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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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Scientists In Israel Will Study Anti-Tumor Effects of Cannabis In Cancer Patients
They’re looking particularly at cannabidiol (CBD), a nonpsychotropic compound in pot. October 22nd, 2014 – Israeli researchers will soon begin evaluating the anti-tumor effects of cannabidiol, a non-psychotropic cannabinoid, in patients with cancer. Researchers at the Hassadah Medical Center in Jerusalem have announced their intent to conduct a Phase II clinical trial to assess the…
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The Big Trend in Medical Marijuana: Products that Don’t get you High
October 21, 2014 – I’m going to start this post with a confession. I, like many Americans, do not know very much about cannabis. I went to college, where I had friends in fraternities, and I’ve seen more of the movie Pinneapple Express than I care to admit. But when it comes to marijuana I…
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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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Hemp Oil Hustlers: Project CBD Investigates Medical Marijuana Inc.
October 14th, 2014 – Project CBD, a non-profit organization focusing on cannabidiol research and education, has published a report that questions the integrity of the products and business practices of Medical Marijuana Inc. and its subsidiaries. The report, titled “HEMP OIL HUSTLERS: A Project CBD Special Report on Medical Marijuana Inc., HempMeds and Kannaway”, was…
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Families want CBD oil approval in Epilepsy Debate
October 12th, 2014 – Families around the country want to see CBD oil legalized because of its potential use in epilepsy. Some have taken the drastic measure to move to states that allow the use of the oil while others are waiting for laws to change. There has been some progress made in legalization, but…
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Sustainable Fashion Just Got a Whole Lot Cooler
October 4th, 2014 – While a snazzy pair of designer shades will protect your eyes from the sun, they won’t save the world. But a pair of Scottish design graduates are doing their bit to save the environment by producing the world’s first range of hemp sunglasses. With frames made from natural hemp plant fibre…
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Canada: World’s largest Hemp Seed Processor Expanding to meet Booming Demand
October 3rd, 2014 – STE. AGATHE, Man. — The largest hempseed processing plant in the world is under construction south of Winnipeg. Hemp Oil Canada, which produces hempseed oil, hemp protein and hemp flour, announced the construction of a $13.6 million plant in Ste. Agathe Sept. 26. President Shaun Crew said the new facility would…
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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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Psoriasis: Cannabidiol’s Potential to provide Relief
September 20th, 2014 – Psoriasis is a chronic immune-mediated disease that appears on the skin. It occurs when the body’s immune system fires flawed signals which increases the momentum of the skin cells’ growth cycle. Although it may seem like psoriasis would be a communicable disease, it is in fact not contagious. There are five…