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Costa Rica: The Congress Made the First Step in Legalizing Medical Marijuana

Costa Rica: The Congress Made the First Step in Legalizing Medical Marijuana

Costa Rica: The Congress Made the First Step in Legalizing Medical Marijuana

The Congress of Costa Rica voted Tuesday on a bill that proposes to allow the cultivation and production of psychoactive cannabis for medicinal use. If signed into law, the bill would make Costa Rica ...

3 years ago

The Sativa/Indica Classification Has No Meaning, a Study Claims

The Sativa/Indica Classification Has No Meaning, a Study Claims

The Sativa/Indica Classification Has No Meaning, a Study Claims

When shopping for cannabis seeds, growers have come to rely, among other things, on the distinction between Sativa and Indica cultivars. However, a recent study by Canadian scientists questions the ...

3 years ago

Germany’s Three Major Parties Mull Over Cannabis Reform

Germany’s Three Major Parties Mull Over Cannabis Reform

Germany’s Three Major Parties Mull Over Cannabis Reform

As their coalition negotiations continue, all three main winners of the September elections in Germany express their commitment to further liberalize anti-cannabis laws. Each of the parties likely to ...

3 years ago

Germany: Future Coalition Government Urged to Legalize Cannabis

Germany: Future Coalition Government Urged to Legalize Cannabis

Germany: Future Coalition Government Urged to Legalize Cannabis

A member of the recently elected German parliament, Karl Lauterbach, who is also a medical professional, addressed the country’s three leading parties with a call to create a regulated cannabis ...

3 years ago

A Pasture for Future Unicorns? US Cannabis Industry to Reach $50 Billion by 2026

A Pasture for Future Unicorns? US Cannabis Industry to Reach $50 Billion by 2026

A Pasture for Future Unicorns? US Cannabis Industry to Reach $50 Billion by 2026

Brightfield Group, a US-based company that provides reports on CBD and cannabis industry, forecasts that the growth of the sector will not slow down in the coming years and will reach a whopping 50 ...

3 years ago

Does Cannabis Cause Memory Loss?

Does Cannabis Cause Memory Loss?

Does Cannabis Cause Memory Loss?

You only need to smoke weed once to notice that it messes up your memory. This particular effect is so much in-your-face that there’s even a strain of cannabis called Memory Loss. So, no one ...

3 years ago

Outrageously Unjust: Why Anti-Drug Laws Need to be Changed Now

Outrageously Unjust: Why Anti-Drug Laws Need to be Changed Now

Outrageously Unjust: Why Anti-Drug Laws Need to be Changed Now

Recent headlines remind us again that cannabis policy is a constant tug-of-war between those who want a more sensible approach to this and other illicit substances and those who fight hard to ...

3 years ago

Ireland’s Medical Cannabis Access Program Sabotaged by Doctors

Ireland’s Medical Cannabis Access Program Sabotaged by Doctors

Ireland’s Medical Cannabis Access Program Sabotaged by Doctors

Peter Reynolds, an advisory board member of the Irish Medical Cannabis Council, expressed his sentiments regarding Ireland’s Medical Cannabis Access Programme (MCAP). It’s been four years ...

3 years ago

Justin Bieber Breaks Ground in Cannabusiness With “Peaches” Joints

Justin Bieber Breaks Ground in Cannabusiness With “Peaches” Joints

Justin Bieber Breaks Ground in Cannabusiness With “Peaches” Joints

Justin Bieber has entered a partnership with Palms, an LA-based company that makes cannabis pre-rolls and sells them in California and Nevada. A 7-piece pack of joints costs $32. The singer’s ...

3 years ago

Recent Acquisition Created World’s Largest Cannabis Company

Recent Acquisition Created World’s Largest Cannabis Company

Recent Acquisition Created World’s Largest Cannabis Company

Trulieve Cannabis Corporation, based in Florida but operating across multiple states, has bought Harvest, a chain of stores and dispensaries selling medical and recreational marijuana. This deal has ...

3 years ago

Many US Companies to Stop Screening New Hires for Cannabis Use

Many US Companies to Stop Screening New Hires for Cannabis Use

Many US Companies to Stop Screening New Hires for Cannabis Use

With its recent decision to stop testing new employees for the presence of cannabis metabolites in their system, Amazon has set a trend that corporate America is very likely to follow. Today, almost ...

3 years ago

From NBA to THC: Chris Webber to Open a Cannabis Facility in Detroit

From NBA to THC: Chris Webber to Open a Cannabis Facility in Detroit

From NBA to THC: Chris Webber to Open a Cannabis Facility in Detroit

Former NBA star Chris Webber unveiled his plans of opening a multi-million dollar marijuana business in his native city of Detroit. What he called a ‘cannabis compound’ will create a lot ...

3 years ago

Los Angeles County DA Will Erase 58,000 Pot Convictions

Los Angeles County DA Will Erase 58,000 Pot Convictions

Los Angeles County DA Will Erase 58,000 Pot Convictions

L.A. County Dist. Atty. George Gascón announced on Monday that his office would dismiss as many as 58,000 past cannabis convictions. These records of people convicted for low-level cannabis ...

3 years ago

Federal Legalization of Cannabis in the US Could Do More Harm Than Good?

Federal Legalization of Cannabis in the US Could Do More Harm Than Good?

Federal Legalization of Cannabis in the US Could Do More Harm Than Good?

While legislators are considering two bills that would end the decades-long prohibition of cannabis in the United States, it’s unwelcome news for some of the stakeholders. There is traditional ...

3 years ago

Amazon Spent $5 Million Lobbying Cannabis Legalization in the 2nd Quarter of 2021 Alone

Amazon Spent $5 Million Lobbying Cannabis Legalization in the 2nd Quarter of 2021 Alone

Amazon Spent $5 Million Lobbying Cannabis Legalization in the 2nd Quarter of 2021 Alone

The company said in a statement this Tuesday that it was actively lobbying the US government to end the federal prohibition of cannabis in the country. Amazon first voiced its support for the full ...

3 years ago

500,000 Signatures in Less Than a Week: Italy Wants Cannabis Decriminalization

500,000 Signatures in Less Than a Week: Italy Wants Cannabis Decriminalization

500,000 Signatures in Less Than a Week: Italy Wants Cannabis Decriminalization

ReferendumCannabis, a group lobbying for broad legalization of the substance in Italy, and the country’s several smaller parties have collected enough signatures for a popular referendum on ...

3 years ago

Genetic Sequencing Shows Cannabis Was Domesticated 12 Millennia Ago

Genetic Sequencing Shows Cannabis Was Domesticated 12 Millennia Ago

Genetic Sequencing Shows Cannabis Was Domesticated 12 Millennia Ago

Many people fail to realize that the current interest in cannabis isn’t just a recent fad and that this plant species has been serving various needs of humans for thousands of years. A recent ...

3 years ago

Zurich, Switzerland, to Allow Recreational Cannabis Sales as a Pilot Program

Zurich, Switzerland, to Allow Recreational Cannabis Sales as a Pilot Program

Zurich, Switzerland, to Allow Recreational Cannabis Sales as a Pilot Program

Next year, Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland, will launch a pilot program that will allow adults to legally buy and consume various cannabis products. The decades-long ban on cannabis sales ...

3 years ago

LEGO Will Only Use Hemp Plastic in 10 Years

LEGO Will Only Use Hemp Plastic in 10 Years

LEGO Will Only Use Hemp Plastic in 10 Years

The legendary Danish toymaker decided that, by 2030, it can make the transition from the currently used plastic resin to environmentally friendly hemp. The look and feel of LEGO blocks will remain ...

3 years ago

WADA to Review Cannabis Ban After the Controversy with an Olympics Hopeful

WADA to Review Cannabis Ban After the Controversy with an Olympics Hopeful

WADA to Review Cannabis Ban After the Controversy with an Olympics Hopeful

The Executive Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency said in a press release Tuesday that it would review the status of cannabis on its Prohibited List sometime next year. This decision comes ...

3 years ago

Less Booze, More Weed: Covid-19 Impacts Partying on Campuses?

Less Booze, More Weed: Covid-19 Impacts Partying on Campuses?

Less Booze, More Weed: Covid-19 Impacts Partying on Campuses?

A 2020 ‘Monitoring the Future’ survey found that almost half of 18–22 year-olds attending college had used cannabis in the past 12 months. The daily or nearly daily use also reached ...

3 years ago

Cannabis Use at All-Time High Among US College Students

Cannabis Use at All-Time High Among US College Students

Cannabis Use at All-Time High Among US College Students

According to the recent MTF survey, cannabis consumption among college students aged 19 to 22 has dramatically increased over the past five years and reached record levels in 2020. One in twelve ...

3 years ago

Italy: A Plan to Legalize Home Cultivation of Cannabis Set in Motion

Italy: A Plan to Legalize Home Cultivation of Cannabis Set in Motion

Italy: A Plan to Legalize Home Cultivation of Cannabis Set in Motion

Italian legislators announced Wednesday that they adopted the initiative that would legalize the cultivation of up to four cannabis plants in one’s own home. The proclaimed goal is to ease ...

3 years ago