As 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…
DetailsIn the middle of cannabis harvest season, over a dozen wildfires wreak havok in Northern California. California’s 2017 outdoor cannabis harvest is currently being decimated by a string of wildfires that have rapidly engulfed huge swaths of land in the state since the fires began late Sunday night. Over the past 36 hours, the 17…
DetailsMarijuana legalization is a “sucker’s bet” that has had negative consequences in Colorado and is not right for Kentucky, the Bluegrass State’s Gov. Matt Bevin said this week. Bevin, while a guest on Terry Meiners’ talk show on WHAS radio on Tuesday in Louisville, shot down any prospect of recreational marijuana legalization happening under his…
DetailsAfter a delay due to their proficiency testing program roll out, the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) will now require all medical infused products and concentrates be tested for potency and homogeneity, starting November 1st, 2017. After November 1st, all production batches of concentrates from medical product manufacturers will need to have a potency test…
DetailsAhead of the state’s implementation of their full adult use legalization in early 2018, California is working on improving their public outreach. Last week, the California Department of Public Health launched “Let’s Talk Cannabis”, a website dedicated to consumer education. The Bureau’s new and updated logo About two weeks ago, the Bureau of Cannabis Control,…
DetailsMore than 365 marijuana plants, with an estimated street value of $1 million, were seized in Pueblo County on Monday as evidence in illegal grow investigations. Four people, “all with ties to Cuba,” were arrested. Five weapons and other equipment were seized at two properties in eastern and northern Pueblo County, according to the sheriff’s…
DetailsFor a brief moment last month, it appeared a retail giant was on track to change the course of cannabidiol sales in the United States. In late September, Target.com quietly began selling a selection of hemp-derived extracts rich in the cannabis compound commonly known as CBD. The decision for the multinational retailer to sell Denver-based…
DetailsThe FDA is hinting they’ll investigate cannabis products that claim, among other things, to cure cancer. If you’re dissatisfied with your board-certified doctor’s advice or disheartened by what a heap of scientific data is patiently trying to tell you, tread lightly — and don’t be tempted to believe all the claims about medical marijuana products…
DetailsIn the fall of 2016, nineteen-year-old Riley Hancey of Utah contracted pneumonia and was placed on life-support. On December 2nd, 2016, Riley was admitted to the University of Utah Hospital and placed on a transplant list. He had been on life-support since he contracted pneumonia in the fall. When it was discovered that he had traces…
DetailsOf the many perpetual boogiemen that plague cannabis consumers one is chief among the stock scapegoats for prohibitionists. It’s the life-long mantra of cannabis-counter-revolutionaries that rest of us take some time to ‘think of the children.’ If marijuana is made legal, millions of doped up eighth graders will roam the street in search of their…
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