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Kentucky University Researches Hemp BioFuel Potential
May 17th, 2017 – The University of Louisville’s Conn Center for Renewable Energy is planting more hemp this year at the school’s Belknap Campus. This is officially the center’s second hemp crop — the first was planted last August and yielded a few dozen pounds of plants. This year, there will be two different varieties of…
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Israel: Public use of Cannabis Oil & Vapor to be Allowed
May 15th, 2017 – New medical marijuana rules in Israel will allow patients to consume cannabis as an oil or vapor in public and will reduce wait times for patients to receive authorization to use and possess medical marijuana, according to a report from Jerusalem Online. Israeli Health Minister Ya’akov Litzman Israel is a leader…
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Canada Announces Cannabis Legalization Legislation
April 13th, 2017 – Today the government of Canada announced legislation to legalize recreational cannabis by July 1st, 2018, with the aim to improving public safety and reducing the negative social impacts of prohibition. Taking direction from the Cannabis task force report delivered last December, the new law will allow Canadians to purchase and carry…
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Melissa Etheridge to Keynote O’Cannabiz Cannabis Conference April 21st
April 11th, 2017 – Melissa Etheridge, one of rock music’s great female icons, was announced Tuesday as a keynote speaker for Canada’s leading cannabis industry business event, O’Cannabiz Conference and Expo. Etheridge is a cannabis entrepreneur and activist who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004. Twelve years later, she’s cancer-free and says her battle was made…
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Canada’s Pot Legislation to be Unveiled Thursday
April 10th, 2017 – Ottawa, Ontario – The federal government will table a bill to legalize recreational marijuana on Thursday that is expected to tightly control the ability of producers to market their products to the public, federal sources said. But key issues such as how to deal with drug-impaired driving have yet to be fully…
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National Access Cannabis Hiring Weed Experts
April 9th, 2017 – Halifax N.S. – The job posting has only been up for six days but the folks at the National Access Cannabis location on Spring Garden Road in Halifax are swamped with applications for their cannabis information specialist position. “It’s going to be hard to choose just one person,” said Diandra Phipps, manager…
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Mergers in Canada’s Cannabis Industry Ahead of Legalization
April 11, 2017- Canada is set to detail its plans for legalized recreational marijuana, with the industry expecting a rush of mergers as companies seek a national footprint amid a patchwork of different rules in each province. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government will unveil its proposed law as early as this week but is likely…
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Milestone Study Shows Patients Swapping Pharmaceuticals for Cannabis
April 7th, 2017 – TORONTO, ON – (April 7, 2017) – Today, Canabo Medical Inc. (TSX-V:CMM) (OTCQB:CAMDF) (“Canabo” or the “Company”) released the results of a new, landmark observational study that connects doctor-supervised medical cannabis treatments to a sharp drop in benzodiazepine reliance among Canadian patients. Research conducted over the past year revealed that 40 per…
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World’s First Marijuana ETF Launches
April 5th, 2017 – Toronto, Canada – Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. (“Horizons ETFs”) announces the launch of the Horizons Medical Marijuana Life Sciences ETF (“HMMJ”). Units of the exchange traded fund (“ETF”) begin trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) today under the ticker symbol HMMJ. HMMJ is the first ETF in the world that…
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Lift Cannabis Expo returns to Toronto May 26-28
March 30th, 2017 – Bringing together leading experts from across the industry to tackle subject matter from a uniquely Canadian perspective, Lift Expo is presenting the first, highly anticipated, Lift Cannabis Business Conference (LCBC). The LCBC runs Friday, May 26, 2017 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) and coincides with the industry-exclusive first day of…