The $9 billion industry of legal marijuana is one of the strongest growth areas of the U.S. economy, yet most banks won't touch it. This post from Forbes highlights the banking crisis faced by legal cannabis. Imagine an industry with $9 billion in sales — equivalent to the entire snack market — where only 30% of businesses had a bank account. That’s the situation we face today ... Continue Reading
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Opioid Crisis: Cannabis to Be Studied for Pain Relief
A cannabis initiative team at UCLA plans to conduct a high-quality clinical study of cannabis for its pain relief properties — and perhaps stem the opioid epidemic. This post from NBC News discusses how researchers aim to put medical marijuana to the test amid opioid crisis. Since California first took the leap in 1996, 30 more states and the District of Columbia have ... Continue Reading
Do You Need to Come Clean About Using Weed to Your Doc?
Cannabis is all natural. So, do you have to tell your doctor about using weed? Yes, because what your doctor doesn’t know may very well end up hurting you. Read more in this post from High Times. Do you need to tell your doctor about smoking weed? Over half the US has hopped on the green bandwagon in legalizing medical weed. Even still, in the states slacking on marijuana ... Continue Reading
12-Year-Old Hopeful of Defeating Jeff Sessions in Court
Jeff Sessions’s war on pot goes to court. 12-year-old Alexis Bortell and her co-plaintiffs will have their day in court soon. Her lawyer thinks they can win. A 12-year-old suing the federal government may have a whiff of adorableness. But for Alexis Bortell, who filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Jeff Sessions last fall, it's a choice she had to make to save her life. ... Continue Reading
WHO Declares CBD to be Free of Addiction Risk
WHO’s declaring CBD to be addiction risk free may force the hand of many authorities to reschedule marijuana. Read more in this post from GreenCamp. The World Health Organization has officially declared CBD (Cannabinol) to be risk-free when it comes to addiction. They have also recommended medical marijuana to be removed from the Scheduled substances lists around the ... Continue Reading