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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...

Jerusalem experts research treatment of asthma through cannabis

Jerusalem experts research treatment of asthma through cannabis

Sara Tiradossi October 25, 2017

CIITECH, a cannabis biotech company that focuses on developing and commercializing medical cannabis products, is planning on funding a research project with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on the treatment...

Eventbrite pulls cannabis-related events, suspends organizers' accounts

Eventbrite pulls cannabis-related events, suspends organizers’ accounts

October 25, 2017

Eventbrite, an event board and ticket processor, is pulling some cannabis-related events and suspending the hosts accounts, according to a report from Forbes. For the past two years, Michael Zaytsev...

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...

Nevada's cannabis sales reach $33 million in August

Nevada’s cannabis sales reach $33 million in August

Sara Tiradossi October 24, 2017

Nevada’s dispensaries sold more than $33 million in social cannabis products in August, according to data disclosed during the Denver Marijuana Management Symposium last Friday. The August total sales...

Study: cannabis use linked to lower prevalence of fatty liver disease

Study: cannabis use linked to lower prevalence of fatty liver disease

Sara Tiradossi October 24, 2017

According to a new study, adults with a history of cannabis use are less likely to suffer from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) than those who have not used the substance. The study focused...

Northern California cannabis farms are ineligible for insurance

Northern California cannabis farms are ineligible for insurance

Sara Tiradossi October 24, 2017

As Northern California cannabis farms are recovering from the damages caused by wildfires, they have to face another burden: a rampant lack of insurance. “We’ve lost millions of dollars of product...

Peru passes bill to legalize medical cannabis

Peru passes bill to legalize medical cannabis

Sara Tiradossi October 24, 2017

Peru’s conservative Congress passed a bill to legalize medical cannabis on Thursday, by a 67 to 5 vote legislation that allows cannabis oils to be distributed for medical purposes. Legalization came...

Maine proposes pushing back social cannabis sales until 2019

Maine proposes pushing back social cannabis sales until 2019

Sara Tiradossi October 22, 2017

Maine’s Republican governor is proposing to delay cannabis sales until 2019, instead of passing a legislative re-write of the voter-approved cannabis law. Earlier last month, lawmakers said they would...

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...

Another country is working on legalizing cannabis

Another country is working on legalizing cannabis

Sara Tiradossi October 20, 2017

New Zealand is getting ready to vote on legalizing cannabis. Jacinda Ardern, the country’s newly-elected prime minister, said she will work with her Cabinet for a national discussion on the matter. “During...

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