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Maryland pharmacy school becomes first to offer certificate in cannabis studies

Maryland pharmacy school becomes first to offer certificate in cannabis studies

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 10, 2017

The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy will begin offering courses to students that will groom them for the medical cannabis industry. The courses will be offered online counting toward certifications...

VIDEO: The Latest Scientific Findings and Legalization on Cannabis

VIDEO: The Latest Scientific Findings and Legalization on Cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 9, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvRf_3Bil0A   Check out this video from Harvard that details every new scientific finding involving the world of medical and social cannabis, as well as the status...

Florida lawyer and advocate sues state for banning private smoking of medical cannabis

Florida lawyer and advocate sues state for banning private smoking of medical cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 7, 2017

A lawyer in Florida known for advocating the right to medical cannabis is now suing the state's decision to ban smoking the plant. In 2016, John Morgan successfully financed the campaign to get medical...

Minnesota adds two more qualifying conditions to medical cannabis program

Minnesota adds two more qualifying conditions to medical cannabis program

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 7, 2017

Minnesotans with PTSD and intractable pain disorder will gain access to medical cannabis next month. The Minnesota Department of Health announced it would add them to the list of qualifying conditions,...

New Zealand holds symposium to discuss a regulated cannabis market

New Zealand holds symposium to discuss a regulated cannabis market

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 7, 2017

The New Zealand Drug Foundation organized a Parliamentary symposium to discuss the possibility of a regulated cannabis market, as well as a call to decriminalize all drugs found inside their borders this...

South Dakota tribe plans cannabis legalization meeting

South Dakota tribe plans cannabis legalization meeting

June 30, 2017

The Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota will hold a general council meeting July 21 to discuss the possibility of legalizing cannabis for medical and social use, as well as hemp manufacturing. Tribal...

New Mexico company releases pharmaceutical cannabis products

New Mexico company releases pharmaceutical cannabis products

June 29, 2017

Ultra Health, one of New Mexico's medical cannabis providers, released pharmaceutical-grade, smokeless products to the state's market earlier this week. The products were developed with proprietary...

Las Vegas prepares for social use sales on July 1

Las Vegas prepares for social use sales on July 1

June 28, 2017

Officials in Clark County and Las Vegas have approved 37 dual-use permits for medical cannabis dispensaries to begin selling to adults over the age of 21, one of which will be on the Strip. Although...

PA university looks to study cannabis and autism

PA university looks to study cannabis and autism

June 20, 2017

Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is looking to partner with one of the state's prospective medical cannabis growers to study how the plant effects children with autism. The state has yet to...

NJ is arresting people for cannabis at increasing rates

NJ is arresting people for cannabis at increasing rates

June 19, 2017

The state of New Jersey is arresting more people for cannabis than ever before, a recent study by the state's American Civil Liberties Union found. In 2013, the state's law enforcement made 26 percent...

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Nevada tribes see progress for legally cultivating, dispensing cannabis

June 12, 2017

Tribal governments in Nevada will now be able to enter cannabis negotiations directly with the state's governor's office, thanks to legislation signed earlier this month. The legislation, Senate Bill...

Colorado adds PTSD as a qualifying medical cannabis condition

Colorado adds PTSD as a qualifying medical cannabis condition

June 6, 2017

Colorado became the 10th medical cannabis state to add PTSD to its list of qualifying conditions Monday, after Democratic Gov. John Hickenloope signed Senate Bill 17 into law. It is the first new condition...

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