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California Police Rally Against Statewide Cannabis Deliveries Proposal

October 5th, 2018Police chiefs across California last week rallied against a proposed state rule that would allow licensed cannabis companies to perform deliveries statewide — even in cities/counties where cannabis sales have been banned, the Associated Press reports. Opposition to the program now includes the California Police Chiefs Association, the League of California Cities, and the United Food […]

Across America, CBD Begins Appearing in Hotel Rooms

October 5th, 2018Non-psychoactive CBD-infused products are making their way into restaurants and hotel mini-bars in cities across America, reports Moneyish. Several high-end hotels in New York have begun offering room service from a menu of CBD-infused comfort foods and others are stocking CBD gummies in the minibar. Restaurants and hotels both in Los Angeles and New York […]

Bipartisan Lawmakers Ask VA Secretary to Research MMJ as Opioid Alternative

October 5th, 2018A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers sent a letter last week asking the Department of Veterans Affairs to investigate medical cannabis as an alternative medication for opioids, according to a Stars and Stripes report. Reps. Phil Roe (R-Tennessee) and Tim Walz (D-Minnesota) and Sens. Dan Sullivan, (R-Alaska) and Jon Tester (D-Montana) co-signed the letter, addressed to VA Secretary Robert […]

Virginia to Select Medical Cannabis Licenses In Secret

October 5th, 2018On Tuesday, Virginia state regulators met to decide the recipients of the state’s first five medical cannabis licenses. Their first decision was to close the meeting to the public, reports The Richmond Times-Dispatch. The first meeting closure lasted 30 minutes. Regulators discussed Virginia’s public meeting laws and to what degree they might apply. Regulators re-opened […]

Cronos Plans to Mass-Produce Cannabinoids with Yeast

October 5th, 2018Canadian cannabis producer Cronos is partnering with Boston biotech firm Ginkgo Bioworks to pioneer methods of producing single cannabinoids in a bioreactor, reports Bloomberg. Ginkgo Bioworks started in biotech by producing scents for the fragrance industry using engineered yeast to produce the scent chemicals in bulk. Ginkgo’s process is likened to brewing beer. They change […]

Delaware Cannabis Expungement Bill Becomes Law

October 5th, 2018Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) signed a bill last week that will expunge or clear the records of citizens convicted of simple cannabis possession prior to 2015, which is when cannabis was decriminalized statewide, according to a Delaware Public Media report. The bill was sponsored by state Sen. Greg Lavelle and state Rep. Valerie Longhurst. […]

UCLA Team Plans to Study MMJ’s Painkilling Properties to Fight Opioid Epidemic

October 5th, 2018Dr. Jeffrey Chen, Director of UCLA’s Cannabis Research Initiative, hopes to launch a large, in-depth study into the painkilling properties of cannabis, NBC reports. There is a limited number of high quality, randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled studies specific to the pain-reducing effects of cannabis and cannabinoids — UCLA’s Cannabis Research Initiative hopes to change that. “The […]

New York Gov. Announces Cannabis Legalization Listening Sessions

October 5th, 2018On Thursday, the office of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced a series of 15 listening sessions on regulated cannabis to be held across the state. The meetings’ purpose: to hear input from community members and stakeholders on the details of cannabis legalization in New York state. Input received will be used by the […]

New Jersey Rolls Back Decriminalization

October 5th, 2018On Wednesday, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced that last month’s pause on the prosecution of cannabis cases has been rescinded. However, in the memo for the announcement, AG Grewal urged prosecutors to use discretion when charging low-level offenders, citing the effect that a drug conviction can have on someone’s life, reports the Philadelphia […]

Study: CBD May “Normalize Dysfunction” In Brain, Countering Pychosis

October 5th, 2018A study investigating the effectiveness of cannabidiol (CBD) in treating psychosis has found preliminary evidence that CBD helps to “reset” certain sections of the brain adversely affected by psychosis. The double-blind, randomized clinical study compared 33 individuals at high risk of psychosis with 19 healthy control individuals. The control group was given nothing, but the […]

Oregon Cannabis Growers Must Now Notify Regulators of Each Harvest

October 5th, 2018Oregon cannabis regulators have established a new rule requiring licensed cultivators to notify the state each time they harvest a cannabis crop, The Associated Press reports. Oregon – whose marketplace has been plagued with overproduction due to the state’s prime growing environment and a lack of licensing cap on growers – is the first state to take […]