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Colorado Senators Want to Legalize Hemp Medicine
May 15, 2015 – Colorado’s two senators introduced legislation this week to legalize hemp medicine across the nation – a move that could vastly expand access to cannabis-based oils touted as a treatment for epileptic children. Cory Gardner and Democrat Michael Bennet were among six senators to sponsor the Therapeutic Hemp Medical Access Act of…
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Study: Cannabidiol is Safe, Effective for Childhood Epilepsy
May 14, 2015 – A recent study conducted at New York University has found that cannabidiol is a safe, well-tolerated and effective treatment for two types of severe childhood epilepsy. Cannabidiol (CBD) is an endocannabinoid found in cannabis and can be sourced either from medical marijuana or industrial hemp. CBD does not deliver a psychoactive…
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Canada’s Medical Marijuana Marketplace in Upheaval
May 13th, 2015 – Canada’s medical marijuana marketplace is in upheaval. A recent UBC study found that one-third of medical marijuana patients were unable to access their medicine legally under the federal rules and as a consequence are turning to the black market for supply. Patient’s access challenges appear to stem from issues of product…
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Colorado: Feds Allow Hemp Seed Imports
May 12, 2015 – Following months of wrangling, the Colorado Department of Agriculture has secured a permit from federal drug enforcement officials to import industrial hemp seed from foreign countries. The seeds are essential to kick-start Colorado’s hemp industry, which state agriculture officials say has seen a bottleneck in research and cultivation due to a…
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Kentucky Hemp Industry Brings Economic Renewal
May 8th, 2015 – Kentucky’s hemp crop is growing and attracting new investors to the state, according to Agriculture Commissioner James Comer. At a news conference Tuesday in Lexington, Comer announced that 121 participants have been selected to grow hemp this year, including seven universities across the state. There are 36 groups and projects that…
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Colorado Hemp Industry Poised for Growth
May 8th, 2015 – Colorado’s Amendment 64 is known nationwide as the ballot item that legalized marijuana here, turning the state into one of the country’s test sites for decriminalizing and regulating the use of pot for people 21 and over. But Amendment 64 legalized more than just pot. It also made legal growing industrial…
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An Epileptic Six Year Old’s Fight for Cannabidiol: VIDEO
May 5th, 2015 – Seven-year old Sophia Nazzarine is just like many other seven-year olds. She loves playing outside and singing along as she watches Disney movies. But Sophia has suffered from intractable epilepsy, a debilitating disorder that can cause her to have more than 100 seizures a day, since she was six months old.…
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Project CBD Seeks to Strike Down $100 Million Lawsuit
May 4th, 2015 – Late last week, Project CBD filed a motion to strike down a $100 Million Lawsuit filed against it by Medical Marijuana Inc. last October over a report they published entitled “HEMP OIL HUSTLERS: A Project CBD Special Report on Medical Marijuana, Inc. HempMeds and Kannaway”. Project CBD says they began their…
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Certified Organic Cannabis – Do Consumers Care?
April 28, 2015 – While a growing number of consumers and growers appreciate the concept of organically-produced cannabis, right now the legal industry occupies a gray area when it comes to verification. Technically, the cannabis industry can’t lay claim to the organic label. That requires certification by the US Department of Agriculture, a federal agency,…
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Colorado Lab Settles in $100 Million Lawsuit with Medical Marijuana Inc.
April 27th, 2015 – As part of a $100 million lawsuit filed by Medical Marijuana Inc., over false claims in a “special report” from Project CBD, a top Colorado lab, Stewart Environmental has now settled. Dr. Stuart Titus, CEO and President of Medical Marijuana, Inc. said: “Now that Medical Marijuana, Inc. has proven the claims…