Category: Medical Marijuana

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USA Today Report: Cannabis Consumers Reduce Use of Pills, Booze

A new report by Gannett, the publisher of USA Today and dozens of other publications, has found that cannabis use by new consumers correlates with a reduction in their use of painkillers...

Idahoans Flock to Cannabis Shop on Oregon–Idaho Border

ONTARIO, Ore. (AP) — Idaho customers gave a new cannabis shop just across the Oregon–Idaho state line a booming first day in business. When the store called Weedology opened this past Friday, customers...

SOL Global increases ownership stake in HeavenlyRx

Cannabis investment company SOL Global Investments purchased additional common shares to raise its ownership in its CBD-focused wellness subsidiary HeavenlyRx to 44.53%.As part of a larger private offering, the Toronto-based international investment...

Curaleaf scrubs website for medical claims following FDA warning

After federal regulators warned cannabis giant Curaleaf last week against making unsubstantiated medical claims for its CBD products, the company has taken action.The Massachusetts cannabis company removed its blog and deleted social media...

Michigan hemp farmers worry privacy law could hurt business

Some in Michigan’s fledgling hemp industry are concerned that a state privacy law preventing agriculture officials from disclosing hemp farmers’ identities and locations could negatively affect their businesses. As a stipulation under the...

European Medicines Agency panel OKs GW Pharma’s cannabis drug

GW Pharmaceuticals announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended approval of the British company’s cannabis-based medicine Epidiolex.The CHMP is responsible for preparing the European Medicines Agency (EMA)’s opinions...

‘Wild West’ Days in Oklahoma Get a Little Too Wild

‘The Haymaker’ is Leafly Deputy Editor Bruce Barcott’s opinion column on cannabis politics and culture. Most people in the cannabis industry know Oklahoma is going through a Wild West phase right now. The...

The World’s First Hot Box, and Other Uses of Cannabis in the Ancient World

Carl Sagan once speculated that cannabis may have been the very plant that inspired the age of agriculture. The first crop so useful that some long forgotten nomadic foraging society decided to...