cannabis

If there existed a lucrative industry, with proven success, that helps people get better and could save money for the NHS, shouldn't we be talking about it? After attending a cannabis conference in Denver, Colorado, it struck me that here was a real solution to some of the difficulties our...

Santa Cruz, CA, November 02, 2017 - Jane Technologies, Inc. (Jane), the only complete end-to-end online marketplace compatible with all point-of-sale (POS) systems in the cannabis industry, announced it has rapidly expanded its footprint as its patent-pending software helps transform the...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. and WHITINSVILLE, Mass. November 2, 2017 — John MacKay, Ph.D., has been named the Editor of Extraction Magazine, a new trade journal filling the information gap in the growing cannabis extraction industry. This new magazine is specific to the cannabis industry, and the...

Chicago, IL – November 1, 2017 – Aclara Research, a leader in the development of patient and consumer insights within the cannabis industry, today released the preliminary results of their latest study examining patient usage of medical cannabis and the impact on prescription opioid usage. The...

SEATTLE, WA (Nov 2, 2017) - CFN Media Group ("CannabisFN"), the leading creative agency and media network dedicated to legal cannabis, announces publication of an article covering Corix Biosciences Inc. (OTCQX: CXBS) and its focus on standardized tissue culture propagation of cannabidiol, hemp...

AUSTIN, Texas - November 1, 2017 - Compassionate Cultivation is ready to make history in the Lone Star State by planting one of Texas' first legal cannabis crops. The medical cannabis company – one of two businesses licensed to grow cannabis that is high in non-psychoactive cannabidiol...

If the Daily Mail is to be believed, then Ital Simpson, aka north London rapper Black the Ripper, is a 'hooligan'. His pro-cannabis YouTube stunts have included hotboxing the London Eye, the tube, a polling station and even an EasyJet plane. 'They banned me for life, but I prefer Ryanair...

An Italian court has acquitted a man of cannabis possession because he is a Rastafarian and was using the drug to meditate. The 30-year-old was arrested in May last year after police found eight grams of cannabis in his pocket and a further 50 grams at his home. A prosecutor called for him...

Texas will soon have its first working grow facilities for cannabis. Compassionate Cultivation, one of the companies licensed to grow and produce medicine under Texas's limited medical marijuana program, said in a news release Wednesday it would start planting cannabis plants this week...

Martinez City Council will decide tonight whether to impose a temporary moratorium on all commercial cannabis activities. Should the ordinance be adopted, exceptions would be made for pending applications for medicinal marijuana dispensaries, said City Attorney Jeffrey A. Walter in his report...

As one of the states pioneering the recreational cannabis movement, there is now one more reason (including the Rocky Mountains) to head to the so-called Mile High City in Colorado. Recreational marijuana was legalized in 2014, but pot tourism has only just started to take-off as a...

A recent study co-funded by ESPN and the National Institute on Drug Abuse found that 52 percent of retired football players had used prescription pain drugs (opioids) during their professional careers. Of those, 63 percent admitted they received the painkillers from coaches, trainers, fellow...

A group of cancer patients clubbed together to set up a cannabis plantation to help them cope with the pain from their illnesses, a court heard. Former trawlerman Christopher Ostermeyer, from Torquay, rented a small industrial unit where the three cancer patients and one multiple sclerosis...

A natural foods grocery chain in Neptune Beach is now offering over-the-counter cannabis derivatives to shoppers, essentially skirting state and federal law. The cannabidiol (CBD) products found on the shelves at the Lucky's Market in Neptune Beach are said to be derived from hemp, a variety...

Cannabis reform may be coming to the European Union's most populous country as German conservatives, the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party continue their talks on forming a coalition government. Part of their discussions include an agreement on fully legalizing marijuana and selling the...

On Monday, police arrested and charged 44yr-old Sekou Luke of Upper Gambles and 33yr-old Lincoln St. John of Upper Fort Road with Possession and Cultivation of 150 Cannabis plants. Both men were caught on a Cannabis plantation at Parham Hill on Monday, following a Drugs Eradication Operation...

South Yorkshire Police said cannabis plants were found growing in a property in Gleadless yesterday. A man was arrested at the house. A police spokeswoman said: "Yesterday, officers attended an address in Gleadless and executed a warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act. "The occupant...

SAN FRANCISCO, California - October 31, 2017 - Bay Area medical cannabis company Bloom Farms™ has redirected all of its statewide donations to a Northern California food bank situated among the state’s most devastating wildfires through the end of the year, the company announced this week...

Marijuana is slowly gaining public and legal acceptance, but there’s still a lot to be learned about the plant. With that in mind, researchers from the University of California Davis have started a project to map the cannabis genome. Hemp and marijuana are two different species, but they’re...

Another city council meeting, another spirited discussion about cannabis, another incremental step towards finalizing the Cloverdale cannabis ordinance. The Oct. 24 meeting started out with local member of the cannabis industry Lou Bevaros inquiring as to why the new city timeline showed the...