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One of the most important battles to of legalizing cannabis is expunging the records of those who have been convicted of crimes for the very cannabis offenses that are no longer legal. Unfortunately it's not as simple as passing cannabis laws, many people's lives are negatively effected indefinitely due to just one marijuana conviction which show up on backgro...

It's common to wonder how exactly consuming cannabis might effect your performance during your favorite sport, luckily some curious people out in California did a simple study to find out just how cannabis effects a player's golf game. After finding the baseline for each of the 3 player's driving, approaching and putting the real test began. Each player co...

Oregon is famous as one of the early adapter states who legalized recreational cannabis first and now they're going to have to slow down their regulation team because they're simply getting too much interest from potential business owners. Since Oregon legalized recreational cannabis back in 2016 they have awarded around 1,900 licenses, but the rate of li...

North Carolinians have greatly changed their viewpoints on legalizing cannabis in some forms in only the last 5 years or so according to a new survey. The typically conservative state is now moving it's way towards a majority of voters supporting legalizing all forms of cannabis, but not just yet. The survey showed that 80% of participants support legalizing medic...

Oklahoma officials are preparing for next month when voters will have their chance to say YES to the ballot initiative that would allow adults to register and access medical marijuana. In case the ballot initiative passes next montht the state Health Department is getting plans together on how to properly regulate the industry. The initiative would allow 18 year olds ...

Nevada has had an exceptional year for cannabis as they closed their fiscal year with $385.99 million of taxable product for only 9 months of sales. $18.5 million in taxes were collected from cultivators while $30.47 million were collected from consumer sales taxes making a total of $48.97 million in taxes collected for the marijuana industry in Nevada. Consumers...

The Secretary of the Department of Veteran Affairs David Shulkin is trying to shift the blame from him onto congress for why the VA has continuously refused to help veterans discuss or access medical marijuana studies and treatments. At every turn Shulkin has told people that the VA is unable to discuss or study medical marijuana because it's federally illegal, bu...

Florida lawmakers have been going back and forth with a few patients in the state who are frustrated with the limitations of Florida's medical marijuana laws. After months of litigation the dust has finally settled and in a turn of events the patients have won as a County Circuit Court Judge ruled that banning the smoking of cannabis is unconstitutional. The origi...

As of this week both the Senate and House of Representatives have passed a new bill called the Right to Try Act that would allow certain patients the ability to try medication that has not yet been approved by the FDA. For a patient to qualify for the program they must have a "potentially fatal condition" and while no specific conditions were listed many sta...

Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program was passed under the language that it would be distributed for and alongside research studies, but regulators have not stayed true to the original intention. Medical cannabis dispensaries in Pennsylvania began selling to patients earlier this year, but there have been many delays with the research side. "Clinical Regis...

Cannabis consumers are speaking up for their representation in movies and media as a new survey shows that a majority of cannabis consumers want Hollywood movie-makers to be done with the stereotypical "dumb stoner" and write in more realistic characters. Cheech and Chong was a humorous intro into characters who smoke cannabis, however the new study also fou...

Ohio's medical marijuana program is scheduled to kick off in September but officials are having trouble saying if that will be possible or not. An announcement was supposed to come out this week from regulators about who will be running the dispensaries and where patients will be able to find them, but due to some delays that announcement has been pushed back to J...