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VIDEO: DOJ rolling back Obama-era cannabis policy

VIDEO: DOJ rolling back Obama-era cannabis policy

January 9, 2018

The Justice Department is reportedly rolling back the Obama-era policy of not challenging state laws regarding medical and recreational cannabis use.

Goop.com 01/08/18

Gwyneth Paltrow shows her support for cannabis by posting recipes of CBD infused cocktails

Annureet Kaur January 9, 2018

Gwyneth Paltrow shows her support for cannabis by posting recipes on how to make CBD infused cocktails on her blog, Goop.com. CBD is a compound found in cannabis which has medical benefits and makes...

More Americans support cannabis legalization than ever before

More Americans support cannabis legalization than ever before

January 5, 2018

Six out of ten Americans support cannabis legalization, the highest approval rate ever recorded. The new survey, conducted by Pew Research Center in October, found the new legalization approval rate...

Mike Tyson is now a player in the cannabis industry

Mike Tyson is now a player in the cannabis industry

January 5, 2018

Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, along with some of his business partners, broke ground on a 40-acre ranch in California. Here they are expecting to pave the way for a new destination for...

Breaking: Attorney General Jeff Session rescinds cannabis protections

Breaking: Attorney General Jeff Session rescinds cannabis protections

January 4, 2018

Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded the Cole Memo, which provided protections for states with legalized cannabis, on Thursday. The move comes only three days after the most populous state in the...

Newsweek 01/02/18

These five states are the most likely to pass cannabis legislation in 2018

Annureet Kaur January 3, 2018

With the elections coming up, cannabis legalization has become a hot topic nationwide, once again. After California, Nevada, Maine and Massachusetts legalized social cannabis use in 2016, no other states...

California cannabis users show up for the state's first day of social cannabis legalization

California cannabis users show up for the state’s first day of social cannabis legalization

January 2, 2018

While cannabis for medical use has been legal in California for two decades, residents in San Diego, Oakland and Sacramento lined up at the dispensary on Monday to celebrate the state's social legalization...

Newly released opioid overdose figures show fatalities on the rise

Newly released opioid overdose figures show fatalities on the rise

December 23, 2017

The number of Americans who died from opioid overdoses continued its dramatic increase in 2016, according to a new report released by the National Center for Health Statistics this month. More than...

Postal Service will not allow cannabis imagery on custom stamps

Postal Service will not allow cannabis imagery on custom stamps

December 20, 2017

The U.S. Postal Service said stamps may not contain any images of cannabis, according to their final ruling they are expected to release sometime this week, yet images of alcohol, tobacco and guns are...

Ohio may vote on legalization in 2018

Ohio may vote on legalization in 2018

December 19, 2017

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor Some Ohio residents are making a bold move by attempting to amend the state’s constitution to legalize social use cannabis in 2018. According to Dayton...

Doctors highly support medical cannabis for children with cancer

Doctors highly support medical cannabis for children with cancer

Sara Tiradossi December 13, 2017

A new study found health care professionals who care for children with cancer would be willing to help them get medical cannabis. In the survey, which was published in Pediatrics, 85 percent of providers...

Teen cannabis use has dropped significantly in legal cannabis states

Teen cannabis use has dropped significantly in legal cannabis states

Sara Tiradossi December 13, 2017

Statistics are increasingly proving cannabis use among teenagers dropped in states where cannabis is legal, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Colorado reported the most...

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