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Here are the effects of cannabis legalization after 5 years

Here are the effects of cannabis legalization after 5 years

November 6, 2017

Today is the five-year anniversary of Colorado and Washington residents voting to legalize cannabis for social use. While most of legalization naysayers have created narratives regarding the "danger" of...

High cannabis taxes may help the black market

High cannabis taxes may help the black market

November 3, 2017

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor States tend to approve legalizing cannabis because there’s a lot of tax revenue to be made. Many people want to buy cannabis without facing criminal charges,...

Corona's owner is investing in cannabis

Corona’s owner is investing in cannabis

November 2, 2017

Thor Benson / Cannabis News Box Contributor There’s been a lot of talk about Big Alcohol fighting cannabis legalization, but it appears one company is embracing cannabis. Constellation Brands, which...

Cannabis ads appear in TSA checkpoint trays at Ontario International Airport

Cannabis ads appear in TSA checkpoint trays at Ontario International Airport

Sara Tiradossi November 1, 2017

With social cannabis set to go legal in California in January, the state will enter a new era for legalization. According to a recent article by the Los Angeles Times, the Ontario International Airport...

Super Bowl champion Marvin Washington talks about cannabis-therapeutics for athletes

Super Bowl champion Marvin Washington talks about cannabis-therapeutics for athletes

Sara Tiradossi October 31, 2017

Some celebrities have been increasingly involved in the cannabis industry for a while now, one of them being Super Bowl champion Marvin Washington. Former defensive end in the National Football League,...

New study: regular cannabis users have more sex

New study: regular cannabis users have more sex

Sara Tiradossi October 28, 2017

While tobacco companies are putting effort into giving cigarettes a sex appeal, cannabis may actually be the one to increase sexual appetite, according to a new study published Friday in the Journal of...

Trump declares opioid crisis a ‘health emergency,' but requests no funds

Trump declares opioid crisis a ‘health emergency,’ but requests no funds

Sara Tiradossi October 27, 2017

President Trump declared the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency on Thursday, a move intended to expand access to treatment and loosen current regulations. However, the declaration will...

For the first time, a majority of Republicans support cannabis legalization

For the first time, a majority of Republicans support cannabis legalization

Sara Tiradossi October 26, 2017

A majority of American Republicans say they support cannabis legalization, the highest level of public support Gallup has found in nearly 50 years. Out of the people surveyed, 51 percent of Republicans...

Top U.S. international drug official resigns, calls for cannabis rescheduling

Top U.S. international drug official resigns, calls for cannabis rescheduling

Sara Tiradossi October 25, 2017

William Brownfield was the Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs until a few weeks ago, when he decided to resign from his position. As more countries...

Ohio growers may have to break the law to start medical cannabis crops

Ohio growers may have to break the law to start medical cannabis crops

Sara Tiradossi October 21, 2017

Growers in Ohio will soon be licensed to cultivate medical cannabis; however, they will have issues starting their crops. Since it is illegal to purchase cannabis plants from anyone but themselves,...

Legalization saves lives in Colorado

Legalization saves lives in Colorado

October 20, 2017

Thor Benson /  Cannabis News Box Contributor Studies have previously shown legalizing medical cannabis can help reduce the number of people using and dying from the abuse of opioids, and it looks like...

Jeff Sessions seeks 'more competition' among medical cannabis growers for research

Jeff Sessions seeks ‘more competition’ among medical cannabis growers for research

Sara Tiradossi October 19, 2017

Attorney general Jeff Sessions said he want to see “more competition” among medical cannabis growers who supply the plant to researchers, in a testimony on Wednesday morning. “I think it would...

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