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Emerald Cup's Regenerative Cannabis Farm Award promotes better cultivation practices

Emerald Cup’s Regenerative Cannabis Farm Award promotes better cultivation practices

Sara Tiradossi December 16, 2017

At the Emerald Cup in Santa Rosa, Calif., a few lucky applicants received the Regenerative Cannabis Farm Award. The judges define regenerative farming as cultivation that "has a healing effect on the...

Hemp production increases, acreage doubles in 2017

Hemp production increases, acreage doubles in 2017

Sara Tiradossi December 15, 2017

Despite federal prohibition, hemp continues to rise, with a production of 23,343 acres in 2017. The 2017 Hemp Crop Report, which records state-by-state progress of hemp legislation passed in 2017, as...

Ohio voters may legalize social cannabis in 2018

Ohio voters may legalize social cannabis in 2018

Sara Tiradossi December 14, 2017

At a recent announcement, Ohio businessmen Jimmy Gould and Ian James announced on Monday they will introduce a ballot measure to fully legalize cannabis in the state in the following months. Gould and...

Teen cannabis use has dropped significantly in legal cannabis states

Teen cannabis use has dropped significantly in legal cannabis states

Sara Tiradossi December 13, 2017

Statistics are increasingly proving cannabis use among teenagers dropped in states where cannabis is legal, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Colorado reported the most...

Canadians will be able to buy cannabis from public and private stores, and online

Canadians will be able to buy cannabis from public and private stores, and online

Sara Tiradossi December 12, 2017

With social legalization around the corner, Canada’s federal government will allow provinces to roll out their own regulations regarding user age, the location and licensing of retail stores, home grows,...

Morocco attracts thousands of tourists for its lawlessness on cannabis

Morocco attracts thousands of tourists for its lawlessness on cannabis

Sara Tiradossi December 8, 2017

What’s unique about this North African country is that cannabis attracts thousands of visitors every year. German tourist Beatrix, 57, made no attempt to hide the joint she was rolling at a hotel...

Jamaican cannabis farmers are afraid foreign investors will dominate the industry

Jamaican cannabis farmers are afraid foreign investors will dominate the industry

Sara Tiradossi December 3, 2017

Jamaica has recently legalized medical cannabis and embraced the industry for medical and scientific purposes. However, many of the country’s existing cannabis farmers are afraid they will be left out...

CBD oil containing THC must be pulled from Indiana stores, Governor says

CBD oil containing THC must be pulled from Indiana stores, Governor says

Sara Tiradossi November 30, 2017

Indiana governor Eric Holcomb has ordered all stores in the state remove any CBD products containing THC within the next 60 days, after Attorney General Curtis Hill issued an opinion declaring them illegal...

Former NHL player advocates for medical cannabis use among athletes

Former NHL player advocates for medical cannabis use among athletes

Sara Tiradossi November 29, 2017

Former Philadelphia Flyers enforcer Riley Cote said at least half of all hockey players consume cannabis and encourages the league to embrace the plant as part of a healthy training and recovery regimen. In...

The number of CBD users in this country has doubled since last year

The number of CBD users in this country has doubled since last year

Sara Tiradossi November 25, 2017

New figures showed there are now 250,000 CBD users across the home nations, up from the 125,000 users recorded last year. Despite the uncertain legality of the drug, the Cannabis Trades Association...

Bush-era attorney said Sessions has other priorities than cracking down on cannabis

Bush-era attorney said Sessions has other priorities than cracking down on cannabis

Sara Tiradossi November 24, 2017

In a recent interview, former US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Jeff Sessions has far more important things to do than crack down on state-legal cannabis. “With respect to everything else...

Greece wants to boost economy through cannabis homegrown cultivations

Greece wants to boost economy through cannabis homegrown cultivations

Sara Tiradossi November 22, 2017

Earlier this year, Prime Minister Alex Tsipras announced Greek doctors would be allowed to prescribe medical cannabis, making Greece the latest country in the European Union to accept the medical value...

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