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700 batches fail cannabis testing in Massachusetts, causing medical cannabis retail closures

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial December 24, 2018

Pesticides are forbidden for use in medical cannabis cultivation under Massachusetts’ regulations and, based on a recent report by the Cape Cod Times, the state’s health department just slapped M3...

Less than 600 patients granted medical cannabis under Texas’ tight regulations

Less than 600 patients granted medical cannabis under Texas’ tight regulations

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial December 22, 2018

Patients who require medical cannabis in Texas are in for some bad news. A shortage in supply means that less than 600 of a projected 150,000 Texans who suffer from debilitating epileptic seizures will...

Medical cannabis sales in Maryland topped $96 million in first year

Medical cannabis sales in Maryland topped $96 million in first year

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial December 21, 2018

Maryland's medical cannabis industry is off to a good start. During the state's first year of operation, legal medicinal cannabis sales totaled $96.3 million. Based on a report from the Baltimore Sun,...

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Bipartisan legislation would grant veterans access to medical cannabis

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial December 4, 2018

Two bipartisan lawmakers just introduced legislation to permit medical cannabis for veterans. The unlikely duo plan to ameliorate the medical cannabis-related practices conducted by the Department of Veteran...

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Here’s what’s next for Missouri now medical cannabis is legal

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial December 2, 2018

On Tuesday, November 6, 2018, medical cannabis legalization in Missouri was enacted through a vote from the public. The measure is titled “Amendment 2” and it passed with an impressive 61 percent...

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What’s next for Utah after approving medical cannabis

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial November 19, 2018

An initiative has been approved by voters to permit medical cannabis in Utah. The Medical Marijuana Initiative, better known as “Utah Proposition 2,” was featured on the ballot in Utah as an initiated...

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VA waiting for federal legalization to recommend medical cannabis

November 16, 2018

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor The secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Robert Wilkie, says that the VA will not support helping veterans get access to medical cannabis until...

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New Mexico cannabis provider wins plant count lawsuit against NMDOH

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial November 15, 2018

A mother and medical cannabis caregiver is rejoicing after her joint lawsuit with Ultra Health against the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) led to the procurement of a sufficient medical cannabis...

Seniors are using weed to treat anxiety, arthritis and back pain

Seniors are using weed to treat anxiety, arthritis and back pain

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial November 11, 2018

If someone told you a few years ago that medical cannabis use among seniors would soon emerge as a trend, would you have believed them? Probably not, what with cannabis carrying such a negative stigma...

Southern Illinois University to introduce medical cannabis certificate program for industrial hemp research

Southern Illinois University to introduce medical cannabis certificate program for industrial hemp research

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial November 8, 2018

New, cannabis-focused programs are being created by Southern Illinois University for the purpose of studying industrial hemp and medicinal cannabis. According to the announcement from school officials,...

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Cannabis dispensary CEO notices ‘huge transition’ from opioids to cannabis treatment

"There have been a number of recent studies that have come out that have shown that in states where medical cannabis programs are robust, the number of opioid prescriptions reduces dramatically," says the CEO of Trulieve
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial October 30, 2018

Patients in Florida who are suffering from chronic pain, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a wide variety of other medical ailments are swapping opioid for cannabis. This is what the chief...

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Veterans advocacy group is urging congress to permit VA research on medical weed

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial October 26, 2018

Tired federal policies are restricting veterans’ access to medicinal-grade weed. This is according to a well-known veterans advocacy group called the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, or...

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