuana Program
February 23rd, 2015 – The fate for how tens of thousands of Canadians access their medical marijuana, the price they pay and what form that medicine takes hangs in the balance as the first of two major court cases are set to begin this week. So too does the fate of Canada’s fledgling commercial marijuana…
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Cannabis Experts Convene in San Francisco Feb. 15th-16th in Advance of Expected Legalization in 2016
San Francisco, CA – February 12th, 2015 – With three Pacific Coast states voting to legalize cannabis for recreational consumption, and California expected to do so in 2016, savvy businesspeople are already planning for the impending multi-billion dollar cannabis industry. Alex Rogers, CEO of Northwest Alternative Health and producer of the upcoming International Cannabis Business…
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Hemp’s Vast Health Potential Hindered by Marijuana Prohibition
February 7th, 2015 – Hemp is neither a drug nor a hallucinogen, but it’s still considered a controlled substance by the federal government. Yet hemp oil has the potential to provide so many health benefits through the presence of Cannabidiol (CBD) a naturally occurring phytocannabinoid in hemp. A non-psychoactive substance that doesn’t get you high,…
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Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015 Could Change Everything
January 9th, 2015 – The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015 is introduced in Washington – this bill could change everything! Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., introduced legislation Thursday that would allow American farmers to grow and profit from industrial hemp. The Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015 would…
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The Marijuana Industry could be Bigger than the NFL by 2020
October 27th, 2014 – A report out from Greenwave Advisors, a “comprehensive research and financial analysis for the emerging legalized marijuana industry,” projects that legal cannabis could be an industry with revenues of $35 billion by 2020 if marijuana is legalized at the federal level. They note that this is a floor representing revenues in…
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Medical Marijuana Inc. Files $100M Lawsuit Over ‘False’ Claims
October 17th, 2014 – Medical Marijuana Inc. has filed a lawsuit in California against several businesses – including a prominent cannabis testing lab – over statements made about its hemp-based products. The publicly traded company is seeking at least $100 million in damages, saying the comments caused a huge dip in its stock price and…
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Kids Need THC, Too: Lawmakers Are Legalizing Certain Strains of Marijuana, but That Won’t Be Good Enough
September 22nd, 2014 – Republicans love marijuana. Pushed by a cadre of Christian brothers from Colorado and promoted by CNN’s doctor-on-television Sanjay Gupta, a strain of marijuana acceptable for suburban squares and the churchgoing set is winning friends on the right. Marijuana low in THC but high in CBD — cannabidiol, one of the many…
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Ottawa Father denied say in Son’s Cancer Treatment after Fighting Chemo in favour of Hemp Oil
September 15th, 2014 – An Ottawa father has been denied a say in his 18-month-old son’s leukemia treatment after he wanted to use hemp oil instead of chemotherapy. “My fear is that his body is not going to take well to [chemotherapy], and he’s only an 18-month little boy,” the 23-year-old father told CBC News…
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Research on medical marijuana is scant due to legal, financial hurdles
August 31, 2014 – The proof of the medical benefits of marijuana remain elusive because federal law treats cannabis as a Schedule I drug. Along with heroin, it’s in the most dangerous class of drugs with the highest potential for abuse and no “currently accepted” medical use. In contrast, cocaine and methamphetamine are Schedule II…
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Kentucky Hemp Lawsuit Dropped After Agreement Made with DEA
August 16th, 2014 – Kentucky Department of Agriculture and the federal government today finalized an agreement on a formal process for importing industrial hemp seeds into the Commonwealth. As a result, the department filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit it brought against the federal government in May. “With this agreement, Kentucky is now the…