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Advocates have been preaching it since marijuana was in full prohibition and now there is research to put proof behind it, legalizing cannabis frees up police to solve more serious crimes. In a recent analysis of crime data in both Colorado and Washington there is a clear indication of the time that both states began cannabis prohibition reform and the increase in oth...

With cannabis' fairly new place in the scientific community it's not surprising that there have not been a wide range of studies involving the specific effects of cannabis. Researchers at VU University Amsterdam performed a study recently that had only been performed once before 20 years ago and it involves the memory and recall accuracy of someone intoxicated...

In a new initiative out of Mississippi , the group Citizens for Compassionate Care have raised over 86,000 signatures to bring a limited medical marijuana question to the state's ballot. One mother who is advocating for the constitutional amendment says cannabis extract oil is the only thing that has brought her daughter relief from seizures caused by a uniqu...

In a newly proposed bill called the "Fairness in Federal Drug Testing Under State Laws Act" federal law would allow government employees in legal cannabis states to use cannabis outside of work without worry of being fired for a positive THC drug test. With over 30 states having medical marijuana programs and some having recreational cannabis it has become m...

Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program will be experiencing a major change next week when the law designed to stop people from smoking the plant will now allow dispensaries to sell dry leaf cannabis. The governor's office announced the change this week saying a dozen dispensaries will be selling dry leaf cannabis by August 1st. The Health Secretary approved ...

Most countries around the world have cannabis classified similar to how the United States does, a schedule 1 narcotic with restricted research and the heaviest of penalties attached to it. This week the U.K. announced that they would be reclassifying cannabis down to schedule two which opens many doors for research and medical use while also remaining heavily reg...

A company based out of Denver, CO is looking to fill a need in the city that no one else had thought of yet, odor-absorbent paint. ECOBOND is the company behind the new product OdorDefender Paint, which covers a wide range of odors, but the company really wants people to know their product is the most effective way to remove the lingering scent that walls ca...

Washington University recently surveyed teenagers grade 8-12 in states with both decriminalized cannabis and criminal possession for cannabis to help answer the question many are concerned with, does decriminalizing cannabis increase consumption in youth? 23% of teenagers in decriminalized states said they had consumed cannabis within the last month and around th...

Florida's medical marijuana program has been notorious for delays and problems as it continues to try and finish implementing the state's comprehensive medical marijuana program. The state's newest budget went into effect less than 1 month ago and now The Office of Medical Marijuana Use is requesting a much larger sum than when the budget was being created...

Pennsylvania legalized medical marijuana for patients back in 2016 and officials are beginning to recognize the potential for cannabis within the state. Pennsylvania's Auditor General recently released an analysis on "Regulating & Taxing Marijuana" in which he finds that Pennsylvania has about 800,000 regular cannabis consumers, meaning the mark...

In Missouri there are advocates working hard to bring attention to a campaign run by The Missourians for Patient Care that would legalize medical marijuana within the state. Since April the campaign has raised over $500,000 towards it's cause, a proposal that would allow access to medical marijuana for patients with cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, PTSD, HIV/AIDS, term...

Only a month ago Oklahomans said YES on State Question 788 which legalized medical marijuana in the state, but it wasn't long before regulators made some big changes to the amendment that many people saw as too much. One major upset for many was the banning of all smokable forms of cannabis. Advocates in the state are fighting that decision in a lawsuit while...