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Medical cannabis expansion gets approval from advocates in Georgia

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial January 30, 2018

Just last year, Gov. Nathan Deal opted to broaden the State of Georgia's medical cannabis program by signing into the Senate Bill 16. Under this new ruling, an additional six conditions were approved...

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Legal cannabis states ask Congress for legal banking

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial January 22, 2018

As of today, 29 states and a number of U.S. territories have legalized medical cannabis. Nine of those states have legalized it for social use and this year, social cannabis legalization will be considered...

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New Jersey’s new Governor pledges to make the state cannabis-friendly

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial January 17, 2018

Today, cannabis advocates in New Jersey breathed a sigh of relief as the state governor, Philip Dunton Murphy, vowed to "align" New Jersey's vision and leadership by lifting the laws on cannabis. The...

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Scientists believe cannabis could be a long-lost food group

Bethan Rose Jenkins, Cannabis News Writer/Editorial January 17, 2018

Mother Nature has given the planet’s inhabitants an incredibly diverse variation of nutrient-rich ingredients, with the Cannabis sativa plant species being just one of them. Contrary to popular belief,...

Medical cannabis potency testing to expand in Colorado

Medical cannabis potency testing to expand in Colorado

Sara Tiradossi October 10, 2017

Colorado’s Department of Revenue’s Marijuana Enforcement Division has recently announced its plan to expand medical cannabis potency testing beginning next month. The department considered the testing...

Israel to consider exporting $1 billion worth of medical cannabis

Israel to consider exporting $1 billion worth of medical cannabis

Sara Tiradossi October 10, 2017

The Israeli Ministries of Health and Finance will consider legalizing the export of medical cannabis, allowing farmers in the country to export $1 billion worth of medical cannabis annually. The Israeli...

Producer from Canada to start supplying Germanys medical cannabis market

Producer from Canada to start supplying Germany’s medical cannabis market

Sara Tiradossi September 20, 2017

Aurora Cannabis Enterprises Inc., a licensed producer of medical cannabis, will start shipping dried cannabis flower from Canada to Germany, enabling the company to begin supplying the German medical cannabis...

NFL open to cannabis as solution to players pain

NFL open to cannabis as solution to players’ pain

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen August 2, 2017

The NFL wrote a letter to the NFL Player’s Association on Tuesday, offering to work with them and study the potential use of cannabis as a pain management tool for players. The letter pointed out potential...

Home cultivators leave behind properties with mold, other damage

Home cultivators leave behind properties with mold, other damage

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 31, 2017

As the legal cannabis industry booms in Colorado, residential cultivators around the state are leaving behind large amounts of mold and extensive property damage. Denver detective Brian Matos estimates...

Violent crime decreased after Washington legalized cannabis

Violent crime decreased after Washington legalized cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 30, 2017

An upcoming report from the Department of Justice is expected to link cannabis with violent crime, although statistics from Washington state claimed the opposite. Since voters approved Initiative 502,...

CNB Exclusive Interview: Tribal member predicts outcome for legal cannabis on indigenous lands

CNB Exclusive Interview: Tribal member predicts outcome for legal cannabis on indigenous lands

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 28, 2017

Cannabis News Box sat down with Mark Anthony Rolo, a member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa tribe in north Wisconsin, to discuss what legal cannabis would mean for his tribe and the Native...

Maine Dept. of Labor says employees cant be fired for testing positive for cannabis

Maine Dept. of Labor says employees can’t be fired for testing positive for cannabis

Logan Lowrey-Rasmussen July 27, 2017

The Maine Department of Labor said the majority of businesses won’t be able to fire employees who test positive for cannabis unless employers can prove impairment on the job. Backers of the measure...

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