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Aurora Cannabis expands eligibility of medical compassionate pricing program
Grow Opportunity
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July 7, 2025
July 7, 2025, Edmonton — Aurora Cannabis has expanded the eligibility of their medical compassionate pricing program in Canada. The yearly income eligibility of the program has increased to $60,000 from $40,000 for Aurora patients through...
Even low doses of CBD may cause harm to the liver in some people, FDA study finds
NBC News
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July 7, 2025
A new clinical trial suggests there are still ongoing questions about the safety of even low doses of cannabidiol, even as CBD capsules, gummies, edibles, oils and lotions have become increasingly omnipresent in the United States in recent years....
Forrest Parker selected to North Carolina Advisory Council on Cannabis
Cherokee One Feather - North Carolina
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July 7, 2025
By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. One Feather Asst. Editor CHEROKEE, N.C. – The North Carolina Advisory Council on Cannabis will begin meeting soon, and a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will be at the table. Forrest Parker, Qualla Enterprises,...
Blunt economics: Is a strong local cannabis industry viable?
KSRO - California
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July 7, 2025
The Sonoma County cannabis industry is continuing to falter despite a recent cut to local cultivation taxes which, experts say, is outweighed by the longstanding challenges facing the industry. “Is it a lifesaver? The answer is ‘no,’” says Robert...
Chef caught with €400,000 of cannabis at airport jailed for 2 years
Dublin People
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July 7, 2025
By Eimear Dodd A chef caught with €400,000 of cannabis at Dublin Airport has been jailed for two years. James Fuery (32) of Brookview Grove, Tallaght, Dublin 24, pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis for sale or supply on September 25 last...
Mercury News: PHI’s Lynn Silver Discusses How the Cannabis Industry Has Falsely Marketed Cannabis as a Wellness Product
Public Health Institute
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July 7, 2025
“A proposal to pause a planned tax hike on retail cannabis has set off alarm bells among child safety advocates whose substance use prevention and treatment work depends on funds generated by sales of cannabis products. Industry members say the...
New Era of Scaling a Cannabis Business Starts With Discipline, CEO Explains
Cannabis Business Times
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July 7, 2025
The green rush days of grabbing land and stockpiling assets are no more for U.S. cannabis businesses, which were forced to adapt or die in the great correction of 2022. Many of the largest companies in the industry are still downsizing their...
Marijuana Users In Iowa Are Engaged And Active Citizens, Survey Shows—Smashing ‘Lazy Stoner’ Stereotypes
Marijuana Moment
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July 6, 2025
“Many of today’s cannabis consumers are ‘middle American’ adults, employed, own a home, vote regularly, pay their taxes and are involved in their communities.” By Bob Sillick, Iowa Capital Dispatch For many years, cannabis users were characterized...
Chair of Medicinal Cannabis Authority Encourages Open Mind in New Era of Economic Growth and Public Health
Win Media SKN
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July 7, 2025
by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN) – The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis recently took a significant stride towards establishing a regulated and inclusive medicinal cannabis industry. This pivotal moment signifies a commitment to public...
Vermont cannabis banking brings 'unique experience' for credit union
Manchester Journal - Vermont
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Cannabis banking services are considered "a unique arena" at One Credit Union. "It's cannabis," said Noah L. Roulat, marketing manager at One Credit Union. "It's its own unique experience. We're fortunate our team is very open minded and uses this...
Federal Judge Rejects Pennsylvania Prosecutor’s Lawsuit Challenging Ban On Marijuana Consumer Gun Ownership
Marijuana Moment
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July 7, 2025
A district judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s ban on gun ownership by state-legal medical marijuana patients, ruling that the prohibition is constitutional and that patients can avoid legal jeopardy...
Retired Congressman Who Championed Marijuana Reform Is ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Lack Of Progress Under Trump Administration
Marijuana Moment
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July 7, 2025
Former Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) says he’s “more than a little concerned” about the lack of progress on marijuana reform under the Trump administration since he retired from Congress last session. And part of that worry emanates from a sense...
Man (32) jailed after being caught with €400k of cannabis at Dublin Airport
Breaking News from Ireland
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A chef caught with €400,000 of cannabis at Dublin Airport has been jailed for two years. James Fuery (32) of Brookview Grove, Tallaght, Dublin 24, pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis for sale or supply on September 25th last year. He has...
Police respond after Brit teen claims she was ‘tortured into trafficking £200k-worth of cannabis’
LAD Bible
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Thai police have responded to claims by British teenager Bella May Culley that she was 'tortured' into trafficking around £200,000 worth of cannabis. Culley had initially been reported missing in Thailand before being detained in Georgia on drug...
Chronic Marijuana Use and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Case Report
Dove Medical Press
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July 7, 2025
Introduction The use of marijuana has increased in prevalence in the United States (US), with 24 states making it legal for recreational use and another 12 states making it legal for medical use as of 2024.1 Marijuana is now the second-most smoked...
The six-year saga of two cannabis facility licenses
My Ozarks Online - Missouri
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July 7, 2025
Kelly Waggoner, founder of Red Tractor Cannabis Cultivation LLC, at a cannabis career fair in Kansas City in 2020. (Photo courtesy of Kelly Waggoner) A Kansas City man spent his weekends in Cole County jail in June, after pleading guilty last year...
Saba Saba protests: Total shutdown of Nairobi CBD has protesters declaring win over government
Citizen TV Kenya
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July 7, 2025
The government seems to have shot itself in the foot in a rather pedestrian attempt to curtail movement, block protests, barricade demonstrators and seal off the city. Worried over a potential torrent of protesters flooding the streets on Saba...
Kudzu got you down? These goats can help. Meet the herd of plant-devouring weed killers.
The Post & Courier - South Carolina
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Saulsbery took some convincing. “There is so much kudzu here and I felt strangled,” she said. Henderson had the solution. “He’s like 'We’ll get goats,'” Saulsbery said. And they did. About four months after moving to South Carolina, they got...
Protest Period for Recreational Marijuana Question Ends Today
Oklahoma Watch
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July 7, 2025
Backers of an initiative petition to legalize recreational marijuana in Oklahoma could clear a key hurdle this week. Today, Monday, July 7, is the final day of a 90-day protest period for State Question 837. If no one challenges the initiative...
How approving marijuana for anxiety transformed Pa. cannabis program
York Daily Record - Pennsylvania
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Anxiety is now the most common qualifying condition for medical marijuana in Pennsylvania, surpassing chronic pain. The number of medical marijuana certifications issued monthly in Pennsylvania nearly tripled after anxiety was added as a...