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The cost of opioid epidemic passes $500 billion, according to the White House

The cost of opioid epidemic passes $500 billion, according to the White House

Sara Tiradossi November 22, 2017

The true cost of the opioid epidemic in 2015 was $504 billion, or roughly half a trillion dollars, according to a report released by the White House on Sunday. The Council of Economic Advisers said...

Lawsuit: couple arrested after hibiscus plants mistaken for cannabis

Lawsuit: couple arrested after hibiscus plants mistaken for cannabis

Sara Tiradossi November 21, 2017

A couple in Pennsylvania is reportedly suing their local police department and Nationwide Insurance Co. after they were arrested because their hibiscus plants got mistaken for cannabis. An insurance...

New study: alcohol is 10 times more deadly than cannabis on the road

New study: alcohol is 10 times more deadly than cannabis on the road

Sara Tiradossi November 21, 2017

Researchers found alcohol is about ten times more likely to cause a fatal crash than cannabis, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS-One. Scientists at the University of Lyon examined...

Medical cannabis patients in California should keep their cards in 2018

Medical cannabis patients in California should keep their cards in 2018

Sara Tiradossi November 19, 2017

When California legalizes social cannabis use on Jan. 1, medical cannabis patients are highly advised to hold on to their cards in 2018. A medical cannabis card will allow patients to have access to...

Californias new ordinance limits cannabis farms to one acre per person

California’s new ordinance limits cannabis farms to one acre per person

Sara Tiradossi November 16, 2017

California growers will not be allowed to grow more than 1 acre of cannabis until 2023, according to an environmental review of proposed state regulations released this week. Some in the industry claimed...

Sessions says Obama-era policies are intact, but cannabis is still illegal

Sessions says Obama-era policies are intact, but cannabis is still illegal

Sara Tiradossi November 16, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions stated the Obama-era guidelines on cannabis remain in effect, therefore the drug is illegal on the federal level, even though several states have legalized it for social...

New report: U.S. hemp production doubles in 2017

New report: U.S. hemp production doubles in 2017

Sara Tiradossi November 14, 2017

In 2017, the U.S. hemp production totaled 23,346 acres in 18 states, according to a new survey data from a prominent hemp-advocacy group. That’s more than twice as much as hemp production in 2016,...

New study: regular cannabis users have more sex

New study: regular cannabis users have more sex

Sara Tiradossi October 28, 2017

While tobacco companies are putting effort into giving cigarettes a sex appeal, cannabis may actually be the one to increase sexual appetite, according to a new study published Friday in the Journal of...

Northwest Wisconsin Chippewa ready to grow hemp for medical purposes

Northwest Wisconsin Chippewa ready to grow hemp for medical purposes

Sara Tiradossi October 27, 2017

Northwest Wisconsin Chippewa would be the first of the state’s 11 tribes to start growing hemp for medicinal purposes. The St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin is set to start growing hemp to make...

Eventbrite pulls cannabis-related events, suspends organizers accounts

Eventbrite pulls cannabis-related events, suspends organizers’ accounts

October 25, 2017

Eventbrite, an event board and ticket processor, is pulling some cannabis-related events and suspending the hosts accounts, according to a report from Forbes. For the past two years, Michael Zaytsev...

Can you guess the five states likely to put cannabis on the 2018 ballot?

Can you guess the five states likely to put cannabis on the 2018 ballot?

Sara Tiradossi October 17, 2017

The North American legal cannabis market has been growing with sales increasing by 34 percent in 2016, and are expected to grow by an average of 26 percent each year through 2021. Compared to the Mexico,...

San Diego to legalize local supply chain for cannabis operations

San Diego to legalize local supply chain for cannabis operations

Sara Tiradossi October 5, 2017

San Diego is now one of the few cities in California to have a fully regulated supply chain for cannabis. The City Council members voted on Tuesday on a proposal, that was approved in a 6-3 vote, aiming...

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