With California residents being asked to stay at home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and all “non-essential businesses and areas” being closed down, officials in Los Angeles are making sure that marijuana is still available to the public.Marijuana dispensaries are being deemed as “essential businesses,” as they are allowed to…read the full CNN article here.
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San Francisco dispensaries allowed to stay open despite coronavirus shutdown order
San Francisco officials are allowing cannabis businesses to remain open while many other stores are shut down over the next three weeks as the city goes to extreme lengths to fight the coronavirus pandemic. City officials originally told cannabis stores they had to close on Tuesday because of the city’s order one day earlier to… Continue reading San Francisco dispensaries allowed to stay open despite coronavirus shutdown order
Can you really sweat out THC? The science behind exercise and weed
Appearing on MSNBC on Sunday morning, Washington Post conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin mocked Republican lawmakers — specifically Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) — for defending her vote to acquit Donald Trump in his impeachment trial by saying the president…
New Law Brings Texas One Step Closer to Legalizing Marijuana
Texas is one step closer to joining the 34 states where medicinal marijuana is legal after state legislators passed a law written by North Texas Republican representative and registered nurse Stephanie Klick to expand the conditions that can be treated with medicinal cannabis. Although the law narrowly defines which conditions can be treated with medicinal marijuana,… Continue reading New Law Brings Texas One Step Closer to Legalizing Marijuana
Marijuana Plays Role as a Cure for Epilepsy
A 1949 study showed that drug principles isolated from leaves of marijuana, an innocent looking plant that grows wild in different parts of the world are playing an important role in research on a cure for epilepsy. This is the same marijuana which so many people fear as a habit-forming drug and which is noted… Continue reading Marijuana Plays Role as a Cure for Epilepsy
Some parents are turning to medical marijuana to treat ADHD instead of Adderall
Some parents of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have grown wary of Ritalin and Adderall, common treatments for the condition, because of the stimulants’ side effects and potential for long-term abuse. Now they’re turning to docto…
Arthritis Sufferers Lead The Way For Advancing Cannabis As Pain Medicine
December 6, 2019 6 min read This story originally appeared on Weedmaps By conservative estimates, at least 54 million American adults have doctor-diagnosed arthritis, according to the Arthritis Foundation, and many of them are turning to cannabis to treat t…
CES awards cannabis company then bans it from mentioning cannabis when exhibiting
Keep Labs won an Innovation Award Honoree award for CES 2020 but is banned from saying the word “cannabis” on the CES show floor. Weeks later, the CTA, the trade group behind CES, told Keep Labs it could only exhibit if the company’s signage, marketing materi…
Cannabis Is Getting More Popular, Especially Among Depressed People
Cannabis has become more popular across the U.S. in recent years, but new research this month shows that one group has especially gravitated to it: people living with depression. And its not clear whether thats a good thing. The study, published in the jour…