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Italy’s army-grown medical cannabis does not meet the country’s needs

Italy’s army-grown medical cannabis does not meet the country’s needs

Sara Tiradossi December 5, 2017

Italy’s approach to medical cannabis is different from other western European countries. The cultivation of the plant can in fact only be grown at a heavily guarded military facility in Florence, where...

Pictured: Columbia Care, a New York City medical cannabis dispensary located in Union Square

Medical cannabis program in New York suffers from lack of sales and patient demand

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen October 5, 2017

The New York state medical cannabis program continues to struggle with a lack of sales, tax revenue and demand.  Since the program launched two years ago, state tax-collection data revealed the five...

Supreme court in Nevada halts cannabis distribution until early October

Supreme court in Nevada halts cannabis distribution until early October

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 19, 2017

After a month-long distribution dispute, the Nevada Supreme Court decided to halt all plans to allow entities other than alcohol distributors to transport cannabis for social-use dispensaries. Last...

Report projects Florida medical cannabis market to hit 1 billion by 2020

Report projects Florida medical cannabis market to hit 1 billion by 2020

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen September 1, 2017

Projections from Florida’s medical cannabis market estimate it will exceed $1 billion by 2020 if growth stays consistent. A report from New Frontier Data projected Florida’s market will grow to...

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