Epilepsy Patients Who Use ‘Artisanal CBD’ Have Higher Quality Of Life, Study Finds – Marijuana Moment
A pair of research projects funded by $20 million in tax revenue from Michigan’s adult-use cannabis program will analyze the effects of medical marijuana in military veterans, state officials announced on Tuesday. The bulk of the money, nearly $13 million, will examine “the efficacy of marijuana in treating the medical conditions of United States armed service veterans and preventing veteran suicide,” according to recipients at the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). The grant will fund the next step of a study researchers say is the first clinical trial of inhaled botanical marijuana for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and only…
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These Connecticut towns are banning recreational marijuana sales, use – The Advocate
On June 22, Gov. New Lamont signed the long-awaited bill legalizing adult cannabis use and the sale of recreational marijuana in the state of Connecticut. While the bill has many benefits for the state, including adding new sources of tax revenue and erasing certain marijuana-related convictions, many towns are opposing the sale of recreational marijuana. Though dispensaries are not slated to open until 2022, towns have begun to issue their own bans on the sale of the substance while others are currently deliberating where to stand on the matter. READ MORE: Legal weed in CT: Your questions answered Scroll below…
Read More »These Connecticut towns are banning recreational marijuana sales, use – Middletown Press
On June 22, Gov. New Lamont signed the long-awaited bill legalizing adult cannabis use and the sale of recreational marijuana in the state of Connecticut. While the bill has many benefits for the state, including adding new sources of tax revenue and erasing certain marijuana-related convictions, many towns are opposing the sale of recreational marijuana. Though dispensaries are not slated to open until 2022, towns have begun to issue their own bans on the sale of the substance while others are currently deliberating where to stand on the matter. READ MORE: Legal weed in CT: Your questions answered Scroll below…
Read More »Congress To Vote On Marijuana, Psychedelics And CBD Amendments This Week Following Committee Action – Marijuana Moment
Massachusetts lawmakers on Tuesday heard testimony about a bill to create a task force charged with studying the implications of legalizing psychedelics like psilocybin and ayahuasca. The legislature’s Joint Judiciary Committee met to discuss legislation from Rep. Mike Connolly (D). While members didn’t vote on the proposal, the sponsor was able to make the case for the reform, noting the emerging research that suggests entheogenic substances hold significant therapeutic potential for certain mental health conditions. He also pointed to the local reform movement that’s led three Massachusetts cities to decriminalize psychedelics so far, saying it represents “another reason why it…
Read More »Update On The Legalization Of Marijuana In Connecticut – Cannabis & Hemp – United States – Mondaq News Alerts
On June 17, 2021, the Connecticut Legislature passed a bill allowing the state to legalize use of cannabis for people 21 years of age or older, which was subsequently signed into law by Governor Ned Lamont on June 22, 2021. As of July 1, 2021, adult use of cannabis is legal in Connecticut. The new legislation expands the June 2012 legalization of medical marijuana under Governor Dannel P. Malloy’s prior administration. The Legislation Senate Bill 1201 legalizes cannabis use for adults over the age of 21 years, limited to no more than 1.54 ounces of cannabis on their person, and…
Read More »Coffee Holding Co., Inc. and The Jordre Well, LLC Commence Sales of CBD-Infused Coffee Pods – StreetInsider.com
Coffee Holding Co., Inc. and The Jordre Well, LLC Commence Sales of CBD-Infused Coffee Pods FREE Breaking News Alerts from StreetInsider.com! StreetInsider.com Top Tickers, 7/26/2021 July 26, 2021 9:01 AM EDT News and research before you hear about it on CNBC and others. Claim your 1-week free trial to StreetInsider Premium here. Staten Island, NY, July 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Coffee Holding Co., Inc. (Nasdaq: JVA) (the “Company”), a leading integrated wholesale coffee roaster and dealer in the United States, today announced that The Jordre Well, LLC (“The Jordre Well”), the Company’s 49%-owned hemp and cannabidiol (“CBD”) beverage company,…
Read More »Cuomo’s slow rollout of legalized weed becoming a real buzzkill, critics say – New York Post
New York’s legalized-pot program is on a train to nowhere — apparently derailed because Gov. Andrew Cuomo is fuming over his stalled plans to overhaul leadership at the MTA. Cuomo and the state Legislature approved the legalized sale of weed in New York in March, but the governor has since become a real buzzkill on the issue, critics say. He has yet to nominate an executive director for his new Office of Cannabis Management or name appointees to the Cannabis Control Board, even though the Marijuana Taxation and Regulation Act was passed months ago, they say. His rep, asked by…
Read More »Origins of Cannabis: Plant Was First Domesticated 12,000 Years Ago
Researchers investigating the first domestication of cannabis have determined that the plant was originally cultivated in what is now northwestern China, according to a recently released study published in the journal Science Advances. The team of researchers investigating the origins of cannabis analyzed the genomes of more than 100 cannabis plants from around the world to conduct the study. “It confirms it is one of the oldest cultivated plants,” said Luca Fumagalli, a biologist working at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, who led the study. “We think it was a multipurpose plant. It was exploited for fiber, food and…
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