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Canada will invest quarter-billion into public safety for national cannabis legalization

Canada will invest quarter-billion into public safety for national cannabis legalization

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 12, 2017

In preparation for national cannabis legalization, Canada plans to invest $274 million dollars into deterring product diversion and drug-impaired driving. Officials announced the federal government...

Senate panel urges feds to test legal cannabis products nationwide

Senate panel urges feds to test legal cannabis products nationwide

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 11, 2017

A senate panel urged federal agencies to test products sold at dispensaries in states where cannabis is legal. After showing concern about the lack of data on potency and purity of the cannabis products...

Ontario plans to have 150 state-run dispensaries by July

Ontario plans to have 150 state-run dispensaries by July

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 11, 2017

The biggest province in Canada plans to sell cannabis and construct 150 government-run stores after the country legalizes social cannabis in July. The Ontario government said cannabis will only be sold...

Major networks air cannabis commercial for the first time

Major networks air cannabis commercial for the first time

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 9, 2017

For the first time on television, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Viceland, the Weather Channel, Headline News and Fox Business are now airing an advertisement for a cannabis law firm. Hoban Law Group, a law...

Texas issues first medical cannabis license to CBD producer

Texas issues first medical cannabis license to CBD producer

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 8, 2017

Texas recently issued its first medical cannabis license and two more applicants are expected to receive licenses soon. Licenses are issued under the Texas Compassionate Use Act, which was signed into...

Vermont gov creates social cannabis commission to discuss legalization

Vermont gov creates social cannabis commission to discuss legalization

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 8, 2017

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott established a commission which will study ways to legalize social cannabis in the state. The commission created Thursday must issue a report on their findings to the Legislature...

Adolescent cannabis consumption rate lowest in 20 years

Adolescent cannabis consumption rate lowest in 20 years

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 7, 2017

According to a federal data survey released this week, rates of cannabis consumption among American teenagers 12 to 17 dropped to their lowest rate in two decades. Last year, 5.6 percent of adolescents...

New Zealand green lights prescribed CBD and imports, but lacks supplier

New Zealand green lights prescribed CBD and imports, but lacks supplier

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 7, 2017

The New Zealand government gave doctors approval to begin importing and prescribing CBD products to patients, although the nation currently lacks a supplier. Cannabidiol (CBD) is a compound of the cannabis...

Cannabis amendments to be heard by house rules committee

Cannabis amendments to be heard by house rules committee

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 7, 2017

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Rules will be considering two cannabis amendments which will affect the 2018 spending bill set to go before Congress later this month. The committee will...

Alaska has a record-breaking month in cannabis tax revenue

Alaska has a record-breaking month in cannabis tax revenue

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 6, 2017

According to last month’s fiscal report on cannabis sales in Alaska, the state sold more product this month than the three-month average previously set. In July, Alaska made nearly $600,000 in cannabis...

Cannabis prices continue to drop in Washington state

Cannabis prices continue to drop in Washington state

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 6, 2017

Cannabis prices have dramatically dropped in Washington since social cannabis was legalized in 2014. Steven Davenport of Pardee Rand Graduate School tracked retail prices in Washington and saw they...

Colorado university exhibit celebrates cannabis art and science

Colorado university exhibit celebrates cannabis art and science

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 6, 2017

The University of Colorado will be opening a botanical art exhibit titled "Cannabis: A Visual Perspective” this month. The exhibit will display illustrations from botanical artists who have been helping...

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