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Study: cannabis use lowers hospital mortality rate in trauma patients

Study: cannabis use lowers hospital mortality rate in trauma patients

August 10, 2017

According to a study published by The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, trauma patients who tested positive for cannabis upon admission to the intensive care unit were less likely to die during...

Senior citizen use of medical cannabis rises exponentially as prescription numbers drop

Senior citizen use of medical cannabis rises exponentially as prescription numbers drop

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 10, 2017

A national study reported senior citizens are the fastest growing demographic among medical cannabis users in the United States. Between the years of 2006 to 2013,  the Society for the Study of Addiction...

Australian report weighs in on diversion tactics for cannabis offenses

Australian report weighs in on diversion tactics for cannabis offenses

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 10, 2017

An Australian law enforcement research fund released a report which stated diversion tactics were more effective in cannabis law enforcement than a formal charge. The report from the Australian National...

DEA decreases amount of cannabis for federal research

DEA decreases amount of cannabis for federal research

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 9, 2017

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) intends to decrease the amount of cannabis  it allocates for federally approved research. The DEA has released its proposed 2018 aggregate production...

First dispensary to begin sales in Hawaii after medical cannabis legalization in 2000

First dispensary to begin sales in Hawaii after medical cannabis legalization in 2000

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 9, 2017

Legal sales of medical cannabis in Hawaii began after patients waited 17 years to purchase the plant through a state dispensary. Maui Grown Therapies received approval from the Department of Health...

Neil deGrasse Tyson says there is "no reason" for cannabis to be illegal

Neil deGrasse Tyson says there is “no reason” for cannabis to be illegal

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 9, 2017

This week, famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said there is no reason for cannabis to have ever been made illegal.   The remark was a response to a question which asked Tyson if he agreed with...

Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington

State leaders rebuke AG Sessions’ criticism of legal cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 8, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent letters with “serious questions” to the governors of Washington, Colorado, and Oregon on existing cannabis legislation last week, and now state officials have rebuked...

Largest CBD survey says half of people who use CBD stop taking traditional medicines

Largest CBD survey says half of people who use CBD stop taking traditional medicines

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 8, 2017

The largest survey on cannabidiol (CBD) to date found nearly half of participants were more likely to stop taking their traditional medications after using CBD. The survey was conducted by Brightfield...

Public support for cannabis at all-time high

Public support for cannabis at all-time high

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 8, 2017

An increasing number of Americans are in favor of national legalization of social and medical cannabis, while few support federal crackdowns in states which have legalized the plant for either purpose. A...

Scientists look for accurate cannabis toxicity test

Scientists look for accurate cannabis toxicity test

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 7, 2017

Despite the legal use of cannabis in many states, law enforcement officers still do not have the equivalent of a breathalyzer or blood test for cannabis. Although a blood test exists which can detect...

EPA refuses to test pesticides while cannabis still federally illegal

EPA refuses to test pesticides while cannabis still federally illegal

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 7, 2017

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a statement in which it refused to regulate pesticides used on cannabis crops because of its federally illegal status. With 29 states allowing medical...

Cannabis investment firm purchases small town in California

Cannabis investment firm purchases small town in California

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 6, 2017

A cannabis investment firm recently purchased a small town outside the Nevada-California border with the goal of constructing a cannabis-friendly tourist destination. Arizona-based company American...

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