US Government Finally Approves Enough Weed to Make 5 Million Joints for Research It’s been a long time coming. The government has just approved the cultivation of the biggest crop of cannabis for research purposes, as a response to the need for cannabis plants with varying levels of CBD and…
Only YOU are responsible for YOUR Cannabis Consumption So many times I read articles that showcase a “teen” struggling with “Marijuana Addiction”. I’m not saying that ‘some people’ won’t get addicted to cannabis. It’s entirely possible under the same premise that you can get addicted to sex, sports and work.…
Taiwan’s People Want Legal MMJ, But The Government Resists Taiwan becomes the latest Asian nation to fight for legal cannabis, but the government declines. On April 20th of this year, Taipei had a Green Sensation rally wherein activists took to the streets as an effort to call on legalizing cannabis.…
Here’s Proof Your Government Is Blocking Marijuana Research We’ve tackled the problems of cannabis research in the United States before, but now there’s new evidence that there are serious issues impeding the progress of research. Hint: POTUS. The government has only allowed one grower of cannabis to produce the pot…
Why the Government Shouldn’t Sell You Cannabis Some New Mexico Republicans are thinking of letting the government sell cannabis. I know, some of you cringed at the sound of that. It’s true though. Essentially the approach would be to have the state government oversee all of the activities within the…
How The Government Shutdown Is Affecting The Cannabis Industry The government shutdown is approaching its fourth week, making it the longest federal closure in the history of the United States. Last Friday, some 800,000 federal workers received pay statements although no pay, and saying that the current state of the…
Federal Government Will Spend $ 1.5 Million To Study Lesser Known Compounds In Cannabis Meanwhile $ 300 million upwards are dedicated to other kinds of research It’s a little strange that the US federal government has been studying cannabis for decades now, but we have no real idea what they’ve…
The Feds want to study the “Entourage Effect” For the longest time, the Federal government has only sanctioned studies that sought to identify the risk factors of cannabis. Now, as we’re seeing prohibition crumble the feds are changing their tune. The two most known and most studied cannabinoids are THC…
UK Government Legalizes Medical Marijuana Nationally In a landmark move, the United Kingdom government has just announced that specialist doctors can now issue prescriptions for cannabis-based treatments. UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid made the announcement after parents of children with epilepsy raised concerns. During the last summer, Javid made the…
Paris Opens First CBD Coffee Shops, Then French Government Shuts Them Down Paris becomes the latest city to legally open cannabis “coffee shops”. France, which has some of the harshest cannabis laws in the European Union, also has some of the highest cannabis consumption rates in the continent. The fun…