Last year, through a sneaky bureaucratic maneuver, the DEA took steps to deny medical cannabis patients critical access to CBD oil, despite research that shows promising therapeutic affects for a myriad of different afflictions. Even while medical cannabis gains scientific legitimacy, it still faces political scrutiny. Many medical marijuana patients turn to CBD oil as an alternative to smoking.…
DetailsThe following editorial appeared in The Baltimore Sun on Monday, Oct. 16: How ironic is it that conservatives who routinely criticize the federal government’s allegedly heavy-handed intrusions into state and local affairs seem to have no problem with such interventions when the overreach happens to advance policies dear to their own hearts? This year we’ve…
DetailsFrom the Cannabist.co, the US Hemp roundtable supports the Industrial Hemp Farming Act (H.R. 3530) introduced by Rep. James Comer, R-KY, who TCR interviewed
DetailsAn anti-marijuana congressman was a key architect of the opiate crisis — and he was Trump’s pick to be drug czar. Since his election to Congress in 2011 during the anti-tax, anti-government Tea Party movement, U.S. Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pennsylvania), the current choice to become the nation’s next drug czar, has been a staunch and…
DetailsTopicals and edibles are offering pain management solutions for seniors seeking relief for arthritis. Almost half of adults aged 65 or older have arthritis. The Center for Disease Control says arthritis and other rheumatic conditions represent a leading cause of disability among U.S. adults — and the leading cause for the past 15 years. And…
DetailsMedical Marijuana of Massachusetts will be the first of the state’s nonprofit organizations to open a dispensary on Cape Cod, recently announcing plans to begin operation in a small, nondescript building on Echo Road in Mashpee in late December. It likely won’t remain the only one in the region for long. There are medical marijuana…
Details“This time of year, everyone’s harvesting. And now, the annual paycheck that we’ve been working all year to earn may have been burnt to a crisp or will soon dry out due to lack of water.” The stresses felt by cannabis farmer Ahren Osterbrink, a Redwood Valley resident evacuated since the onset of the Mendocino…
DetailsThe man who oversaw raids on more than 100 marijuana dispensaries stepped forward on Tuesday to criticize Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ draconian view of cannabis. Despite prosecuting plenty of state-legal marijuana providers in his day, former attorney general Eric Holder called out current Attorney General Jeff Sessions yesterday for his “almost obsession with marijuana.” Holder…
DetailsLegal marijuana is a bona fide billion-dollar industry in Colorado. And it’s hitting the mark faster than ever. In 2017, Colorado eclipsed $1 billion in marijuana sales in eight months; in 2016, it took 10 months. Colorado’s marijuana retailers logged upward of $1.02 billion in collective medical and recreational sales through August, according to The…
DetailsAs it slowly acknowledges the depths of the opioid epidemic, Congress is failing to recognize that medical marijuana may be a simple and effective solution, Rep. Earl Blumenauer said Wednesday. The Oregon Democrat and longtime champion of medical marijuana made the remarks in testimony before a U.S. House Subcommittee on Health hearing on proposals for…
DetailsGrowLife, Inc. Announces Strategic Asset Acquisition Including Innovative Proprietary Technologies for the Indoor Cultivation Industry David Reichwein to Join GrowLife, Inc. as Vice President of Research and Development October 11, 2017 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time KIRKLAND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GrowLife, Inc. (PHOT) one of the nation’s most recognized indoor cultivation services providers, today announced that it has…
DetailsMaryland’s medical marijuana program, finally about to launch, could remain grounded if Congress fails to extend limits on federal prosecutions for using and selling the drug. Under pressure from the anti-cannabis Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the House of Representatives is balking at preserving an Obama-era provision that gives the states space to decide their own…
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