NEW YORK (Reuters) – In 2014, as Jonathan Rubin and Ian Laird considered investing in the booming U.S. cannabis industry, they hit a problem: How to value pot starts-ups with little verified data on the price of the weed itself? …
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Former Chairman of Epilepsy Foundation Wants CBD for Kids
The Epilepsy Foundation acknowledged medical marijuana as an effective epilepsy medication in 2014 after the former chairman, Warren Lammert, saw how medical marijuana helped his daughter suffering from daily epilepsy seizures. Lammert’s daughter Sylvie was treated with a cannabidiol at …
Read More »New York Physician Calls for Global Research Into CBD and Addiction
“If this is something that could be potentially beneficial, and there’s an indication that it could be beneficial, why not put all hands on deck?” ~ Dr. Yasmin Hurd Can a non-psychoactive cannabinoid help recovering addicts avoid relapse? Dr. Yasmin …
Read More »We Spoke with Smoke DZA and Jonnyshipes About the Massive Expansion of Smokers Club
The year was 2011, and the location was New Haven, Conn. at the legendary Toad’s Place concert venue. This was my first Smokers Club experience, and it was a doozy. First, the soul-shattering bass of Ricky Hil’s SYLDD set the …
Read More »New York Judge Dismisses Challenge to Federal Marijuana Laws
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit challenging federal laws criminalizing marijuana as unconstitutional, saying the five plaintiffs had failed to pursue changes in the drug’s legal status by first going through the Drug Enforcement Administration. …
Read More »Judge Rejects Lawsuit Seeking to Legalize Marijuana Nationwide
A federal judge in New York tossed out a sweeping lawsuit Monday that sought to make marijuana legal under federal law, ruling that the plaintiffs had failed to take the necessary first step of asking the Drug Enforcement Administration to …
Read More »Fed Up With E-Cigarette and Cannabis Use, High School Administrators Look to Vapor Detectors – News
Jpg” target=” blank”>via TBEC Review Teenage rebels looking to dull the edge, show off to their peers, or get high at school could run into increased scrutiny on campus. American school administrators, teachers, and parents are seeking out new detection …
Read More »Cannabis Advocates Want Judge to Declare Marijuana Safe Under US Law
By Karen Matthews Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Army veteran Jose Belen says the horrors of the Iraq War left him with post-traumatic stress disorder, and the drug that helped him cope best with the symptoms was one his Veterans …
Read More »Lawsuit Takes Aim at Trump Administration Marijuana Policy
Besieged by litigation about its travel ban, its immigration agenda, its prohibition on transgender soldiers and numerous potential conflicts of interest, the presidency of Donald J. Trump has seemed at times like a high-stakes spinoff of “The People’s Court” with …
Read More »New York Today: A Cultural History of Marijuana
Good morning on this brightening Monday. Will New York be the next state to legalize marijuana? Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s 2018 budget plan calls for a study of the pros and cons. If legal weed comes to New York City, …
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