Peru sells out of medical cannabis
This means patients have no option to legally access regulated medical cannabis in the domestic market, according to industry sources.
Illinois Nets Over $10M In Cannabis Tax In First Month Of Retail Sales
Less than three months into Illinois’ new legal adult use cannabis market, the state says its tax revenue is already exceeding expectations.
Man, 80, arrested for growing cannabis plants for CBD oil that’s ‘saving his life’
A man who was arrested for growing cannabis plants for medicinal purposes believes the law will kill him, when the Class B drug is keeping him alive.
Study: Hemp Crops Could Restore Bee Populations
Hemp and cannabis plants do not produce nectar, but their pollen can keep bee populations happy and well-fed. Specifically, the study found that bees not only love the pollen from cannabis and hemp plants — they also can benefit from the plants’ abundance of pollen as a subsistence resource during times when local flora diversity has been stripped due to modern farming practices or a natural occurrence, such as drought. Bees are especially drawn to larger crop plots and taller plants, meaning industrial hemp carries the most benefits as an industry for the bees.
More and more older adults are using marijuana
The percentage of adults over the age of 65 who said they’d used some form of cannabis in the past year was 75 percent higher in 2018 — when 4.2 percent said they’d used it — than it was in 2015, according to new data published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Cannabis use in this group has been increasing dramatically since around 2006 when less than 0.5 percent of older adults said they’d used the drug.
Louisiana licenses issued allowing farmers to grow hemp
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana started handing out its first licenses to farmers to grow industrial hemp this month, after lawmakers legalized the crop in a bid to start a new agricultural industry in the state.
The Likelihood of Federal Cannabis Legalization in the United States – Written by Paul James
Since 1937, when the “Marihuana Tax Act” was enacted, cannabis has remained illegal on a federal level. After the counterculture of the 1960s, cannabis was brought into mainstream light again – though, unfortunately, with little success.
Cannabis Stores Prepare for Coronavirus as Buyers Stock Up on Pot While They Can
Cannabis retailers have seen a similar trend, with many consumers choosing to make fewer trips to dispensaries, instead opting for larger, less frequent purchases as COVID-19 fears grip the country.
Los Angeles to dismiss 66,000 marijuana convictions
The county is working with a not-for-profit technology organization, Code for America, to use algorithms to identify eligible cases within decades-old court documents.
Plan for Scotland’s first medical cannabis clinic in Aberdeen
Medical cannabis was legalised in the UK in November 2018, allowing doctors to prescribe it in certain situations.