California Oct 2015 voted in a State wide Cannabis Regulation system that originally was governed City by City. Californias Gov. Jerry Brown signed on Friday. Quoting Brown: “This new structure will make sure patients have access to medical marijuana, while ensuring a robust tracking system,” Most of the new restrictions won’t become operational until 2018, Keep an […]
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Chronic Marijuana Use by Teenagers Does Not Cause Health Problems According to a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Study
Chronic marijuana in the teenage years does not cause depression, psychotic symptoms, asthma or any other conditions thought of associated to it, a recent study revealed. In fact the study, which spanned 20 years, concluded that there is no link between marijuana use and ill-health. Young marijuana users did not even show signs of allergies, […]
DEA Wants Federal Government To Grow More Cannabis
People have long been critical of the federal government and its agencies with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) included. One covert program seemed like a fairy tale – something straight out of Hollywood. I mean who would believe that the federal government was funding a medical marijuana grow operation?! Right?! Turns out, the federal government […]
Top 4 Issues of Concern for all Cannabis Investors and Businesses
Across the US state legalization of medical and adult recreational use of marijuana is driving burgeoning business and sales growth in the cannabis-marijuana industry (click here to view March 2015 graph and chart). There is little doubt the cannabis industry is one you should invest in if you can do it safely as some very […]
Huge New Development – President Obama’s Staff Clear the Way for Marijuana Research in US
WASHINGTON — The White House took a major step forward on Monday to support research into the medical properties of marijuana, lifting a much-maligned bureaucratic requirement that had long stifled scientific research. By eliminating the Public Health Service review requirement, the Department of Health and Human Services will help facilitate research into the drug. A bipartisan group […]
Celebrities Adding Star Power to Booming Marijuana Industry
High-profile celebrities are starting to leverage their start power to create new income streams by licensing their names and brands to private marijuana industry companies. Currently the trend is taking greatest foothold in the few states that have decriminalized recreational use like Colorado and Oregon. Read full MJ Biz Daily article by clicking here..
Quality US Medical Marijuana Changing the Drug War – Putting Mexican Pot Growers Out of Business
With 23 US states now allowing marijuana farming to some degree, Mexican pot farmers are shifting to other plants for export according to Bloomberg Business. Not because overall supply exceeds demand, but because the quality of US grown medical marijuana far exceeds its south of the border peers. Also because cultivation technologies are enabling US […]
Medical Marijuana, Hemp And Cannabis – History Of Use And The Untold Story
[Editorial note: this is an extraordinary article originally written in 2011 by a well respected naturopathic physician (NMD), being republished by Hempioneers; some of the information may be dated such as the # of states in US licensing medical marijuana clinics] Introduction: In 1972, the US Congress placed marijuana in Schedule I of the Controlled […]
Why Big Pharma is Opposed to America’s Fastest Growing industry – Medical Marijuana
We predict at some point in the not too distant future some Big Pharma conglomerate teams will begin voicing support for medical marijuana, if they are not already doing so quietly. There is little doubt Big Pharma will be very acquisitive in the industry once federally legal, and spearheading a wave of US based studies […]
Medical Marijuana Business Insurance Developments
NEWS FLASH: Lloyd’s of London recently announced a ban on its insurance syndicates writing new policies in the USA to businesses growing and selling medical marijuana. Click here if you are interested in learning how licensed marijuana dispensaries and growers can create a custom privately held insurance company to insure their operations. Oddly, this could […]