(via Wikimedia Commons) HP is the latest mainstream company to enter the legal cannabis industry in an effort to improve customer transactions. The popular tech giant is partnering with the Denver-based business Flowhub to create a cash register system for …
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Retired NFL champ Martellus Bennett says ‘about 89 percent’ of players use marijuana
(via Wikimedia Commons) Martellus Bennett projects that an overwhelming number of professional football players are also marijuana users. The former tight end estimates that nearly 90 percent of all NFL players smoke marijuana, reports Sports Illustrated. “I want to say …
Read More »Coachella wants concert goers to ditch their weed stash
California may have legalized marijuana, but recreational use won’t be allowed at this weekend’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Coachella’s entrance area will feature amnesty drop-boxes and stationed Indio police encouraging concert goers to dispose any items not allowed …
Read More »Germany to rely on Canadian-exported marijuana after judge halts licensing process
Germany’s burgeoning medical marijuana program will continue to rely on exported cannabis following a court decision to delay the country’s cultivation licensing process, the Financial Post reports. The country was in the process of tendering 10 licenses to grow cannabis …
Read More »Cynthia Nixon supports marijuana legalization in New York
(via Flickr.com/MTAphotos) Cynthia Nixon would enthusiastically move to legalize marijuana if she were elected New York governor. The actress and Democratic gubernatorial candidate, best known for her role as Miranda from television’s Sex and the City, told supporters at a …
Read More »Legal marijuana is saving lives from opioid abuse, new studies find
Legal access to marijuana is helping people use less prescription opioids, according to two studies published Monday by the American Medical Association. In a study conducted by authors Ashley C. Bradford, W. David Bradford and Amanda Abraham of the University …
Read More »Outgoing VA chief David Shulkin denounced by medical marijuana advocates
Donald Trump’s revolving door of a White House staff has actually received some sort of praise after the ousting of former Department of Veterans Affairs chief David Shulkin. Medical marijuana advocates for American veterans are both hopeful and cautious in …
Read More »Blue Moon creator to develop weed-infused beer
Yet another major alcohol company is joining in on the legal marijuana green rush. CERIA Beverages founder Keith Villa, who developed the Blue Moon Belgian White beverage for Coors Brewing in 1995, is currently crafting a marijuana-infused beer, reports Forbes. …
Read More »Mitch McConnell supports bill to legalize industrial hemp
(via Flickr.com/gageskidmore) Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hopes to expand industrial hemp production with a new bill to federally reclassify the once-popular commodity. The leader of the U.S. Senate plans to introduce a bill to remove hemp from the …
Read More »Medical marijuana could prevent recovering addicts from relapse, study finds
(courtesy of Constance Therapeutics) Recovering drug and alcohol addicts may be able to stay clean with the help of non-psychoactive cannabis, new research suggests. A preclinical study published in the medical journal Neuropsychopharmacology finds that the therapeutic compound found in …
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