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“Safer” Roundup Weed Killer Can Still Damage Your Organs, Shocking Study Finds
Best Life - New York
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July 7, 2025
For avid golfers, living near a putting green may sound like a dream come true. We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but studies show that living near a golf course can increase your risk of Parkinson’s disease by 126 percent due to the weed...
Nearly 4 In 10 Californians Are Current Marijuana Users—And Most Report Health Benefits, Study Shows
Marijuana Moment
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July 7, 2025
More than a third of California adults are current cannabis consumers, a new survey finds, and the vast majority of them say marijuana provides health benefits—regardless of whether or not they are specifically using it for medical purposes. Those...
Survey: A Third of Californians Use Cannabis, But Many Don't Know the Risks
Newswise
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July 7, 2025
BYLINE: Miles Martin Newswise — Researchers at the University of California San Diego have completed a landmark survey of more than 5,000 Californians to study the effects of Proposition 64: The Adult Use of Marijuana Act, which made recreational...
2 Ohio Republicans taking on their own party to protect access to marijuana
ABC 5 Cleveland - Ohio
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July 7, 2025
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two members of the Ohio House Republicans are leading the charge to protect access to marijuana, fighting back against their own party members who aim to restrict the drug. In November of 2023, 57% of Ohioans voted yes on Issue 2:...
Office of Cannabis Management announces new leadership members
Spectrum News NY1 - New York
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July 7, 2025
The New York State Office of Cannabis Management announced two new leadership hires on Monday. L. Simone Washington was named chief equity officer, while Dr. June Chin will take over as chief medical officer. In a statement, the OCM says the...
Pennsylvania’s medical cannabis program changed drastically when anxiety was added as a qualifying condition
EurekAlert!
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PITTSBURGH, July 7, 2025 — Within months of Pennsylvania’s medical cannabis program adding anxiety as a qualifying condition, that diagnosis quickly rose to become the most common for cannabis certifications, according to a study by researchers at...
Innerbloom Holdings: The Advocators-Turned-Entrepreneurs Spearheading a CBD Mass Market Revolution
International Business Times
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July 7, 2025
What began as a bold mission to disrupt the cannabis market in Mexico has transformed into something even more scalable, and possibly far more impactful. Innerbloom Holdings, LLC, originally launched with the intent of becoming a vertically...
Ted DiBiase Jr.’s Attorneys File To Delay August Federal Fraud Trial
411Mania
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PWInsider.com reports attorneys for former WWE star Ted DiBiase Jr. have filed a motion to delay his federal trial, which is scheduled to begin on August 19. In the motion filed on July 2, the defense argues that prosecutors waited until just 60...
Aquatic weed control scheduled for Meshanticut Lake
Ocean State Today - Rhode Island
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July 7, 2025
Terrence Gray, Director | Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Division of Agriculture and Forest EnvironmentTerrence Gray, Director | Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Division of Agriculture and Forest...
Christian medical professionals warn against marijuana use after study on heart failure risk
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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July 7, 2025
Marijuana | Unsplash/CRYSTALWEED cannabisA major new study has added to a growing body of research highlighting the health risks associated with marijuana use — particularly its impact on heart function — reinforcing concerns long voiced by...
Police release CCTV of pregnant British drug mule suspect Bella Culley, 18, 'smuggling £200,000 of cannabis' through Bangkok airport
Daily Mail
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July 7, 2025
New footage has been released of Bella May Culley has been released as police have garbaged claims she was coerced into transporting a £200,000 cannabis stash. The teen was stopped at Tbilisi airport back in May in a suspected sting operation and...
Recreational marijuana sales begin Aug. 1 with conversion licenses, others won't be far behind
Delaware Public Media - Delaware
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July 7, 2025
The Delaware Marijuana Commissioner announces dispensaries with a medical marijuana conversion license can open August 1, but the rest are not far behind. Two years after the legalization of recreational marijuana in Delaware, Marijuana...
Survey: A Third of Californians Use Cannabis, But Many Don’t Know the Risks
UC San Diego - California
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“These methods allowed us to collect more in-depth data than is possible in a typical survey-based study,” said study co-author Renee Dell’Acqua, M.P.H, research program manager for the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health’s Transportation...
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....
Trials of getting my EV Charger
Team-BHP
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Notice anything unusual about Ruby's charging status displayed in-dash? It's rare for me to start an update on this thread with a question, then follow that, with quotes dug up from the past. But, dear reader, I am sure you will agree, for any...
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...