Cannabis news occupied a dominant position in the headlines for the week of April 7-14, 2018 – for all the right reasons. A new study concluded adult-use legalization is directly linked to a reduction in crime and alcohol use; US …
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Former US House Speaker To Promote Legalizing Marijuana
By Dan Sewell CINCINNATI (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday he has had a change of heart on marijuana and will promote its nationwide legalization as a way to help veterans and the nation’s deadly opioid …
Read More »AP News Briefs: Ohio Docs Can Apply To Recommend MMJ, Virginia Man Threatens to Shoot Congressman
Ohio doctors may now apply to recommend medical marijuana COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s medical board has begun accepting applications from doctors willing to recommend medical marijuana to patients once the state’s program is launched. The State Medical Board of …
Read More »Ohio: Candidate Kucinich Pledges To Pass Adult-Use Policies, If Elected
At least one of the Democratic candidates looking to become the next governor of Ohio strongly supports marijuana legalization – and is not afraid to say so. Dennis Kucinich, one of six Democrats competing to become the next governor of …
Read More »U.S. Health Secretary Says “No Such Thing as Medical Marijuana”
At a press conference in Ohio on Friday, United States Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar was addressing concerns about the opioid epidemic when he made some noteworthy comments regarding cannabis. When asked how medical marijuana could potentially play …
Read More »Ohio Senator Seeks Review of Medical Marijuana Program After Error
By Julie Carr SmithStatehouse Correspondent COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A state lawmaker moved Thursday to force a thorough review of Ohio’s medical marijuana program as questions pile up over its process for selecting grower applicants. Republican Sen. Bill Coley, of …
Read More »Medicinal cannabis as an opioid substitute
Opioids are the latest plague in the US. Now that the pharmaceutical industry has created an army of addicts, the drug cartels have leaped in to fill the gap. They are flooding America with heroin and fentanyl. We wanted to …
Read More »Ohio Says Error Inadvertently Excluded Marijuana Grower
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Human error led to a company’s inadvertent exclusion from the proposed list of the dozen big growers in Ohio’s new medical marijuana program, the state Department of Commerce said Thursday. The agency uncovered …
Read More »Evidence that medical marijuana outlets sell to other users
A study of four medical marijuana outlets in California suggests that many of their customers don’t fit the profile expected for businesses focused on sick patients. Researchers found that some of the dispensaries attracted many customers outside of their immediate …
Read More »Report Explores Consumer Preference Differences Among Men, Women
A new white paper by Canna Ventures is providing insight into the purchasing habits of men and women in the cannabis marketplace and attitudes toward legalization efforts in the United States. Researchers sought to identify the differences in consumer attitudes …
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