A powerful drug derived from marijuana just got a major green light on its way to FDA approval
By Erin Brodwin From Business Insider An experimental cannabis-derived drug has gotten a unanimous approval vote from a group of scientists convened by the Food and Drug Administration. The committee concluded that the drug, called Epidiolex, is safe and effective….
US Senate panel kills bill allowing use of marijuana derivative
BY KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press From News Observer BOISE, IDAHO – A proposal to legalize oil extracted from cannabis plants is likely dead for the year after a group of lawmakers on Monday broke out in turmoil during a last-minute…
US: How home-grown tomatoes and misread tea leaves led to pointless police raid on innocent family’s home
By Chris Morran From Consumerist The story of how a simple visit to a garden store subjected one Kansas family to a “SWAT-style raid, complete with battering ram, bulletproof vests, and assault rifles.” When Bob Harte took his two young…
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High Design: How cannabis dispensaries actually work
BY KAT BAUMAN From Core77 Navigating the boutique beauty of federally illegal drugs It’s a complicated but exciting time to talk marijuana in America. The medically invaluable and minimally harmful drug is fast becoming a socially normalized staple crop. But…
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Industrial Hemp, medical marijuana to be explored at major Caribbean conference
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life The Institute for Caribbean Studies (ICS) says that industrial hemp and medical marijuana will be explored this week at a major Caribbean conference in Washington, D.C. The Washington D.C-based institute is urging the…
Bob Marley Launches Cannabis Line
From South Florida Caribbean News LOS ANGELES – Marley Natural, the official Bob Marley cannabis brand, today debuted a broad-based collection of cannabis and lifestyle products designed with deep respect for Bob Marley’s legacy and belief in the positive potential…
Can you really get a ‘contact high’ from marijuana?
By Christina Sterbenz and Lauren F Friedman From Business Insider Three decades ago, a team of Norwegian researchers hot-boxed a car — for science. The study volunteers had never smoked marijuana before, but they all piled into a small car…
