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Week in Review: President Biden Expands Cannabis Pardons
In this week’s cannabis news round-up, President Biden expands cannabis pardons and clemency in federal cases; Rhode Island hits $100 million in the first year of the adult-use market; study shows states with cannabis prohibition...
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Week in Review: Thailand Announces Cannabis Law Changes
In this week’s cannabis news round-up, Thailand’s Prime Minister announces plans for a cannabis law changes; Oregon regulators to permit the sale of cannabis products testing positive for Aspergillus; and Wyoming wants...
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Week in Review: The Bahamas Moves to Legalize Cannabis
In this week’s cannabis news round-up, Bahamas government introduces bill to legalize medical and religious use of cannabis; more American adults see cannabis as safer than alcohol and cigarettes; medical cannabis sales...
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Cannabis 101: Dispensaries
Now that weed is legal in more than half the nation, millions of people have the luxury of stepping inside their friendly neighborhood cannabis dispensary to stock up on a wide array of concoctions from the mad science minds...
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Week in Review: Minnesota Legalizes Adult Use Cannabis
In this week’s cannabis news round-up, Minnesota legalizes adult use cannabis—including Delta-8 THC products; New York announces plans for cannabis farmers’ markets and medical cannabis could be on the cards for Iceland. Minnesota...
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Week in Review: Is DEA Issuing New Rules for Delta-8 THC?
In this week’s cannabis news round-up, the DEA considers issuing new rules for Delta-8 THC and CBD; country music star Paul Cauthen debuts new “Wild Man” single after drug arrest; bipartisan lawmakers in Ohio reintroduce...
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NBA Ends Cannabis Ban for Players
The National Basketball Association (NBA) will end its blanket prohibition of cannabis for its athletes, according to the terms of a new tentative collective bargaining agreement with the players union revealed over the weekend....
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How to Harvest Sungrown Cannabis
Up in the Mendocino Highlands, harvest typically starts in late September or early October, depending on the cultivar. Some girls want to come in early, and some may stretch it out until early November. Here at Swami Select,...
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FDA Hires New Cannabis Policy Advisor
The US Food and Drug Administration could be signaling a new direction in the regulation of cannabis with the recent hiring of Norman Birenbaum as senior public health advisor at the agency’s Center for Regulatory Programs....
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How Native Tribal Cannabis Can Beat States To Legalization
South Dakota is a small place, and the town of Flandreau is even smaller. About 2,400 people located 40 minutes’ drive away from Sioux Falls, the state’s largest city and de-facto cultural capital, Flandreau is the largest...
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