Marijuana may be bad to the bone, a new Scottish study suggests. People who are very heavy users of pot have more than twice the risk of suffering a broken bone compared to people who only smoke tobacco cigarettes, the study found. Heavy pot users also had lower bone density compared to cigarette smokers, the […]
Alberta’s justice minister is travelling to Colorado this week to research the legalization of cannabis first-hand. Kathleen Ganley will be going to Denver Thursday to meet with the attorney general, police, fire and environmental health officials. She says the two-day trip will cost just over $4,000 but will help prepare the government for the eventual […]
Cannabis Business Times is proud to present Ken Morrow as the Cannabis 2017 Cultivation Conference chair. Morrow, founder of Trichome Technologies, a cannabis research and development company, is bringing over three decades of cannabis industry expertise to his role in steering the direction of this inaugural event, to be held March 20-22, 2017, in Oakland, […]
Image source: Cannabis Culture via Flickr. The Nov. 8 election can’t come quickly enough for some people — especially for supporters of California’s recreational marijuana legalization initiative, Prop 64. Prop 64 would legalize recreational cannabis for adults aged 21 and up and impose a 15% sales tax at the retail level on consumers. Additionally, growers […]
Marijuana stock performance is “mostly correlated,” which means individual company stocks often rise and fall in lockstep with the broader industry, Nicholls said. Even with the strong correlation, investors are better off buying a basket of marijuana stocks rather than taking a flier on one company, Nicholls said. “It’s really hard to say right now […]
News regarding the positive effects of medical marijuana is spreading. As people and states are asking for the marijuana to be legalized, experts warn about the negative effects. A current research shows that heavy use of marijuana can lead you to bone diseases and fractures. The researchers conducted a new study and found that people […]
News regarding the positive effects of medical marijuana is spreading. As people and states are asking for the marijuana to be legalized, experts warn about the negative effects. A current research shows that heavy use of marijuana can lead you to bone diseases and fractures. The researchers conducted a new study and found that people […]
A familiar face at Colorado State University-Pueblo will lead its Institute of Cannabis Research. Former CSU-Pueblo Mass Communications Department Chair Jen Mullen has been hired to serve as interim managing director of the newly formed research institute, to help faculty and administration advance its goals. School officials said Mullen will begin her duties on Nov. […]
A pregnant woman has morning sickness so severe she can’t keep food down, so she stirs some cannabis-infused oil into her morning tea to regain her appetite. An elderly man has chronic pain that keeps him up at night, so he smokes marijuana most nights before he and his wife go to bed. There’s a […]
The biggest problem with the DEA’s review is that it is a police agency with a financial conflict of interest, not an impartial scientific review such as that by ASA. The DEA’s standard of review used to keep cannabis as a schedule 1 banned substance falls far short based on the agency’s own protocols. A […]
The share of Americans who favor legalizing the use of marijuana continues to increase. Today, 57% of U.S. adults say the use of marijuana should be made legal, while 37% say it should be illegal. A decade ago, opinion on legalizing marijuana was nearly the reverse – just 32% favored legalization, while 60% were opposed. […]
READ MORE: Air pollution and lack of vitamin D could increase risk of dementia Researchers say this could contribute to the thinning of cannabis users’ bones, which could lead to a greater risk of osteoporosis in later life. As a result of this, it was found that fractures were more common in heavy users, while there […]
The share of Americans who favor legalizing the use of marijuana continues to increase. Today, 57% of U.S. adults say the use of marijuana should be made legal, while 37% say it should be illegal. A decade ago, opinion on legalizing marijuana was nearly the reverse – just 32% favored legalization, while 60% were opposed. […]
Edibles, concentrates and other infused products are seeing the rapid development of professional brands with consistent packaging, messaging and brand images. Flower, however, has largely been left unbranded, leaving a void that could offer significant potential to producers. Flower, more so than other cannabis products, will always have to compete with the illicit market, and […]
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