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A growing problem: Cannabis farms look into reducing carbon footprint

A growing problem: Cannabis farms look into reducing carbon footprint

Sara Tiradossi October 10, 2017

A typical cannabis indoor farm may not be the most environmental-friendly operation. In a protected, controlled environment, a cannabis farm uses a massive amount of electricity and releases harmful carbon...

Quebec to set legal cannabis consumption age at 18

Quebec to set legal cannabis consumption age at 18

Sara Tiradossi October 2, 2017

Quebec will set the minimum legal age to buy and consume cannabis at 18 years old, according to a recent report from Radio-Canada. Quebec’s liquor board, the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ),...

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...

Gallup Poll claims 40 percent of Americans have tried cannabis

Gallup Poll claims 40 percent of Americans have tried cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 23, 2017

A Gallup poll released Tuesday found 45 percent of Americans said they have tried cannabis at least once. Stemming from the 1969 poll that showed four percent of adults had tried cannabis, Gallup claimed...

Maine looks to Colorado cannabis czar for advice on regulation

Maine looks to Colorado cannabis czar for advice on regulation

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 19, 2017

A legalization implementation committee in Maine met with former cannabis advocate Andrew Freedman, on how to craft Maine’s social cannabis policies. Freedman was appointed as Colorado's first Director...

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