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MLB Officially Removes Marijuana From Banned Substances List For Baseball Players

By Kyle Jaeger Major League Baseball (MLB) and the MLB players union announced on Thursday [...]

13
Dec
West Coast Cities Have More Cannabis Users Than Cigarette Smokers

According to polling data from the major metro areas of Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco, [...]

04
Dec
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Air Force Issues Notice Banning CBD Use Regardless Of Legal Status

By Kyle Jaeger The U.S. Air Force published a notice on Tuesday emphasizing that service [...]

21
Nov
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Marijuana Use Tied To Lower Rates Of Depression And Suicidal Ideation Among PTSD Patients

By Kyle Jaeger People suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who consume marijuana experience significantly [...]

21
Nov
Despite Republicans’ opposition to cannabis, 11 states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for recreational usage, while medical marijuana is legal in 33 states plus D.C. PHOTO BY ANDREW LICHTENSTEIN/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGES
House Panel Approves Marijuana Decriminalization Bill

By Lisette Voytko Topline: A Congressional committee approved a landmark billWednesday that would decriminalize and [...]

20
Nov
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U.S. Lawmakers To Vote On MORE Act To End Federal Cannabis Prohibition

By Sara Brittany Somerset Washington, D.C. – The Executive Director of the National Organization to [...]

19
Nov
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Amid PTSD Crisis, Veterans Are Still Waiting for Medical Cannabis

On this Veterans Day, many of America’s former soldiers find themselves without access to plant [...]

12
Nov
Hound Labs has developed a breathalyzer the company says can pick up THC within two-to-three hours after a user consumes it. (Photo courtesy Hound Labs)
A marijuana breathalyzer is in the works. But will it stop weed DUIs?

By Amanda Hoover There are several reasons people oppose marijuana legalization, but perhaps chief among [...]

12
Nov
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CDC identifies ‘strong culprit’ in vaping-related lung illnesses

By ASSOCIATEDPRESS U.S. health officials announced a breakthrough Friday into the cause of a mysterious outbreak [...]

08
Nov
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White House Signs Off On Proposed Hemp Rules From USDA

By Kyle Jaeger The White House approved plans to regulate hemp and its derivatives on [...]

28
Oct
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Mexico Legalization Plan Unveiled, Vote Expected Soon

Mexican lawmakers are poised to pass adult-use legalization legislation as early as this week; an [...]

22
Oct
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Banning legitimate vaping is ‘absolute madness’

By Anthony L. Fisher, Business Insider US All panics begin with a rational fear that [...]

21
Oct
Former FDA head Scott Gottlieb called for legalization to solve the vape crisis, but Wall Street Journal editors blamed legalization for causing the crisis—over Gottlieb's own story. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
How mainstream media botched the vape lung story

In 1989, a mysterious figure known as Dr. Lunglife sent High Times a set of [...]

17
Oct
Leafly's investigation tracked a contaminated global supply chain for illicit market THC vape cartridges. (HighGradeRoots/iStock)
Journey of a tainted vape cartridge: from China’s labs to your lungs

By David Downs, Dave Howard, and Bruce Barcott Jon Doneson started feeling ill on a [...]

07
Oct
Fabian Castillo lies in a hospital ICU last month when he was suffering from severe lung damage linked to his use of a bootleg marijuana vape.salazar383412 / Instagram
Tests show bootleg marijuana vapes tainted with hydrogen cyanide

NBC News commissioned laboratory tests of knock-off marijuana vapes that found a pesticide linked to [...]

03
Oct