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When it comes to legal recreational cannabis, it seems like a no-brainer that there should be businesses that allow adults to purchase and consume the plant in a safe setting, but surprisingly there aren't many states that have made it so simple. Any person over 21 can go to a bar in the U.S. to purchase alcohol and drink their fill, but it's been a ...

A new recreational marijuana legalization measure has been proposed this month in Ohio after a similar plan failed to pass back in 2015. The 2015 plan did not make the cut however many pieces of it were adopted into the now functioning Ohio medical marijuana law. The co-founder of ResponsibleOhio, the group who proposed the recreational cannabis measures, has tried to...

The University of Florida is currently selecting participants for it's new study on the health effects of medical marijuana on patients with HIV. This will be the biggest study of it's kind and follow 400 Florida patients over 5 years. The patients will be purchasing and administering the cannabis themselves, while researchers record the potency, quantity...

Just three years ago the United States Army had no such intention of allowing incoming military recruits to have a history of marijuana use. But as the legalality of cannabis increased with each new state's medical or recreational marijuana laws, the Army decided it too needed to make changes. In 2016 the Army granted 191 waivers for incoming recruits who had admi...

Michigan's medical marijuana system has faced so much back and forth but the application date for licenses to become growers, processers, testers, secure transporters, and dispensaries is finally at our disposal. The applications weren't supposed to be released until Dec. 15th but Michigan business owners got an early christmas present by having a whole week t...

Oklahoma gathered enough signatures to bring a medical marijuana initiative to ballot last year, but some minor issues pushed it's spot on the ballot to 2018. The Governor has yet to decide when the initiative will be available to vote on, either the primary election in June or the general election in November. The Governor's plan is to let Oklahomans kno...

Since medical marijuana laws have been put into place, many states have experienced a drop in alcohol sales. This is positive news as studies have shown that alcohol is more dangerous than cannabis on several levels. Excessive alcohol use kills around 90,000 people in the United States every year, while there are still no deaths associated with too much cannabis. In m...

Next on the list to receive medical marijuana treatment? Your best friend. That's right, new studies are supporting the use of medical cannabis to help treat certain ailments in dogs. It's important to remember as a dog owner to never give your dog straight cannabis or edibles of any kind as the effects can be significantly more intense and last much longer. T...

A Senator from Utah has introduced a bill that would encourage first time research into the medical benefits of cannabis as an alternative to prescription opioids. The red tape, federal cooperation, and paperwork it takes to research cannabis turns away many interested parties, however this bill could streamline the process to help prove what statistics and anecdotal ...

The federal government of Canada has been working on the legalization of cannabis nationwide and they're one step further as the House of Commons passed the legalization bill with strong support (200-82). The bill now heads to the Senate where the original timeline is being threatened by conservative senators. Hoping to push back the program's start date from ...

Iowa medical marijuana companies are hesitant to jump into the new industry based on the strict regulations and limited patient market. The newly updated state law allows for only 2 medical marijuana growers, but so far only 1 has applied. Officials are concerned about having only a single source for medical cannabis throughout the state and hope that regulators will ...

West Hollywood is ahead of the game on regulating California's incoming recreational cannabis industry. After voters legalized recreational sales last year each city and county must decide for themselves if they want to participate in the state legal program and some cities are still unsure of how to move forward. West Hollywood will be prepared by January to begi...