SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – Toxic chemicals from illegal marijuana farms hidden deep in California’s forests are showing up in rivers and streams that feed the state’s water supply, prompting fears that humans and animals may be at risk, data reviewed …
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Canada’s top marijuana producer to double production
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s biggest licensed producer of medical marijuana has bought land next to its greenhouse production site that will allow it to more than double the total volume of cannabis it can grow, its chief executive said on …
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TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s biggest licensed producer of medical marijuana has bought land next to its greenhouse production site that will allow it to more than double the total volume of cannabis it can grow, its chief executive said on …
Read More »Little evidence shows cannabis helps chronic pain or PTSD
(Reuters Health) – Even though pain and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are among the most common reasons people use medical marijuana in the U.S., there isn’t much proof cannabis works for either one of these conditions, two research reviews suggest. …
Read More »Marijuana products sending more French kids to ERs
(Reuters Health) – Increased availability of potent marijuana products in France may be driving an increase in emergency room visits by intoxicated toddlers, a new study suggests. Yearly admissions for accidental marijuana intoxication at pediatric emergency departments in France more …
Read More »Marijuana use holds three-fold blood pressure death risk: study
LONDON (Reuters) – People who smoke marijuana have a three times greater risk of dying from hypertension, or high blood pressure, than those who have never used the drug, scientists said on Wednesday. The risk grows with every year of …
Read More »Tiny biotech firm offers Big Tobacco model to curb its nicotine habit
LONDON (Reuters) – Investors are betting on a little-known biotech company to supply Big Tobacco with low-nicotine cigarettes, but so far its technology is unproven. Shares in New York-based 22nd Century Group have soared 80 percent to a three-year high …
Read More »Zynerba’s cannabis based gel for epilepsy fails study
(Reuters) – Zynerba Pharmaceuticals said on Monday its experimental synthetic cannabis-based gel failed to induce a statistically significant reduction in seizures in a mid-stage study involving epilepsy patients. Zynerba’s ZYN002 gel is being studied in adults who have epilepsy with …
Read More »Toxic waste from U.S. pot farms alarms experts
WEAVERVILLE, Calif. (Reuters) – Pollution from illegal marijuana farms deep in California’s national forests is far worse than previously thought, and has turned thousands of acres into waste dumps so toxic that simply touching plants has landed law enforcement officers …
Read More »Q&A: Canada tries trading marijuana in new ETF
NEW YORK (Reuters) – You can smoke it or eat it, and now in Canada, you can trade it in your stock portfolio. The $120 million Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences ETF (HMMJ.TO) – the first exchange traded fund in North …
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