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New Mexico company releases pharmaceutical cannabis products

New Mexico company releases pharmaceutical cannabis products

June 29, 2017

Ultra Health, one of New Mexico's medical cannabis providers, released pharmaceutical-grade, smokeless products to the state's market earlier this week. The products were developed with proprietary...

Las Vegas prepares for social use sales on July 1

Las Vegas prepares for social use sales on July 1

June 28, 2017

Officials in Clark County and Las Vegas have approved 37 dual-use permits for medical cannabis dispensaries to begin selling to adults over the age of 21, one of which will be on the Strip. Although...

States with legalized cannabis see dramatic drop in police searches

States with legalized cannabis see dramatic drop in police searches

June 27, 2017

Traffic searches by highway patrols in Washington and Colorado have dropped by nearly half since the states voted to legalize cannabis in 2012, according to a story by NBC News which used data from the...

Florida governor signs medical cannabis bill into law

Florida governor signs medical cannabis bill into law

June 26, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott signed SB 8A Friday, officially putting Florida's medical cannabis bill into law. While medical cannabis patients in Florida are banned from smoking, they can use pills, oils, edibles...

PNC Bank to close Marijuana Policy Project account

PNC Bank to close Marijuana Policy Project account

June 23, 2017

PNC Bank is closing the accounts of influential cannabis legalization group Marijuana Policy Project. "They have notified us that they intend to close it," MPP spokesman Mason Tvert told CNNMoney....

Medical cannabis company sponsors Native American powwow

Medical cannabis company sponsors Native American powwow

June 22, 2017

Gathering of Nations, North America's largest Native American powwow, was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico in April with a not-so-typical sponsor this year: a medical cannabis company. The cannabis company,...

NV social cannabis sales may not commence next month

NV social cannabis sales may not commence next month

June 21, 2017

Carson City District Judge James Wilson extended a temporary order on Tuesday, preventing the state from issuing cannabis distribution licenses to existing dispensaries so they can commence recreational...

Mexico legalizes medical cannabis

Mexico legalizes medical cannabis

June 20, 2017

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto legalized medical cannabis today with overwhelming support from Mexico’s Lower House.  Peña Nieto was a vehement opponent to cannabis legalization but called...

PA university looks to study cannabis and autism

PA university looks to study cannabis and autism

June 20, 2017

Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is looking to partner with one of the state's prospective medical cannabis growers to study how the plant effects children with autism. The state has yet to...

NJ is arresting people for cannabis at increasing rates

NJ is arresting people for cannabis at increasing rates

June 19, 2017

The state of New Jersey is arresting more people for cannabis than ever before, a recent study by the state's American Civil Liberties Union found. In 2013, the state's law enforcement made 26 percent...

R.I. governor calls for more medical cannabis dispensaries

R.I. governor calls for more medical cannabis dispensaries

June 16, 2017

Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo submitted a budget amendment June 9 calling for “no less than six licensed compassion centers," the Providence Journal reports. The amendment also plans to generate $1.5...

NM Health Secretary rejects cannabis to treat opioid addiction

NM Health Secretary rejects cannabis to treat opioid addiction

June 15, 2017

Prospective medical cannabis patients in New Mexico won't be able to apply for cards under opiate addiction, despite the state's opiate abuse epidemic and the recommendation from the program's advisory...

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